Update on Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet

Dear All,

For those of you who aren't aware, Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet is an online portal which connects you to a range of scholarly sources about Indigenous Australians.

It is marketed as a 'one-stop info-shop' that aims to contribute to 'closing the gap' in health between Indigenous and other Australians by informing practice and policy in Indigenous health by making research and other knowledge readily accessible.

To maximise full text access to items, search Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet via the Library's Databases and Electronic Resources Page (browse the alphabetical listings 'A' or 'I'). Searching via the library website takes advantage of our electronic subscriptions.

Cheers,
Kate

Converting CINAHL searches from Ovid to Ebsco

Dear All,

As most of you are probably aware, the CINAHL database is no longer available on the Ovid platform – it has moved to EBSCO.

I have a handy reference sheet which explains how to convert CINAHL searches from Ovid to EBSCO, as I know how frustrating it is to get used to another interface!

I can't attach this, but if you would like me to pass it on, please email me: k.masters@library.usyd.edu.au

Cheers,
Kate

AgeLine Database: Searches to Go

AgeLine, one of the major databases in ageing and gerontology now offers pre-packaged Searches to Go for busy researchers, service providers and consumers.

Searches include up to 20 recent references with abstracts on various topics in the following categories:

• Health & Mental Health
• Healthcare & Medicare
• Long Term Care & Caregiving
• Work, Retirement & Financial Issues
• Social Relationships & Psychological Aging
• Community Living
• An Aging Society
• State and Global Aging

OvidSP: New Ovid search and discovery platform

Databases like Psychinfo, Medline, EBM Reviews etc. that were available via Ovid gateway are now available on a new and improved platform called OvidSP. Ageline , the premier database on aging and social gerontology is also available via OvidSP.

Some of the new features of OvidSP include:

• Natural language searching – Available via the Basic Search tab, allows users to enter any search term or question. There is no need for special search syntax
• Advanced search –OvidSP has retained all of the best features and functionality of Ovid Gateway and including subject headings, term mapping, limits, and more.
• A new Search Aid section provides greater search transparency and allows you to refine initial searches. Review search terms, synonyms used, and spelling variants. Refine your search by subject, author, or journal title. Or, broaden by adding new search terms.
• Inline abstracts – Citation abstracts are now on the same page as your result. Expand or collapse abstracts for easy viewing.
• Annotations – Create, view, and edit search results annotations, marked by yellow icons. Annotations always stay with your results with your personal login.
• Searches can be delivered via RSS or email

Click here to watch an Overview of the Search Page

TVNews via Informit Online

TVNews indexes Australian television news, current affairs and selected documentaries from the free-to-air networks with links to video files. Records for individual stories from a particular broadcast are indexed with a brief description.

TVNews is updated daily; stories appearing on an evening news broadcast are usually available for access the next morning. Coverage is from September 2007. A sample program guide is available here.

TVNews is available via the Library Database Page

Scopus and EMBASE Training

Wednesday 6 February, Health Sciences Library, Cumberland campus

Scopus (10.00 am - 12.00 pm)
EMBASE.com (1.00 pm - 3.00 pm)

Venue: Health Science Library Training Room

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of research literature and quality web sources. Quick, easy and comprehensive, Scopus provides superior support of the literature research process. Users can spend less time mastering databases and more time on research. It's the easiest way to find relevant results fast.

EMBASE is a major pharmacological and biomedical database indexing drug information from 4,550 journals published in 70 countries.

Classes are limited to 27 participants. Please book your place with Dawn Payoe: d.payoe@library.usyd.edu.au or phone: 935 19646

Scopus Database

University of Sydney now has access to Scopus, an interdisciplinary scientific research literature database that provides abstracts, citation data, alerts and more. A free collaborative research tool, 2Collab, allows collaboration with peers and groups without emails. Scopus provides citation data, similar to the Web of Science Database.

Take a guided tour for information on specific features.
Access to Scopus is available from the Library’s Database Page.
For further information and training, contact your subject librarian.

Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE)

SHARE collects micro data on health, socio-economic status and social and family networks of individuals aged 50 or over in Eleven countries: Scandinavia (Denmark and Sweden), Central Europe (Austria, France, Germany, Switzerland, Belgium, and the Netherlands), the Mediterranean (Spain, Italy and Greece).

Some research reports are available for download in PDF

AARP’s Internet Resources on Aging

AARP's Internet Resources on Aging is a database of Internet resources for people age 50+. Most of the sites included in the database are produced by government agencies or nonprofit organizations which provide useful information to older adults, researchers, students, and professionals in the field of ageing.

You can search the database using keywords, or browse a main topics list. Main topics such as: Aging of Special Populations, Health & Well-Being, Housing and Long-Term Care, are divided further into subcategories. Each entry includes a description of the website with the appropriate keywords. The database is reviewed every 6 months to update the website descriptions and web addresses as needed.