Consumer Health Complete

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Consumer Health Complete is an in-depth, user friendly resource designed to answer everyday consumer health questions. It covers all areas of health from mainstream medicine to alternative, holistic and integrated medicine.

Consumer Health Complete is similar in range and scope to Gale’s Health & Wellness. They both provide access to consumer health encyclopaedias and reference books, journals, pamphlets, multi-media as well as alternative health resources.

The main difference between the two, apart from the interface, is simply that each provides access to a different range of reference and journal titles. CHC supplies access to some more familiar titles such as the AMA Complete Medical Encyclopedia, Mayo Clinic Family Health Book and the Complete Guide to Prescription and Nonprescription Drugs.

NB It is important to remember that this database should not be viewed as a means for self-diagnosis or a substitute for professional medical advice, diagnosis or treatment.



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Tutorial - http://support.epnet.com/training/flash_videos/CHCinterfaceTutorial.html



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Access is through the Information on the web page under Health and Medicine or Databases A-Z.

http://web.ebscohost.com/chc/search?vid=1&hid=4&sid=aeff6317-73cf-4106-beeb-5c06ebbd0ed2%40sessionmgr4

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1. Find an Evidence-Based Report on Asperger Syndrome.

2. Research the side effects of caffeine from the Complete Guide to Prescription and Nonprescription Drugs 2009.

3. Find articles on homeopathic health treatments for hay fever.

4. Using Advanced search, find academic journal articles on Prostate cancer and diet, published in 2009.

Oxford Art

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Oxford Art Online is an easily searched database for all things "art". The database consists of 4 main elements; Grove Art Online, The Oxford Companion to Western Art, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Art Terms, and the Encyclopedia of Aesthetics. Each can be searched individually or as a whole, whichever you prefer.

Subjects, biographies and images covering all aspects and timeframes of art make this a first search option for authorative art information. A "whats new" and "FAQ" section enable the user to quickly become aware of any changes and/or new articles recently added.

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For a guided tour click here: http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/page/guided_tour

There is also a comprehensive help menu available at the top of the home page.

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To access Oxford Art go to the Information on the Web page under "Art" or "Databases A-Z"

http://www.oxfordartonline.com/subscriber/

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1. Find an article detailing Islamic calligraphy. Us the search box at the top right hand side of the page. Once you have found the article, click on it and then locate the sub-section concerning Arabian printing in Europe (hint: use the expand feature on the left hand side under "article contents" - see "arts of the book")

2. Use the advanced search option - "biography search" to locate a biography of the artist Tamara De Lempicka. What art movement was she associated with?

3.Use the "search for images only" function to locate a self portrait of Pablo Picasso. Left click on the image to enlarge it. Once it is enlarged, right click on the image and email it to yourself.

4. A student is interested in "Dada & Surealism". Use the Thematic Guide (click first on "Tools and Resources", then "Thematic Guides") to locate various essays and biographies on this topic.

Health and Wellness Resource Center

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The database includes magazine and journal articles, pamphlets, multimedia, and reference books on all aspects of medicine, health, and wellness including traditional and alternative medicine.
You will find information about specific diseases and conditions, including excellent introductory articles, a Drug and Herb finder relating to the condition or disease, Trusted web sites and Health and Risk assessment tools.

Book resources include various Gale encyclopedias i.e. The Gale encyclopedia of Medicine, The Gale encyclopedia of Alternative medicine, Mosby's medical dictionary, The patients guide to medical tests and more.

