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Health and medicine

Queenslanders have access to a number of authoritative, subscription-only databases that are not available through Google or other free search engines.

Onsite access at your public library or State Library
Onsite access is easy - visit your local Queensland public library or the State Library of Queensland and connect using one of the onsite computers. You may also be able to access these databases using the library's wireless service.

Offsite access
To access these databases away from the library - from any computer connected to the internet (eg home or office) - you must be a Queensland resident and:

own a State Library e-services card (apply for an e-services card allowing 5 days to receive your card);
OR

be a member of a Queensland public library with a QPL account (register for a QPL account - immediate access after email verification)

Click the button beside the database to begin searching. You will be asked to login using your e-services card or QPL account. Terms and conditions apply.

Title	Access
APAIS Health Subset of the APAIS database, APAIS- Health indexes non-clinical information on Australian health. Emphasis is on the legal, economic, social and ethical aspects of health. Also covers public attitudes to health issues, social work, psychology and current events relevant to the health industry (for example, stem cell research). Entries include citations to journal articles, conference papers, and newspapers. Coverage: 1978+ Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders Licence: 4 users
ATSIhealth: The Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography ATSIhealth is compiled by Neil Thomson and John Sutherland at the School of Health Studies, Edith Cowan University. Entries relate to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander health status and refer to journal articles, conference proceedings, theses, government reports and statistics. Coverage: 1900+ Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders Licence: 4 users
Ausport/Med Ausport, produced by the National Sport Information Centre, Australian Sports Commission, is an index to the medical and health aspects of Australian sport. Subject coverage includes biomechanics, physical fitness, psychology, drugs in sport, nutrition, and diet. Journals, government reports, books and audiovisual items are indexed. Coverage: 1989+ Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders Licence: 4 users
CINCH - ATSIS: Australian Criminology Database - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Subset Produced by the Australian Institute of Criminology, this database includes abstracts of journal articles, newspapers, books, book chapters, government reports, book reviews and theses. Subject coverage includes legal and medical issues, mental health, drugs and alcohol, and HIV/AIDS relating to Indigenous Australians. Coverage: 1968+ Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders Licence: 4 users
CINCH-Health: Health Issues in Criminal Justice Topics include mental health,medical and legal issues, psychology, corrections, health, suicide, and HIV/AIDS. Coverage: 1968+ Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders Licence: 4 users
DRUG Produced by the Alcohol and other Drugs Council of Australia (ADCA), the DRUG database indexes journals, books, conference papers and proceedings, government documents, statistics, newspapers and discussion papers on substance abuse. The psychosocial aspects of substance abuse as well as the political, social, economic and legal aspects in the prevention and treatment of the abuse of drugs are comprehensively covered. Coverage: 1974+ Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders Licence: 4 users
H&S: Health and Society Database Part of the FAMILY database, this resource indexes items on research, policy and practice issues relating to the health of families and individuals in Australia. Also covers health services, the political, social and legal issues affecting the health and well-being of Australian families. Coverage: 1980+ Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders Licence: 4 users
Health and Wellness Resource Center Provides access to articles in over 200 leading medical journals of which some 150 are available full text. It also indexes (full text) a number of medical reference books and pamphlets as well as selected articles from around 1500 general interest titles. See the list of titles for more information. Coverage: 1980+ Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders Licence: unlimited
Health Collection Health Collection is an indexing and full-text database that provides Internet access to the scanned images (in pdf) of journal articles from published material on all aspects of health and medicine. Coverage: Full text: 1995+ ; Indexed: 1968+ Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders Licence: unlimited
HIVA: HIV/AIDS Database The most comprehensive database on HIV/AIDS in Australia, this database consists of titles listed in the catalogues of the NSW HIV/AIDS Library Network, and would be useful for researchers working in the health field as well as people living with HIV/AIDS. Coverage: 1980+ Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders Licence: 4 users
Meditext See Health Collection
Proquest Science Journals ProQuest Science Journals provides an impressive collection of scientific journals in full text and image formats. Publications included in the database cover a wide range of topics from both the physical and life science disciplines. Coverage: 1992+ Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders Licence: unlimited
PubMed PubMed comprises more than 21 million citations for biomedical literature from MEDLINE, life science journals, and online books. Citations may include links to full-text content from PubMed Central and publisher web sites. Coverage: updated regularly Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders Licence: unlimited
RURAL: Rural and Remote Health Database Produced by The Monash University of School of Rural Health , RURAL contains several databases relating to health care issues in rural Australia. Subjects include Indigenous health, men's health in regional Australia, medical training in rural and remote areas, nursing and the aged. Coverage: 1966-January 2006 Access: onsite@slq + offsite access for e-services members and Queensland public library (QPL) account holders Licence: 4 users

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