Databases (full text available)
- ARCHI - Australian Resource Centre for Healthcare Innovations
AccessMedicine - features continually updated medical content from favourite medical titles. - Australian Health Databases - includes Health Collection, APAIS-Health, ATSIhealth
- ACP Journal Club - Evidence-based commentaries on articles *EBP (Evidence-based practice)
- ACP PIER- decision support tool - diagnosis & treatment of diseases *EBP
- Bandolier - Evidence-based health information *EBP
- Best Practice - a point-of-care information resource from the BMJ Evidence Centre (now includes Clinical Evidence) *EBPfor mobile devices(contact the Library on 89 228961 if assistance required in setting up access for PDAs).
- CareSearch - Palliative care *EBP
- CINAHL - Nursing & allied health disciplines for mobile devices
- Clinical Evidence (BMJ) - medical resources for treatment decisions and improving patient care (now incorporated with Best Practice*EBP
- Cochrane Library*EBP
- Dynamed - Evidence-based clinical guidelines & topics *EBP
- Education Research Complete - offers the world's largest and most comprehensive collection of full-text education journals, with full-text for more than 1,200 journals and nearly 500 Books. ERC also contains indexing with abstracts for more than 2,100 journals for mobile devices
- ERIC - contains indexing for more than 1,300,000 education articles, all the way back to 1966 for mobile devicesEvidence Updates (from BMJ) - register for free updates
- GreenFILE - covers all aspects of human impact on the environment for mobile devices
- Health Business Fulltext Elite - Administration, management & more for mobile devices
- Health Information Resources (UK NHS)*EBP
- Health Policy Reference Center - is a full-text collection of journals covering all aspects of health policy and related issues for mobile devices
- Joanna Briggs Institute - Evidence based nursing & midwifery *EBP
- LISTA - Library Information Science & Technology Abstracts for mobile devices
- MD Consult Core Collection - Medical books, journals, drug information, guidelines, patient handouts. *EBP
- Medline (via EBSCO) - Medicine, nursing, dentistry & allied health for mobile devices
- Medline (via Ovid) - Medicine, nursing, dentistry & allied health;
- National Guidelines Clearinghouse (NGC)*EBP
- NetAnatomy
- Nursing Reference Center*EBP
- OTseeker - Occupational therapy *EBP
- Pedro - Physiotherapy evidence database *EBP
- PEMSoft - Paediatric diagnostic tool for clinicians
- Prescribing medicines in pregnancy database - developed by medical and scientific experts based on available evidence of risks associated with taking particular medicines while pregnant.
- Professional Development Collection - is a specialised collection of nearly 520 full-text education journals, and nearly 200 education reports. In total, nearly 730 journals are indexed and abstracted for mobile devices
- Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection - Psychiatry, Psychology, Anthropology & more for mobile devices
- PsycINFO - American Psychological Association (APA) for mobile devices
- PubMed - U.S. National Library of Medicine (NLM)
- Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Source (RSS) - an evidence-based clinical reference tool for he use by rehabilitation clinicians at the point-of-care for mobile devices
- SocINDEX - Sociological Research, Social Psychology, Social Work, Criminology & more for mobile devices
- TOXINZ - contains information regarding toxic compounds and the management of poisoned patients. Includes 190,000 listed chemical products, pharmaceuticals, plants and hazardous creature. Designed to meet Australasian requirements.
- TRIP - Turning Research into Practice *EBP
- UpToDate (Intranet access)
Point of Care Resources
- ACP PIER - decision support tool - diagnosis & treatment of diseases
- Best Practice - a point-of-care information resource from the BMJ Evidence Centre
- CARPA Standard Treatment Manual - for primary health care practitioners in remote and rural communities
- Clinical Evidence - medical resources for treatment decisions and improving patient care
- Clinical Procedures Manual - for remote and rural practice
- Diagnostic imaging pathways - decision support
- Dynamed - Evidence-based clinical guidelines & topics
- MedCalc 3000 Complete Edition- an interactive medical reference and tool set that contains medical formulae, clinical criteria sets and decision tree analysis tools.
- Nursing Reference Center
- PEMSoft - paediatric emergency medicine for doctors and nurses
Rehabilitation & Sports Medicine Source (RSS - an evidence-based clinical reference tool for he use by rehabilitation clinicians at the point-of-care for mobile devices - The Reference Book for the 4th Edition of the CARPA STM - commentary on the Standard Treatment Manual's protocols
- Remote PHC Manuals Access to the Remote Primary Health Care Manuals content free of charge but does require registration.
