Free internet for students in 2011

From 10 December, students will have free access to the internet through the University’s wired and wireless networks.

Information and Communications Technology (ICT) will remove all charging for internet access, thus providing free internet access for all students. Internet usage will be monitored and is subject to the terms and conditions of the ICT Resources policy, which is signed when students first log into the MyUni student portal.

Students will need to use their UniKey to access the internet from computer labs and will still need to install the CISCO virtual private network (VPN) client to connect their laptops to the University wireless network.

New books for November 2010

Here is a glimpse at the hottest book releases by month of November 2010. Please click here to view the list.

Publish your Research

Would you like to publish you articles, books, book chapters or conference papers and not sure about the publisher, please contact your Faculty Liaison Librarian today or visit "Publish your research" web page to get more information.

Health Sciences Library Opening Hours

Opening Hours 2010 / 2011

Mon to Thurs - 8am - 9pm

Friday - 8am - 6pm

Saturday - 9am - 4pm

Sunday - 1pm - 5pm

VARIATIONS

Sat 20 Nov - Fri 17 Dec

Mon – Fri - 9am - 5pm

Sat & Sun - Closed

Sat 18 Dec - Mon 3 Jan Closed

Australian Research Collaboration Service (ARCS)

The Australian Research Collaboration Service established in 2007 part of a federal government’s National Collaborative Research Infrastructure Strategy (NCRIS). The ARCS provides tools and services to their research community. The organisation offers a wide range of innovative services. An ARCS is helping next generation eResearch technology. You can store, share your data with your research community effectively, efficiently and securely. ARCS also provide custom solutions designed to meet researcher’s needs.
ARCS Services:

Data Fabrics
The ARCS Data Fabric is the country’s national data storage system. It enables groups and communities to securely store, maintain and share their data with others while maintaining full control over it. This is an internet based, simple to use service and access available through a number of interfaces and operating systems as well as numerous devices including iPhones and iPads.

ARCS desktop video collaboration service

Evo is free and easy to use desktop video conferencing service. You can share your ideas, data and document with other researches very effectively and easily.

Grid and compute cloud

The National Compute Grid/Compute Cloud integrates high performance computing (HPC) systems and resources. It is simple graphical user interface that makes it easier for researchers to submit their jobs. User can run different applications on the network with and experience comparable to using their desktop.

To join or more information about the ARCS services please visit http://www.arcs.org.au/

Elsevier downtime Sun 7th 6-10pm & Mon 14th midnight -7am

Please note that we have two scheduled outages that will affect the Admin Tool along with the following SciVerse products in the coming weeks:

• ScienceDirect
• Scopus
• Hub
• Journals Consult

The products and services mentioned above are expected to be offline and unavailable for approximately 4 hours on November 7th and 6 hours on November 13th. During this time, upgrades will be implemented and maintenance performed. Please see below for approximate outage duration by region:

November 7:Sunday 7^th 6-10pm Sydney time

November 13:

• Sydney – midnight – 7am Monday 14^th Sydney time

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Safe Work Australia Week Event 2010

Display of OHS prevention student posters @ Health Sciences Library

Staff and students are invited to view a display of work injury and disease prevention posters by undergraduate physiotherapy students who researched and presented them during the year 4 physiotherapy student conference week in semester

Examples their work is on display in the library to promote Safe Work Australia Week.

When: 25-29 October 2010
Venue: FHS Library – Reading area (ground floor)

For More infor visit Safe Work Australia Week website.

SciVerse: A new platform from Elsevier.

You may have already noticed the changes to the ScienceDirect, and Scopus.

SciVerse is the new look of ScienceDirect and Scopus.Elsevier launched SciVerse as a single access point, enabling more efficient search and discovery for users.

SciVerse Hub is the one stop single search across SciVerse ScienceDirect and SciVerse Scopus. From single logging you are able to search both databases.

Key Features:

Find the data you need with one click in SciVerse

Access peer reviewed full-text articles through SciVerse ScienceDirect

Search millions of abstracts and index data with SciVerse Scopus

For more information visit http://www.hub.sciverse.com/action/home

OR

Contact your Friendly Librarian @ Health Sciences Library.

Elaine Tam: elaine.tam@sydney.edu.au

JohnPaul: johnpaul.cenzato@sydney.edu.au

Kanchana Ekanayake: kanchana.ekanayake@sydney.edu.au

Library Client Survey 2010: Tell Us What You Think !