This is an American database, however, it does include some information from Australian sources. News and perodicial articles are updated daily


When assisting a customer, with medical information
* Always respect their privacy.
* Leave the patron in control of how much personal information to disclose e.g. ‘if you can tell me what kind of information would be most useful to you, I can help you better.
* Provide the information, do not give advise or try to intepret/explain the information .
* Do not offer your own experiences or hearsay about similar medical conditions.
* Identify what level of information is needed- an overview, detailed.....Provide information at the level the patron can understand/ make sense of.
* Do not assume that the person asking the question is the person who has the health condition.
* Determine the age and sex of the person in question. A medical condition may affect a child differently than an adult, and treatments can vary depending on age and sex.
* Suggest they discuss any questions, treatments arising from Health and Wellness articles with their medical practitioner/specialist or refer to appropriate organisation.
*Verify unfamiliar terms in a dictionary or encyclopedia available Be cautious with medication names - some drugs have similar names but very different uses.


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List of Sources http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/HWRC/HWRC_References.htm?l=s&s=9&locID=wh_manningham&bucket=all&n=10


Guided tour http://galenet.galegroup.com/hwrc/storyboard/storyBoard.html
Click on the arrow forward to begin


Search tips http://galenet.galegroup.com/servlet/HWRC/HWRC_Search_Tips.htm?l=t&s=9&locID=wh_manningham&n=10&bucket=all


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The link to this database can be found through the 'Information on the web' page under Health and Medicine or Databases A-Z
.http://ezproxy.wev.vic.gov.au/login?url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/wh_manningham?db=HWRC


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1. Using the Advanced Search find 2009 articles on 'wound management' from the Australian Nursing Journal.

2. Using a Health Assessment tool calculate your Body Mass Index.

3. Beyond the standard search in Health and Wellness what part of the database can you use to find further information on Cancer.

4. Look for an Alternative Medicine encyclopaedic article and magazine article on Lice Infestation.

5. Find information on the drug Glucosamine

6. Search for information on Diabetes. Use all the search features on offer. Medical Dictionary entry Alternative Medicine Encyclopedia article Video Medical Encyclopedia article Web link Magazine and Journal articles News Health Assessment Tools Drug and Herb for Diabetes

17th, 18th 19th newspapers

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Searching in both of these Gale databases is very similar.
17th and 18th CENTURY BURNEY COLLECTION NEWSPAPERS
Includes newspapers, newsbooks, Acts of Parliament, addresses, broadsides, pamphlets, proclamations, with titles from London, British Isles, and colonies.
19th CENTURY BRITISH LIBRARY NEWSPAPERS
National and regional newspapers held by the British Library.

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Help is available via the top bar, towards the right.

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The two databases are found on the Information on the Web page under "Magazines and Newspapers", then under “Historical Newspapers.”

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17th and 18th CENTURY BURNEY COLLECTION NEWSPAPERS

1. How many papers are included for Dublin?

2. Is the Bucks Gazette included?

3. What is the Burney Collection?

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4. Why was Thomas Batchelder sentenced to death?

19th CENTURY BRITISH LIBRARY NEWSPAPERS

1. What position did Mr. Batchelder hold in 1837?

(Tip read the whole article, not just the highlighted part.)

2. Who did the Rev. Henry Frederick Hutton marry? When? When did his wife die? When did Henry die?

3. Where was the SS Great Britain in 1852?

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The Times Digital Archive 1785-1985 is the complete newspaper digitised for 200 years.

The pages have been completely scanned.

This database has remote access, and items can be both printed and emailed.

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Searching can be undertaken in various ways; see Help in the blue left hand side bar.

In Advanced search, it is possible to search in predetermined categories ie People includes obituaries, births etc, and Business includes shipping.

The search term is highlighted in the article, and when printed, this highlighting prints as well.

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The Times Digital Archive is found on the Information on the Web page under "Magazines and Newspapers", then under “Historical Newspapers.”

http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itw/infomark/0/1/1/purl=rc6_TTDA?sw_aep=wh_manningham

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1. In the obituary of Miss Anne Hutton in 1918, how many lines of text were devoted to her, in comparison to other members of her family?

2. Was Crompton Hutton related to Anne? (Tip search the obituaries)

3. Limiting to Shipping News, how many articles are there on the Titanic?

Try clicking on Article, Page and PDF to see the different display modes.

Mark the above 3 articles and then view the Mark List.