- TOXINZ - contains information regarding toxic compounds and the management of poisoned patients. Includes 190,000 listed chemical products, pharmaceuticals, plants and hazardous creature. Designed to meet Australasian requirements.
- UpToDate (Intranet access)
- Women's Business Manual - endeavours to provide materials which present contemporary health care practices and procedures
Clinical Guidelines
- Australian Resuscitation Council Online - resuscitation techniques and terminology
- Department of Health WA - diagnostic pathways
- Immunise Australia Program - information about vaccinations for children and adults
- Australian Clinical Guidelines - published by the MJA, these guidelines represent the consensus opinion of experts based on review of the scientific literature. The list is organised by broad topic area, with the guidelines listed in each topic area from newest to oldest
- National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC) - a public resource for evidence-based clinical practice guidelines, NGC is an initiative of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ), US Department of Health and Human Services. NGC was originally created by AHRQ in partnership with the American Medical Association and the American Association of Health Plans (now America's Health Insurance Plans, AHIP)
- NHMRC - clinical Practice guidelines
- National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence (NICE) Guidance - NICE an independent organisation providing national guidance on health including prevention and treatment
- PROMPT - DoH, database for local and other guidelines, policies and procedures
- Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network (SIGN) - developed by SIGN
- Therapeutic Guidelines - information about specific conditions
LibGuides(Resources by Subject) Best accessed via Firefox or Google Chrome web browsers
- Burns and Wound Management
- Chronic Diseases
- Chronic Airways Disease
- Chronic Mental Illness
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Emergency Medicine
- Evidence Based Practice
- Intensive and Critical Care
- Midwifery and Obstetrics
- Sexual Health
- Substance Abuse
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Women's Health
Medicines Information
- Australian Immunisation Handbook
- Australian Injectable Drugs Handbook
- Australian Medicines Handbook
- Drugdex Identification, interactions, comparisons, calculations *EBP
- Martindale: The Complete Drug Reference (via BMJ'S Best Practice)
- MIMS (Intranet access)
- Natural Medicines Database
- PBS Schedule of Pharmaceutical Benefits
- Paediatric pharmacopoeia accessible from DoH PCs only
- Poisindex Information about and treatments for commercial, pharmaceutical and biological substances *EBP
- Remote PHC Manuals Access to the Remote Primary Health Care Manuals content is free of charge but does require registration and login.
- Therapeutic Guidelines
eBooks
eJournals
- BioMed Central - Peer reviewed open access journals
- Clinics of North America
- Get It! DoH - Read about our online linking service
- Journal collection (Ovid) - Medical, nursing & allied health
- MD Consult (Elsevier Journals)
- Oxford Journal Archives
Publishers' sites: ScienceDirect and John Wiley & Sons Inc. (formerly Blackwell Synergy and Wiley Blackwell)
[Note search results will retrieve mainly citations and abstracts]
Patient Education
- MD Consult
- MedlinePlus Health Information
- Nursing Reference Center
- UpToDate for Patients (Intranet only)
Reference Tools & Sites
- ABS - Australian Bureau of Statistics
- ARCHI - Australian Resource Centre for Healthcare Innovations
- ADCA - Alcohol & Other Drugs Council of Australia
- Australian Commission on Safety & Quality in Health Care - evidence based information including guidelines
- Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet - knowledge and information resources on indigenous health
- Australian Institute of Grants Management hosted on ourcommunity.com.au
- Australian Resuscitation Council Online
- Australian Standards Online Premium
- Canadian Institutes of Health Research - the major federal agency funding health research in Canada; aims to create new health knowledge, and translate knowledge from research into real world applications.
- Closing the Gap Clearinghouse - includes evidence-based health research on overcoming disadvantage for Indigenous Australians
- DynaMed for mobile devices
- EThOS - Beta Electronic Theses Online Service, opening access to UK theses
- Google Scholar
- Grey Literature Report (New York Academy of Medicine Library) - focuses on research material, encompasses unindexed materialsproduced by non-commercial publishers and unavailable through normal, commercial distribution channels.
- Macquarie Dictionary Download : at your desktop go to Start -> Programs -> Macquarie Library -> Macquarie Dictionary and Macquarie Thesaurus (icons then load to your desktop)
- Medical Dictionary (Stedman's)
- myDr an independent Australian consumer guide
- National Prescribing Service - medicines information and resources for consumers, health professionals, members and stakeholders involved in the Quality Use of Medicines
- NetAnatomy
- Oxford Reference Online- Referencing Guides
- SCIRUS search for scientific information
- TROVE - National Library of Australia's search engine providing reliable information from Australia's memory institutions