Take the opportunity to tell us what you think about your Library. The online survey takes about 10 minutes to complete and University of Sydney staff and students, who complete the survey, could win a $50 gift voucher. Winners will be randomly selected from survey participants who opt to provide their details at the end of the survey.

• Complete the Survey NOW!
  http://surveys.insyncsurveys.com.au/surveys/Usydlcs2010/
  
  
  

Research Impact Seminar

Find out:
• How to calculate your research impact or “h-index” using citation metrics from Web of Science, Scopus and Google Scholar
• How to use the Journal Citation Reports and other resources to identify high impact journals
• The role of the Research Office in supporting researchers at the University of Sydney
• Measuring impact in the context of Excellence in Research Australia (ERA)
There will be time for questions and discussion

Presenters: Judy Reading, Health Sciences Library and Jenny Waern, Research Office
Please book at http://opac.library.usyd.edu.au/record=g1000456~S4
Date: Thursday 26th August 2010
Time: 12.00 – 1.00
Venue: E101 Health Sciences

Changes to OvidSP Interface from Monday 2nd August 2010

If you log onto Medline, PsycINFO, AMED, Eric or any other OvidSP Database from next week (August 2nd) you will notice that it has had a facelift! All the same functions are there - though some might be in a slightly different place. There is also the introduction of My Workspace where you now can easily access your OvidSP Saved Searches.

Before

After

If you want to see the differences between the versions the Cushing Whitney Medical Library at Yale University has done a video presentation.

Or if you are feeling a little lost and need some human assistance - please contact your Faculty Liaison Librarian.

Protect yourself online

The Australian Government’s publication, Protecting yourself online: what everyone needs to know, contains important information on how to stay safe online.

Up coming classes at Health Sciences Library

Endnote Basics

Learn how to:

• Create an Endnote library
• Enter a reference manually
• Enter a reference using the Online search option
• Search databases and export references into your EndNote library
• Use EndNote to Cite While You Write (CWYW) in Word

After some more advanced features of Endnote? Try contacting your Faculty Liaison Librarian for an individual appointment.

Dates:

Wed 14th July 1 – 2 pm
Mon 19th July 12 – 1 pm
Thurs 29th July 1 – 2 pm
Thurs 5th August 3 – 4 pm
Sat 7th August 2 - 3 pm
Wed 11th August 1 – 2 pm
Sat 14th August 2 - 3 pm
Thurs 19th August 12 – 1 pm
Sat 21st August 2 - 3 pm
Sat 28th August 2 - 3 pm


Book Online


Is Google Enough?
Searching Databases

Are you overlooking valuable research by just limiting your search to Google?

This class help you to find high quality information in library databases by:
• Developing a search strategy
• Combining search terms and limiting results
• Searching by subject
• Interpreting a citation
• Printing, saving or exporting your references to Endnote


Dates:

Fri 30th July 2 – 3 pm
Thurs 5th August 2 – 3 pm
Sat 7th August 11:30-12:30pm
Wed 11th August 12 – 1 pm
Sat 14th August 11:30-12:30pm
Tues 17th August 3 – 4 pm
Sat 21st August 11:30-12:30pm
Sat 28th August 11:30-12:30pm

Book Online


Keeping Up-to-Date

Find out how to
• Save and re-run searches at your convenience
• Set up email alerts and RSS feeds on key journal titles and articles relevant to your research interests
• Use Google Reader to manage RSS feeds from databases, websites and news sources
• Find relevant newsfeeds, blogs, mailing lists and podcasts

Dates:

Tues 20th July 12 – 1 pm


Book Online

Indigenous Health Theses Online

The library has recently published a collection of Honours and Coursework theses on Indigenous Health in the Sydney eScholarship Repository.

This collection casts a unique insight into the health status of Indigenous Australians and canvases a range of issues affecting Indigenous health, including inadequate housing, endemic sexual abuse in Indigenous communities, and workplace discrimination. This rich and fascinating resource is sure to interest academics, students, and the wider community. Browse this collection here.

Did you know there are many benefits to publishing your research in the Sydney eScholarship Repository?

• Maximise the exposure of your research by making it highly visible on the Web (items are indexed in Google and Google Scholar!)


• Provide your work with a citable URL to which you can refer in your own publications


• Protect your work against plagiarism


• Promote Australian research activity to an international audience

If you’re interested in boosting your research profile and/or are keen to publish a collection of works in the Sydney eScholarship Repository, please get in touch with your Faculty Liaison Librarian.

