Library news

May 2012

Tohoku Exhibition this May in the Panizzi Room

On 11 March 2011, a magnitude 9 earthquake struck the Pacific coast of Miyagi Prefecture in Northeast Japan. The massive tsunami generated from the earthquake devastated the eastern coast of Tohoku, the name given to the northern part of Japan’s main island. More than 15,000 people lost their lives and over 3,000 people are still missing.

In the aftermath of the tragedy, across Japan, a spirit of “Gambaro Tohoku!” or “Let’s pull together for Tohoku!” emerged. The spirit remains strong, as those in the affected areas continue to rebuild their lives. The images in the ‘Tohoku Exhibition’ focus on the positive and show how far the people affected by the earthquake and tsunami have come since the tragedy of March 2011.

The Tohoku Exhibition will run in the Library's Panizzi Room from the 18th of May until the 27th of May. Please come and visit the exhibition during these dates and experience the breath-taking photographs.

Exhibition sponsored by: Language Centre, Faculty of Arts, UOW; UOW Library

[Photo: Self Defence Forces carry people to safety through drowned streets: EPA: JIJI Press]

January 2012

Interruptions to Library website and databases access on Saturday 14 January

Maintenance on University infrastructure supporting UOW websites will be performed on Saturday 14 January, between 6am and 6pm. The Library website will be unavailable during this time. You may also experience problems if you have bookmarks to Library resources; such as databases, ebooks and publisher websites where password access is required.

December 2011

Library closed between 24 December – 2 January

The Library will be closed from 24 December – 2 January, along with all units on campus. See the Opening Hours page for 2012 opening hours in the Main Library and other sites.

New ebooks, journals and journal archives

Ebook collections

Over 1,800 ebooks will be added to our ebook collection during 2012 following the purchase of 4 new large collections in the areas of Business, Management and Economics; Social Sciences such as education, healthcare management, politics, sociology and public policy; humanities such as history, literature, media, theatre and performance; sciences and technology.

All of our ebooks can be found using Summon

Journal backfiles

MEDICINE: The Lancet

The Lancet is one of the world's best known, oldest, and most respected general medical journals. You can now access issues from Vol 1 (1823) through to the present, including articles that have influenced the practice and science of medicine, including seminal papers from Joseph Lister, Elliott Joslin, Harvey Cushing, Howard Florey, William McBride, Christian Barnard and Jonas Salk.

Search for The Lancet in the A-Z Journal List.

SCIENCE: Nature (now 1950 - current)

We have been able to further extend archival access to the journal, Nature, with the purchase of the 1950-1985 archive. Access all Nature issues through the Nature Journal Archive.

SCIENCE: ScienceDirect Backfile Journals

Access archival issues of 98 Earth & Planetary Sciences journals and 73 Neuroscience journals. Earth & Planetary Science titles include Atmospheric Environment, Continental Shelf Research, Earth & Planetary Science Letters, Estuarine, Coastal and Shelf science, Geomorphology, Marine Pollution Bulletin, Quaternary Science Reviews, Sedimentary Geology, Tectonophysics and Water Research. Neuroscience titles include Behavioural Brain Research, Biological Psychology, Brain Research, Cell Differentiation and Development, International Journal of Psychophysiology, Neuroscience, Psychiatry Research and Schizophrenia Research.

Access to these journals is through ScienceDirect database.

HEALTH: Informa Healthcare Archive

Access archival issues of 149 journal titles including Archives of Physiology and Biochemistry, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, Endocrine Research, International Journal of Food Sciences and Nutrition, Journal of Mental Health, and Medical Teacher. Access these journals through Summon or Informa Healthcare.

HEALTH: Extended archival access to Ovid Journals

Access more than 4 million pages of archival material from nearly 250 journals in medicine, healthcare, and nursing. Journals include American Journal of Forensic Medicine & Pathology, Exercise and Sports Sciences Reviews, Investigative Radiology, Journal of Human Virology, Journal of Hypertension, Journal of Psychiatric Practice, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Soil Science.

Access through Summon.

MULTI-DISCIPLINARY: Cambridge University Press Journals Archive

Access archival issues of 183 Cambridge University Press Journals. Journal titles included are Behavioral and Brain Science, British Journal of Nutrition, Bulletin of the Australian Mathematical Society, Cambridge Law Journal, China Quarterly, Epidemiology and Infection, Geological Magazine, Journal of Fluid Mechanics and Psychological Medicine.

Access to these journals is through the Cambridge Journals Online database.

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