Australian Anti-Infection handbook ebook

The Australian Anti-Infection Handbook (AAH) published by author Dr Frank Zhu, a general practitioner of the Hasting Macleay Division and a Visiting Medical Officer of the North Coast Area Health Service, presents a comprehensive view on various infectious diseases and provides a compact guide for the management of various infections and medical microbiology conditions.

The handbook contains most common infections found in Australia, with 258 infectious diseases references and conditions related to bacterial, viral, mycological, parasitic conditions including those caused by insects. Features of this handbook include an A to Z alphabetical reference guide on medical microbiology and infectious disease conditions for easy use.

Valuable appendices include tabulated data on National Immunisation Program Schedule, Travel Vaccination, Australian Notifiable Infections, antibiotic monitoring and much more. The small size of the handbook makes it easy to carry. Medical microbiology readers will find the information useful, practical and easy to read.

Have a look at the handbook here: http://aah.hcn.com.au/
Don't forget to let us know what you think - email us at: healthsciences.library@sydney.edu.au

Some new titles for May

New Titles for May @ the Health Sciences Library

Designing and doing survey research / by Lesley Andres.

Publisher London : SAGE, 2012.

The disabled body in contemporary art / Ann Millett-Gallant.

Edition 1st ed.

Publisher New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2010.

 An introduction to systematic reviews / David Gough, Sandy Oliver, James Thomas.

Publisher London : SAGE, 2012.

No limits   TV Series ( Series 7  through to Series 10)

Publisher [Melbourne] : Grit Media, 2007..

An award winning community television project that aims to bring the world of disability into people's living rooms in an informative and entertaining way. The purpose of the show is to build awareness and acceptance of people with disabilities and support the development of understanding of difference among audience members.

Qualitative research methods / by Monique Hennink, Inge Hutter, Ajay Bailey.

Publisher Los Angeles, Calif. ; London : SAGE, 2011.

Synthesising qualitative research : choosing the right approach / edited by Karin Hannes, Craig Lockwood.

Publisher Chichester, West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons, c2012.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Resources

In recognition of National Reconciliation Week 27 May to 3 June 2012 we have decided to highlight some of the best resources on Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health available in the University Library and beyond.

Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Subject Guide

Your guide to key journals, reports and books available at the Library.

Library Databases

Look at ATSIhealth for targeted Health Information. There are also links to more general Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander resources covering the areas of education, sociology, current affairs, law, census data and more.

Multimedia Resources

Byalawa (also held in the Health Sciences Library on DVD)

The Byalawa resources are research-based multimedia learning and teaching resources designed to facilitate the acquisition of appropriate, culturally safe interviewing and case history taking skills in health profession students. The DVD scenarios are designed to be used in a range of situations and show speech pathology, physiotherapy, pharmacy, psychology, and occupational therapy initial interviews with indigenous patients in a range of urban settings. The Byalawa Team included health academics and clinicians from The University of Sydney and James Cook University.

Kanyini available as a streaming video from the library  (only available to current staff and students via UniKey) or available on DVD at the Health Sciences Library

A traditional owner of the Uluru lands, and former Indigenious Person of the year (1999), Uncle Bob speaks of these lands and his people. Based on his own personal journey and the wisdom he learnt from the old people living in the bush, Uncle Bob explains why indigenous people are now struggling in a modern world and what needs to be done from them to move forward.

Library Material

Search the Library Catalogue for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health material across the University of Sydney Libraries

*Remember that the Koori Centre Research Library materials are listed in the University of Sydney Library Catalogue

Binan Goonj : bridging cultures in Aboriginal health / Anne-Katrin Eckermann ... [et al.].

 

Online Government and Education Resources

NSW Government Aboriginal Health Resources and Publications

Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet



If you are after more resources please contact your relevant Faculty Liaison Librarian

Promoting your research

Do you have:
Digital datasets on local hard drives, USB sticks etc?
Physical datasets such as paper documents or lab samples?
Would you like:
Free, secure, sustainable digital data storage which you control?
Help promoting your research?

Contact Health Sciences Faculty Liaison Librarians , Belinda Norman or Kate Stanton to see if we can help raise your profile by making information about your research findable in Google, and in Research Data Australia (http://services.ands.org.au/home/orca/rda/ ), a national showcase of research. Following is some information on the project.

Seeding the Commons Project.

The federally funded Seeding the Commons project will help establish data management planning processes to support storage, identification, discovery and, where appropriate, sharing of primary research data. Partners include Research Portfolio, Library and ICT.

Project Activities:
· Description of research data collections for discovery on the web
· Creation of a data management planning tutorial
· Website providing research data management support
· Guidelines to support research data management

Project staff will work to deliver the following benefits:
· Information about researchers and projects will be findable in Google, increasing profile and collaboration opportunities.
· Increased impact through data citation.
· Reduced risk of data loss through data management storage and support.
· Establishment of ongoing research data management services.

We'd like to interview you, in order to describe your data collections for discovery on the web. For more information, Contact Health Sciences Faculty Liaison Librarian, Belinda Norman or Kate Stanton.
For further information please visit our promoting sydney research: seeding the commons

Hot Off the Press!

Take a look at this new titles we recieved for this month.

Resilience and mental health : challenges across the lifespan / edited by Steven M. Southwick ... [et al.].

AIDS in Asia / edited by Yichen Lu, Max Essex.

Designing telehealth for an aging population : a human factors perspective / Neil Charness, George Demiris, Elizabeth Krupinski

Sex & disability : politics, identity and access / edited by Russell Shuttleworth and Teela

Latest Books

Take a look at this new titles we recieved for this month.

Quantitative MRI in cancer / edited by Thomas E. Yankeelov, David R. Pickens, Ronald R. Price.

Getting started in health research / David Bowers, Allan House, David Owens

Quality assurance in healthcare service delivery, nursing, and personalized medicine : technologies and processes / Athina Lazakidou and Andriani Daskalaki, editors.

Opening Hours over the Break

The Health Sciences Library Opening Hours are changing

From the 19th November to the 4th March
Mon - Fri
9am - 5 pm

Sat & Sun
Closed

Please note that the University will shutdown from the 19th December to the 2nd of January.

For other University of Sydney Libraries opening hours please see http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/