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/

Open Access: Learn. Share. Grow - Presentations are available to view

Presentations of the Open Access week event that we held on Friday 28 October are now available to view.

Open Access (OA) is an important global trend where researchers choose to provide free online access to their publications. To celebrate Open Access Week all research-active staff and students are invited to presentations by academic colleagues Simon Chapman, Martijn de Sterke, Alex Holcombe, Matt Todd and Goetz Richter who are harnessing the power of OA to extend their research influence and grow their citation rates. Learn about the benefits of OA for scholarly collaboration; the open science movement; the important of OA for disciplines striving for recognition; and combining social media and OA to increase exposure.

Trial access to the Book Citation Index

Book Citation Index via Web of Science
· Coverage of over 25,000 editorially selected books, starting with publication year 2005
· Comprehensive cited reference search
· Times Cited counts for books and book chapters
· Full bibliographies from books and book chapters
The trial ends on 5 December 2011.Please fill out the Database Evaluation Form – or contact the Library for further information.

Trial access to Alexander Street video collections

Access has been set up on the trials page until 2 December.

We have access to both the trial collections and the products to which we already subscribe. You can either cross-search them all, or use the “Go to” pick list to open a specific collection.

Trial collections:

• Art and Architecture in Video Online
• Business and Economics Video Online
• Psychology Video Online
• Science Video Online

Our subscriptions:

Counseling and Therapy in Video – has 319 titles
Ethnographic Video Online – has 556 titles
Opera in Video – has 147 titles

Please fill out the Database Evaluation Form – or contact the Library for further information.

Excuse me while I tweet

Have you discovered how Twitter can be used to help promote YOU and YOUR RESEARCH?

The London School of Economics and Political Sciences have just realised a fantastic 10 page guide covering the absolute basics of twitter to how you can use it in teaching and research.

A guide to using Twitter in university research, teaching, and impact activities

Still not convinced? Check out this article in the Australian to see how Simon Chapman uses twitter

Getting started with twitter? How about following:
University of Sydney Library
University of Sydney
Sydney Uni Research
Sydney Uni Press
Simon Chapman
NHMRC
AIHW

Past Exam Papers + Law Library Extended Sunday Opening Hours

Exam Papers

Looking for past exam papers?
http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/exams/

Law Library extended Sunday opening hours.


From Sunday 23 October to Sunday 13 November, the Law Library will be open on Sunday from 10am - 5pm.

New to Research

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

Systematic reviews to support evidence-based medicine : how to review and apply findings of healthcare research / Khalid S. Khan ... [et al.].

Designing and conducting research in health and human performance / Tracey D. Matthews, Kimberly T. Kostelis.

Quality measurement in early childhood settings / edited by Martha Zaslow ... [et al.].

Introduction to behavioral research methods / Mark R. Leary.

Qualitative and mixed methods in public health / Deborah K. Padgett.

Evaluating research articles from start to finish / Ellen R. Girden, Robert Kabacoff

For any enquiries please contact your Faculty Liaison Librarian.

Learn About Open Access!

Open Access: Learn. Share. Grow.

Open Access (OA) is an important global trend where researchers choose to provide free online access to their publications. To celebrate Open Access Week all research-active staff and students are invited to presentations by academic colleagues Simon Chapman, Martijn de Sterke, Alex Holcombe, Matt Todd and Goetz Richter who are harnessing the power of OA to extend their research influence and grow their citation rates. Learn about the benefits of OA for scholarly collaboration; the open science movement; the important of OA for disciplines striving for recognition; and combining social media and OA to increase exposure.

• Date: Friday 28 October, 2011
• Time: 2:00 - 4:00 PM
• Venue: Victoria Park Room Level 5, Fisher Library

Places are limited and RSVP is essential. RSVP to library.rsvp@sydney.edu.au by 24 October

What's new I hear you ask?

Here is a selection of some of the new items we received in the Health Sciences Library over the past month.

Got a suggestion for purchase - let us know!

Analyzing quantitative data : an introduction for social researchers / Debra Wetcher-Hendricks.

Byalawa : 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.

Hemispheres : inside a stroke / Karen Lazar


You can check out the full list here

Sydney Research Online

The University Library and the Research Portfolio have collaborated to establish a new service for staff and students of the University of Sydney - Sydney Research Online.

Sydney Research Online provides a repository of research material (articles, book chapters and conference papers) by University of Sydney researchers that have been reported for HERDC and ERA purposes. It represents a large body of research output produced by the staff at University from 2002 to the present.

