12 March 2010


“Hope begins in the dark, the stubborn hope that if you just
show up and try to do the right thing, the dawn will come

Anne Lamott


finding online books

The Library provides access to large number of books online. To see what is available go to the Library catalogue http://libcat.austin.org.au and click on the electronic books link on the left hand bar.  

new online

The problem of osteoporotic hip fracture in Australia. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2010.
Every day in 2006-07, more than 40 Australians - most of them aged 65 or over - broke their hip. But the incidence rate is on the decline, having fallen by 14% in males and 20% in females since 1997-98.
Spinal cord injury, Australia 2007-2008. Australian Institute of Health and Welfare, 2010.
In 2007-08 there were 362 new spinal cord injuries [SCI], the majority of which [79%] were due to traumatic causes. SCI were most frequent in the 15-24 year age group [30%], although trends show a significant increase in the average age at injury from 38 years in 1995-96 to 42 years in 2007-08. Males accounted for 84% of traumatic SCI. Transport-related injuries (46%) and falls (28%) were the main contributors to traumatic SCI.

new on display @ Austin

Chapman & Nakielny a guide to radiological procedures / edited by Frances Aitchison. 5 th ed. Saunders Elsevier, 2009.
Feigenbaum’s echocardiography / William F. Armstrong and Thomas Ryan. 7 th ed. Wolters Kluwer/Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2010.
The Maudsley prescribing guidelines / David Taylor, Carol Paton and Shitij Kapur. Informa, 2009.
Pocket guide to internship : common clinical cases / Sanjaya Senanayake. 2 nd ed. McGraw-Hill, 2010.

Books on display may be reserved – call 9396 5636.

JOURNALS RECEIVED AND ON DISPLAY THIS WEEK

American journal of cardiology. Vol. 105, no. 4, 15 February 2010
American journal of neuroradiology. Vol. 31, no. 2, February 2010
Anaesthesia & intensive care. Vol. 38, no. 2, March 2010
Annals of internal medicine. Vol. 152, no. 4, 16 February 2010
Australian family physician. Vol. 39, no. 3, March 2010
BJU International. Vol. 105, no. 5, 1 March 2010
Blood. Vol. 115, no. 7, 18 February 2010
BMJ. Vol. 340, no. 7745, 6 March 2010
The breast. Vol. 19, Iss. 1, 20 February 2010
British journal of dermatology. Vol. 162, no. 3, March 2010
British journal of psychiatry. Vol. 196, no. 3, March 2010
Cardiovascular research. Vol. 85, no. 4, 1 March 2010
Clinical neurophysiology. Vol. 121, no. 3, March 2010
Disease-a-month. Vol. 56, no. 2, February 2010 (Cerebral vascular disease)
Family process. Vol. 49, no. 1, March 2010
Fertility & sterility. Vol. 93, no. 3, February 2010
Hypertension. Vol. 55, no. 3, March 2010
Infection control & hospital epidemiology. Vol. 31, no. 3, March 2010
Internal medicine journal. Vol. 40, Iss. 1, January 2010
Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology. Vol. 21, no. 3, March 2010
Journal of infectious diseases. Vol. 201, no. 5, 1 March 2010
Journal of obstetrics & gynaecology. Vol. 30, no. 2, February 2010
Journal of plastic, reconstructive & aesthetic surgery. Vol. 63, no. 3, March 2010
Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry. Vol. 49, no. 2, February 2010
Lancet. Vol. 375, no. 9717, 6-12 March 2010
Lancet oncology. Vol. 11, Iss. 3, March 2010
Nature. Vol. 464, no. 7285, 4 March 2010
Neurology. Vol. 74, no. 7, 16 February 2010
New England journal of medicine. Vol. 362, no. 9, 4 March 2010
Nursing times. Vol. 106, no. 7, 23 February – 1 March 2010
Progress in palliative care. Vol. 18, no. 1, 2010
Seminars in oncology nursing. Vol. 26, no. 1, February 2010 (Quality of life outcomes in cancer care: 1990-2010)
Sleep. Vol. 33, no. 3, 1 March 2010