Wiley Interscience downtime Monday 19th October

Due to site maintenance, access to Wiley Interscience may be interrupted on Monday 19th October 2009 between 7 pm and 8 pm.

New trial – Informa Healthcare ebooks

Trial available until 6th November 2009.

Informa Healthcare offers a growing selection of e-books in the medical and life sciences disciplines, including such famous imprints as Marcel Dekker, Taylor & Francis, CRC Press, Martin Dunitz, Parthenon, and the new Informa Healthcare imprint.

Go to: Informa Healthcare trial

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New trial – Proquest Public Health

Trial available until 10th November 2009.

Proquest Public Health includes the core literature in the field of public health, including biostatistics, environmental health sciences, epidemiology, behavioral sciences, international public health, and more.

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New trial – Informit Health collection

Trial available until 31st December 2009.

Informit Health Collection is a new full text online database which delivers cover-to-cover access to core content from the Australasia region. Many of the peer reviewed titles are unique to Informit and offer new perspectives to allied health professionals and students. Over twenty years of backfiles also means that users don’t overlook important archive content.

This collection will replace Meditext from the beginning of next year.

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New trial – SAGE Reference Online

Trial available until 31st October 2009.

SAGE Reference Online provides online access to80 SAGE encyclopedias and handbooks.  The subjects covered include business, communication, education, family, history, politics, social welfare, sociology, and more.

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New trial – Best Practice

Trial available until 1st November 2009.

Best Practice is a decision support tool that combines the latest research evidence with guidelines and expert opinion – presented in a step-by-step approach, covering diagnosis, prognosis, treatment and prevention. With Clinical Evidence content incorporated and seamless link to Martindale: the complete Drug Reference, it serves as an invaluable learning, reference and support tool for doctors.

Register to to get full access to Best Practice content and to access “My Best Practice”, where you can bookmark your favourite articles and save your frequent searches.

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User Guide

Video Introduction to BestPractice

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New trial – Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source

Trial available until 31st December 2009.

Dentistry & Oral Sciences Source contains full text for over 160 journals and dozens of monographs. It includes indexing for all major dentistry and oral sciences journals, including titles not indexed in Medline.

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Proquest downtime Sunday 27th September

Due to system maintenance, Proquest will be unavailable from 12 noon Sunday 27th September until 2:00 am Monday 28th September.

This will affect all Proquest databases including: ABI/INFORM. Academic Research Library, Dissertation & Theses, Nursing & Allied Health Source, ProQuest ANZ Newsstand, Proquest Arts Module, Proquest Education Journals, Proquest Social Science Journals.