New E-Books

A beginner's guide to evidence based practice in health and social care professions. / Helen Aveyard.

Behavioral medicine: a guide for clinical practice / Mitchell D. Feldman,

The craft of research / Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, Joseph M. Williams



Knowledge to action: evidence based health care in context / edited by Sue Dopson and Louise Fitzgerald.










Wiley encyclopedia of clinical trials / edited by Ralph D'Agostino, Lisa Sullivan, Joseph Massaro.



Randomized controlled trials: questions, answers, and musings / Alejandro R. Jadad, Murray W. Enkin.

Australia's Health 2010

HOT OFF THE PRESS!

The Australian Institute of Health and Welfare has just released Australia’s Health 2010 (a biennial report).

This publication contains statistical information and commentary on a range of national health issues, including:

• Determinants of health and keys to prevention
• Diseases and injury
• How health varies across population groups
• Health across the life stages
• Health services, expenditure and workforce
• The health sector's performance

Access the online edition of this report as well as previous editions via the library catalogue.

Happy researching!

New Books!

An introduction to qualitative research synthesis : managing the information explosion in social science research / Claire Howell Major and Maggi Savin-Baden. New York : Routledge, c2010.

McGraw-Hill's concise guide to writing research papers / Carol Ellison. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2010.

Measurement in nursing and health research / Carolyn Feher Waltz, Ora Lea Strickland, Elizabeth R. Lenz. New York : Springer Pub., c2010. 4th ed.

Mosby's dictionary of medicine, nursing and health professions / editors in chief, Peter Harris, Sue Nagy, Nicholas Vardaxis. Chatswood, N.S.W. : Elsevier Australia, 2009. 2nd Australian & New Zealand ed.

Qualitative journeys : student and mentor experiences with research / Victor Minichiello, Jeffrey A. Kottler, editors. Los Angeles : SAGE, c2010

Qualitative research : studying how things work / Robert E. Stake. New York : Guilford Press, c2010.



Writing with a thesis : a rhetoric and reader / Sarah E. Skwire, David Skwire. Boston, MA : Wadsworth/Cengage Learning c2011. 11th ed., student ed

More new titles at the Health Sciences Library!

Kanyini

Missed the screening of Kanyini by the Indigenous Health Interest Group recently?


If you are on campus you are able to watch it online (UniKey is required)
or
Borrow it from the Library

KANYINI is a story told by an Aboriginal man, Bob Randall, who lives beside the greatest monolith in the world, Uluru in Central Australia. Based on Bob's own personal journey and the wisdom he learnt from the old people living in the bush, Bob tells the tale of why Indigenous people are now struggling in a modern world and what needs to be done for Indigenous people to move forward. A tale of Indigenous wisdom clashing against materialist notions of progress, this is not only a story of one man and his people but the story of the human race.

Need help preparing for exams?

Learning Centre lunchtime drop-in sessions in libraries, Camperdown/Darlington/Cumberland Campus - for details click here

From 17th May-4th June, these sessions will allow students to get immediate advice from Learning Centre staff on academic literacy and learning issues such as critical thinking, essay writing, reading effectively, and preparing for exams in a convenient 10 minute consultation session.

More about the Learning Centre and their programs from their website

Serials Review - Health Sciences Library 2010

Calling all staff and postgraduate students...

The library needs your help with a review of our current journal subscriptions. We want to ensure that funding is spent wisely on getting the journals you and your students actually need and use regularly. The evidence from the survey will help us identify low use titles that may be cancelled (with further consultation) and this can free up funds for new title subscriptions.

Please note that if a title is not on this list we may well subscribe to it through a general deal with the publisher - many of the most important journals are included in publisher collections. Journals that are included in general deals cannot be cancelled individually.

Please click here and follow the instructions to complete the survey.

If you have any questions please contact your Faculty Liaison Librarian

The survey will close on the 30th June 2010.

Welcome!

Welcome to the new University of Sydney Health Sciences Library Blog!

The main aim of this blog is to let staff, students and the wider community know about some of the fabulous library and free resources that can be used to assist you in your research and study.

Just in case you have not had a chance to meet your friendly Faculty Liaison Librarian yet…

(From Left: Judy Reading, Kate Masters, Kathy Thorncraft, JohnPaul Cenzato, Stephen Chan and Elaine Tam)

We are here to help you make the best use of our information resources, such as helping you to develop a research plan and search databases more efficiently… did I mention that we also provide EndNote support?!