Collection Guidelines - Subject/Discipline Collections
Medicine, nursing and health - DRAFT
Includes
The Dewey range 610-619, 649.3, 649.4
This collection covers nursing, human anatomy and physiology, public health, pharmacology, gynaecology and obstetrics, diseases, surgery, dentistry, forensic medicine and alternative medical treatments.
Purpose of the collection
The Library collects in the field of Medicine primarily to support the teaching and research needs of the Faculty of Health, Medicine, Nursing and Behavioural Sciences.
Resources in this area are also used in varying degrees by Schools within the Faculty of Science & Technology.
Users/sources supported by the collection
From 2008 the university will offer a four-year Bachelor of Medicine Bachelor of Surgery degree.
The University also offers
- Bachelor of Exercise and Sport Science
- Bachelor of Food Science and Nutrition
- Bachelor of Health Sciences
- Bachelor of Nursing
- Bachelor of Nursing / Bachelor of Midwifery
- Bachelor of Nutrition and Dietetics
- Bachelor of Occupational Therapy
- Bachelor of Psychology
- Bachelor of Public health and Health Promotion
- Bachelor of Social Work
- Bachelor of Applied Science, with majors in
- Disability Studies
- Exercise and Sport Science
- Health Promotion
- Psychology
- Sport Coaching
Postgraduate coursework degrees are available in the following areas:
- Diabetes education
- Food innovation
- Health promotion
- Human nutrition
- Midwifery
- Nursing practice
- Cardiac care
- Critical care
- Emergency care
- Intensive care
- Perioperative
- Psychology
- Public health
- Public health nutrition
Postgraduate research degrees are available in all areas with particular interest in
- Health and wellbeing (a university research priority area)
- Molecular medicine and nutrition
- Public health research, evaluation and policy
- Mental health and wellbeing
- Physical activity and nutrition
- Promoting social justice and equity
- Quality and risk management in clinical and aged care
Existing Collection
At the end of 2005 there was approximately 73,500 items in this collection, with about 4,400 being added each year. Online access is provided to a range of relevant journal titles at http://ux3as3nu6z.search.serialssolutions.com/?V=1.0&L=UX3AS3NU6Z&S=SC&C=HE
Major online databases such as Medline, CINAHL, Health Reference Center, PsycINFO, Web of Science and Current Contents Connect provide access to a range of material.
Selection Notes:
Aspects of this collection are relevant at Melbourne, Geelong, Geelong Waterfront, and Warrnambool. Specific areas of interest are as follows:
- Biomechanics (M)
- Biomedical science (M, G)
- Chronic illness (M, F)
- Community health (M, F)
- Critical care nursing (M)
- Diabetes education (M)
- Dietetics (M)
- Disability studies (M)
- Exercise physiology (M)
- Forensic science (G)
- Health promotion (M, F, W)
- Health sciences (M)
- Human movement (M)
- Human nutrition (M)
- Medicine (G)
- Mental health nursing (M, F, G)
- Metabolic research (G)
- Midwifery (M, F, W)
- Nursing (M, F, W)
- Nutrition (M)
- Occupational hygiene (G)
- Public health (M)
- Social work (F)
- Toxicology (G)
Revised : 4 December 2007
