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This is a basic collection with strength in the History of Medicine in Australia, bibliographies of medicine and health and in the holdings on diseases.
The collection is enhanced by holdings of several significant audiovisual items. Physiology, women's health, various diseases, mental health, alternative medicine and sports medicine are represented in this format.
It is collection development policy not to acquire any juvenile literature, school or tertiary curriculum texts and advanced academic research material. Professional diagnostic and para- professional and experimental medicine materials are not acquired.
The total number of monographs held in the division is 6,719 which represents 1.75% of monographs total 383,000 quoted for SRL and Special Collections in 1994/95 annual report.
There is an overlap in the bibliographic lists for medicine with the area of services to the sick and disabled (part of the Conspectus division of Sociology) and with the area of ethics in medicine (part of the Conspectus division of Philosophy and Religion).
SRL has good holdings in the area of ethics of medical professions and of sex and reproduction. There are good holdings also in the area of problems of and services to sick and disabled people.
Relevant sections of the following bibliographies have been checked against State Library's monographic holdings:
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Title |
Total Checked |
SRL Holdings |
% Held |
|
An annotated bibliography of the history of medicine and health in Australia, 1984 Australian national bibliography 1991-1995 Collier's encyclopedia Guide to information sources in alternative therapy Guide to reference books. 11th ed. Nutrition in foodservice Readers adviser - science, technology, medicine Walford's Guide to reference material World medicine:the east west guide to healing your body |
296 2139 244 471
311 55 1742 546 55 |
192 454 65 122
78 20 479 150 12 |
65 21.2 26.6 26
25 36.3 27.5 27.5 21.8 |
Periodical (serials) coverage in the division of Medicine
There are 61 open serials subscriptions and 35 closed.
This is a very limited collection. 10% of collection are annual reports of various Australian health related organisations. The collection is enhanced by MDX health digest CD-ROM, and HealthRom which covers Australian sources and cumulative Index Medicus on microfiche. There are 16 full text journals mainly newsletters and bulletins and some pamphlets. Most information is from government reports and publications.
There is some coverage of medical and health sources is on GPO and World Magazine Bank CD-ROMS.
The following bibliographies have been checked against State Library's holdings:
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Title |
Total Checked |
SRL Holdings |
% Held |
|
Annotated bibliography of the history of medicine and health in Australia Australasian medical index (HeathRom) Journals list from MDX CD-Rom |
314
102 114 |
110
22 10 |
35
22 8.8 |
Last modified: August 18 2004.
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