Access to Sydney Research Online is restricted to the University of Sydney domain and is for use by staff and students for research and teaching purposes only. Sydney Research Online was developed as a result of a VC work-slate project to enable internal access to University research activity.

The digital repository can be found here - you will need your UniKey to access the material.

As a result of the large amount of research material collected for the HERDC and the ERA exercise, Sydney Research Online will progressively be built up over time. Initially we have made available journal articles; book chapters and conference papers and other types of material will follow. The service will be updated monthly.

If you have any questions please contact your Faculty Liaison Librarian.

Hot off the Press!

Take a look at these new titles recently acquired by the Health Sciences Library.

The first is the 2011 WHO/World Bank report on disability.

The report is also available online.

The second title available is a unique publication on Indigenous research.

For any enquiries please contact your Faculty Liaison Librarian.

New eResources - Dynatomy Joints

Dynatomy is an educational program that makes anatomy "come alive". Dynatomy Muscles and Dynatomy Joints show how muscles and joints work. There are over 800 interactive animations of the human musculoskeletal system.

Dynatomy Joints
- Details animations of the structure of joints of the upper limb, lower limb and trunk.
- Movements associated with each joint.
- Relationship of different tissues associated with the joint

Dynatomy Muscles
- Attachments and actions of every muscle in the upper limb, lower limb and trunk.
- Layered and reflected muscles that easily identify positions of related structures

Both are available in Health Sciences, Medical and Nursing library. Ask at information desk for assistance.

Library Classes - Semester 02

The Health Sciences Library will be offering series of information literacy classes for students and staff to refresh their database and research skills. Registration is essential. Please register early to secure your seat.

Introduction to EndNote @ Health Sciences

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

· Thursday, 04 Aug 2011 12:00pm-1:00pm

· Saturday, 06 Aug 2011 1:00pm-2:00pm

· Tuesday, 16 Aug 2011 12:00pm-1:00pm

· Saturday, 20 Aug 2011 1:00pm-2:00pm

· Saturday, 03 Sep 2011 1:00pm-2:00pm

Is Google Enough? Searching Health Sciences Databases

Are you overlooking valuable research by limiting your search to Google? This class will help you find high quality literature in Library databases – Develop a search strategy – Combine search terms and limit results – Search by subject – Interpret a citation – Print, save or export your references to Endnote

· Saturday, 06 Aug 2011 11:00am-12:00pm

· Tuesday, 09 Aug 2011 12:00pm-1:00pm

· Thursday, 18 Aug 2011 12:00pm-1:00pm

· Saturday, 20 Aug 2011 11:00am-12:00pm

· Saturday, 03 Sep 2011 11:00am-12:00pm

New Features in Web of Science @ Health Sciences

Get the most out of Web of Science by discovering some of its exciting new features – Add your own publications to WoS using ResearcherID – Extract more sophisticated citation information using the enhanced Citation Report – Analyse results more comprehensively than ever before – Learn about WoS's linguistic search tools, which make searching quicker and easier

· Tuesday, 23 Aug 2011 12:00pm-1:00pm

· Thursday, 01 Sep 2011 12:00pm-1:00pm

EndNote Web using Health Sciences Databases

Discover the Web-based version of EndNote that lets you use and share your citations from anywhere – Collect, organise, share and insert citations into your Word document – Transfer citations between the Web and desktop versions of EndNote. Note: EndNote Web can only manage citations - not full text

· Thursday, 25 Aug 2011 12:00pm-1:00pm

· Tuesday, 30 Aug 2011 12:00pm-1:00pm

Trial Databases

Following databases are on trial until 18th of August 2011 through our databases on trial page.

Lexi-Comp Online with the American Hospital Formulary Service (AHFS)

Database of drug handbooks which also includes information from the American Hospital Formulary Service

Lexi-Comp Online for Dentistry/Oral Surgery

Contains information for dental students and academics with dental specific pharmacology information and drug interaction analysis tools

TOXINZ

Contains information regarding toxic compounds and the management of poisoned patients.

The Natural Standard Integrative Medicine

Provides evidence-based information about complementary and alternative therapies

Please let us know what you think of the databases by completing the online evaluation form.

Journal Trial: 'Research Synthesis Methods'

The Library is trialling a new journal, Research Synthesis Methods, until the end of the year.