Oxford Music Online

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Oxford Music Online was formerly known as Grove Music Online.. The database is based on the classic multivolume reference work on music known as ‘The new grove dictionary of music and musicians’.

The database includes –
The new Grove dictionary of music and musicians
It covers music, music history, instruments, composers, performers. Continually updated. Traditionally the content covered classical music only, this has been extended to include well known popular performers and musicians.

Oxford companion to music
Focuses on western music traditions. Includes composers, performers, conductors, instruments, notation etc. Includes jazz, popular music and dance.

Oxford dictionary of music

The above resources can be searched individually or across the 3 at once.

The ‘New Grove dictionary of jazz’ and the ‘New Grove dictionary of opera’ are based on the print versions. These are basically static as they are not updated. You can no longer search these resources separately for articles, but links to them can be found through the results page of a general search.

Search tips
* Use double quotation marks for phrases.
* Wildcards such as * can be used to replace letters if you are unsure of the spelling.
* Once articles are retrieved there are links to illustrations, sounds, related links, article search.
* A general search is a keyword search and will highlight the term found throughout the article.
* To find the main article use the ‘Subject’ entry then click on ‘Related content’ for more references.
* Use the ’Advanced search’ to narrow your search to biographies, lists of works by a composer, web links and discographies.
* Use ‘Tools and resources’ tab to locate timelines, topical guides, such as, periods of music history, women composers and more.

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Guided tour
http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/media/GMO_Guided_Tour.pps

The 'Help' button at the top of the screen provides datails on how to search.


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The link to Oxford Music online can be found via the ‘Information on the web’ page under Arts or A-Z databases.
http://www.oxfordmusiconline.com/subscriber/;jsessionid=9E5D31D2A7AA23EAB602267097C95333

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1. What is Dame Nellie Melba’s birth name?

2. Using the ‘Oxford dictionary of music’ only, who composed ‘Chronochromie’? Search within the result page for a biographical article.

3. Find a general overview of the Baroque period of music. Name a major Baroque composer beginning with V. (Tools and Resources)

4. Using the advanced search find a list of solos written for piano by the composer Claude Debussy

5. Using the biography search feature of advanced search find a list of Australian composers

5. What are the two tuning systems used in a gamelan?

6. Find an article about Michael Jackson

The Source

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The Source provides information about Children’s Literature with a strong emphasis on Australian material. The database is accessible from the library only.

Have you ever been asked for books suitable for a specific age group or theme.? The Source is a great starting point

Find books and poetry for various reading levels, book awards, short stories, author websites and short author biographies, book annotations and book themes.

Search by subject, author/illustrator, genre, age level, series and sequels, or book type. For example- beginners books, drama, graphic novels, picture books, poetry.

It is possible to create annotated booklists using the list maker.

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The Source is for use in the library only. Go to the Information on the web page under Books and Reading – Children and teenage section, or Databases A-Z. The database is fairly self explanatory. Familirise yourself with the layout and scope under each tab.

e.g. Click 'Search Books and Authors'. Under the heading 'choose your search' browse the headings under genre and type. Look at the search features under each heading from the top green tool bar.


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1. Picture books. Theme – hospitals. Age 3-6 What does the 'Magpie' indicate next to an entry?
2. Poem – full text. Theme- Droughts in Australia. (Look under 'genre' to help refine your search)
3. Find the short list for Australian Children’s Book of the Year Awards 2010. Name 2 picture books that have been nominated and locate a summary of each
4. Find a short biographical profile of Leigh Hobbs.
5. Find a list of titles in the Deltora Quest 3 series of Emily Rodda. Create a list using the listmaker using author, title and series only.
6. Find an outline of the novel f2m by Hazel Edwards & Ryan Kennedy.
7. Locate short stories on the theme of bullying to suit a 12 year old. Note -Some entries may include the story fulltext.
8. There is also a feature to search the first line of a poem. Try – Advance Australia Fair.