Aims & Scope

Research Synthesis Methods is a multidisciplinary peer reviewed journal devoted to the development and dissemination of methods for designing, conducting, analysing, interpreting, reporting, and applying systematic research synthesis.

Papers may address:

- Statistical methods

- Empirical research and simulations

- Literature retrieval and information science

- Data extraction

- Software

- Graphics and reporting of synthesis results

- Issues of study quality

- Reporting or other systematic biases

- Narrative analysis and synthesis of qualitative data

- Synthesis of individual participant data

- Use of synthesis for developing practice guidelines

- Integration with cost effectiveness or decision analysis

- Comparison and integration of methods across different disciplines

- Techniques for application in different environments

- Applications that illustrate a novel methodology

You can access Research Synthesis Methods via the Trials page of the Library website.

Please let us know what you think of the journal by completing the online evaluation form or by emailing your Faculty Liaison Librarian -- your feedback will help us determine whether to purchase the product.

Thanks for your participation!

The Best Android Apps for Health & Medical Professionals

If the iPhone / iPad phenomenon has left you cold and you've gone ahead and purchased an Android, you may be on to something -- there are a range of fantastic Android apps out there ready to make life easier for you as health and medical practitioners.

Chris Thorman of Software Advice has compiled a list of 60 Android apps that are worth checking out. Recommendations were made based on the highest rated, most relevant apps to the medical, nursing and allied health community (including students). See the complete list here.

Health & Medical iPhone & iPad Apps

Many of you either own, or covet, an iPhone or an iPad. Did you know there are an array of iPhone and iPad apps to assist you in your careers as health and medical professionals?

Houston Neal, posting on the Medical Blog of the Software Advice website, has compiled a list of the hottest apps for budding doctors, nurses, dentists, anaesthesiologists, cardiologists, dermatologists, neurologists, oncologists, pediatricians, radiologists, mental health workers and other allied health professionals. Review the complete list here.

Queen’s Birthday public holiday - Closed

Please note Health Sciences Library will be closed Monday 13th of June 2011.

New books for May 2011

Here is a glimpse at the hottest book releases by month of May 2011. Please click here to view the list.

Latest from Summon - "items in the catalogue" filter is available

Summon has an “Items in the library catalogue” filter available under “Refine your search” section of the toolbar (left hand side).

You can able to e narrow down the search results to find out items in our catalogue by tick in the "item in the library catalog". It is up-to-date and easier to use. Try today. If you need a help please contact your Faculty Liaison Librarians @ Health Sciences library.

Web of Knowledge is not compatible with Internet Explorer 9

In order to view the results using this version of the browsers, users need to turn on the compatibility mode in the browsers or switch to a different browser that is compatible. For example: Firefox 3.5.

Users can enable the compatibility mode in Internet Explorer 9 as follows:

1. Click on Tools menu
2. Click on Compatibility View Settings 3. Type ‘isiknowledge.com’ in the textbox and click on Add

The issue has been reported to the Web of Knowledge development team, however they are unable to give us a timeframe for when the Web of Knowledge platform will be made compatible with Internet Explorer 9.

Latest news - Trove 4.0 now available

The National Library of Australia is pleased to announce the release today of Trove 4.0.Trove now searches across millions of articles from GALE and Informit. These articles are found in a new zone called “journals, articles and datasets”.

University of Sydney library items are also searchable using Trove. Tick “in my libraries” to search our catalogue.

Items that are held at the University of Sydney library will appear on Green box if the user is onsite.

Sydney eScholarship Repository

The Library has implemented unikey authentication on the Sydney eScholoarship Repository.

Sydney eScholarship is an initiative of the University of Sydney Library. Sydney eScholarship is a set of innovative services for the University of Sydney that integrates the management of digital content with new forms of access and scholarly publication.

Sydney eScholarship provides, Sydney eScholarship repository and Sydney Digital Theses.

For visit "Open Access" blog to get latest information.

If you like to archive your thesis electronically and need some help please contact your Faculty Liaison Librarian.

EBL ebooks portal trial

We have access to a new ebook portal, EBL, set up on the trials page. http://sydney.edu.au/library/databases/trial.html and click on EBL (ebooks).

We have access to 350 books for the trial. It requires UniKey login both on- and off-campus.

Please feel free to send your feedback to us using Database Evaluation Form.

Ethnographic Video Online

Ethnographic Video Online provides the largest, most comprehensive resource for the study of human culture and behavior. The collection covers every region of the world and features the work of many of the most influential documentary filmmakers of the 20th century.

Library has over 550 titles, have a look of the videos and search library catalogue for ethnographic video.

Monitor embedded solutions Trial at Health Sciences

Health Sciences library will offer scanning, printing and photocopying to all our students.

The MFD now allow our clients to:

Scan to USB ($0.04 per page)
Scan to Email ($0.04 per page)
PRINT & Photocopy ($0.11 per page)

Instructional signs are now up near the MFD.

Need a help, please ask our friendly library staff.

Upcoming trial of ArticleReach for all journal requests

The Library is planning to trial the use of Article Reach as the single form to be completed when requesting journal articles. The trial will commence on Monday 2nd May, 2011. The old intra-campus form will disappear from the catalogue on this date.

Currently when clients go into their My Library and click on the link “request items from Document Delivery” they will be given the choice of two options:

For articles not held in our collection – Use Article Reach Direct (they follow through instructions to do so)

For articles HELD in our collection – for use by distance/remote staff and students (they have a form on this page to complete)

The new format will only show the Article Reach Direct page and should be used for all articles required, whether not held or held (in the case of distance/remote requests). Clients should complete the required pages (home library and name/bar code)to come to the “Request an Article” form. Clients who are distance/remote staff or students requesting an item held by the library should indicate this information in the comments line.

Drop in Sessions for Endnote

Library will be running series of EndNote drop in sessions on following dates.

Date/Time	Location	Instructor	Status
Tuesday, 12 Apr 2011 12:00pm-1:00pm	Health Sciences Library Training Room R112, Cumberland Campus C42, East Street, Lidcombe	Kanchana Ekanayake	24 Seats Remaining Register
Thursday, 14 Apr 2011 12:00pm-1:00pm	Health Sciences Library Training Room R112, Cumberland Campus C42, East Street, Lidcombe	JohnPaul Cenzato	22 Seats Remaining Register
Thursday, 05 May 2011 12:00pm-1:00pm	Health Sciences Library Training Room R112, Cumberland Campus C42, East Street, Lidcombe	Kanchana Ekanayake	25 Seats Remaining Register

Please use this Permanent link to register http://opac.library.usyd.edu.au/record=g1000492~S4

Library Room Booking went on live!

We launched our online room booking system. Room bookings can be made up to one week in advance.

You can book the room for the period of time 30 mins - 2 hours.

Please use following link to book your room https://orion.library.usyd.edu.au/schedule/. Use your unikey and password to login to the system.

Need a help, please contact library staff on 02 935 19423 or send a e-mail to healthsciences.library@sydney.edu.au

New Contact Page go on live!

We improved our contact page. Please take a closer look at the buttons on the library home page.

New books for January 2011

Here is a glimpse at the hottest book releases by month of January 2011. Please click here to view the list.

International Students - Study Preparation Program

Faculty of Health Sciences
International Students – Study Preparation Program 7-17 February
Information provided throughout the program includes:

• Enrolment

• Using the library

• Undergraduate : 8 Feb 1 - 3 pm @ Health Sciences Library
• Postgraduate : 8 Feb 10 - 12 noon & 9 Feb 2 -4 pm @ Health Sciences Library

• Academic reading and writing

• Referencing

Update Your EndNote Connection File

Please update your "U Sydney" connection file to use Univeristy of Sydney library catalogue through EndNote.

Instructions:

Open EndNote.
Goto Edit and then click on connection file and then select edit "U Sydney".
Click on "Connection Setting s in the left column.
In the server address field, delete the old IP 129.78.72.7. Enter opac.library.usyd.edu.au.
Close the connection file and click OK to save.
Close your endnote library re open it. If you need a help please contact us.

Library Course Reserve for Semester 1, 2011

Library Course Reserve

Reserve is a service the library provides in which essential course readings are placed on reserve (2 hour loan) or an electronic copy linked through the catalogue. This ensures students will always have access to their course readings throughout the unit of study.

Now is the best time to get your Reserve Material Requests Lists in to ensure they are ready for 1st semester.

This year we are launching a NEW online form to make it easy to submit requests. Just copy and paste your list into the space provided!

Reserve request form

Or go to the Health Sciences Library homepage and select the link for Reserve Material Request http://sydney.edu.au/library/libraries/healthsciences/

Obtain more information about Course Reserves or contact your Faculty Liaison Librarian