ANCESTRY LIBRARY EDITION

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Ancestry Library Edition is a collection of ever increasing databases in the field of genealogy. In July 2009, it included 6,328 separate databases. (It is NOT what the public commonly refers to as ‘Ancestry’ or ‘Ancestry.com, which is a pay for subscription, and which in July 2009 included 28,905 databases) As its name indicates, it is for use only in libraries, not remotely. Ancestry Library Edition includes the most commonly used databases in Ancestry.com, including birth, death and marriage records, census returns, and immigration records. Australian material is being added constantly, but at the moment, the major areas represented are the USA and Great Britain. Most of our patrons use the British and Australian records.

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In the top right hand corner of the home page, there is a link to Help, and inside this, another link to Learning Center. There are many pages of FAQ’s, but they are difficult to search.
More useful is the listing of recent databases, found near the bottom of the home page under More Collections. Here there is a list of databases added in the past 2 months, arranged by date added. However, the geographic listing of databases is much more useful; under the Search tab, click on a geographic area ie UK and Ireland, then England, and view the titles which are arranged into broad subject groupings such as Immigration and Emigration.

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Ancestry Library Edition can be accessed in 2 ways, depending on which PC is being used.
If using a genealogy PC at Bulleen, Box Hill, Doncaster or Nunawading, the path is:-
Click on ‘All’ Ancestry Library Edition is the 3rd icon, follow the prompts.
If using a browsing PC, the path is Services, Genealogy, Ancestry Library Edition, follow the prompts. (Although Ancestry Library Edition can also be accessed Information on the Web page under "Genealogy” I recommend using the first option, as this leads patrons to the entire genealogy page, where they will find other useful information.

http://www.ancestrylibrary.com/default.aspx

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Searching is more successful if the Search tab is used, not the Home tab. This is because a search made from Home searches all databases. Once in the Search tab, don’t use the drop down menu, just click on Search, drill down geographically, and then select one specific database, and search only within that.

Ancestry asks for a piece of software to be installed for optimal viewing of the digitized images. However, viewing is still fine, if this software is not installed.

The software is only installed on the 4 genie PC's at BOX, BUL, DON and NUN.

So when you get the message

Please contact your system administrator to install the Ancestry Image Viewer.To continue without installing the Ancestry Image Viewer, click here.

do just that, click on the link and proceed.

QUESTIONS
Who was in May Dwight’s family home in Buckinghamshire on the night of the 1901 census?
(Tip. Search, UK and Ireland, Census and Voter Lists, 1901 census)

How many times did Albert Batchelder born c1902 travel from England to Australia, what ships did he travel on? Is there a picture of any of the ships? What was his occupation?
(Tip. Search, UK and Ireland, UK Incoming Passenger Lists, 1878-1960)

Where in South Melbourne, Victoria were May and William Ernest Gray living in 1919?
(Tip. Search, Australia, Australian Electoral Rolls, 1901-1936, scroll to the bottom, Victoria, check which years are included, scroll back up, enter search terms.)

When Joseph Barnes (12970) arrived in Tasmania in 1844 on the Lady Franklin 1, where had he come from, what was the name of the ship, when and where was the original conviction?
(Tip. Search, Australia, New South Wales and Tasmania, Australia Convict Musters, 1806-1849, Australian Convict Transportation Registers – Other Fleets & Ships, 1791-1868

ANZ Reference Centre and Masterfile

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The Australia/New Zealand Reference Centre combines Australasian magazines, newspaper (including local Leader newspapers), newswires, and reference books. Many are full text and includes an image collection of photos, maps and flags.

Masterfile provides full text articles from general periodicals covering reference, business, health, education, general science, multicultural issues etc. Although American in content it is still a useful general reference database.

These two databases from Ebsco can be searched individually or as a combination. For general knowledge and reference questions (not forgetting newspaper articles) these databases should be your first stop.

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ANZ Reference Centre and MasterFile are found on the Information on the Web page under "Magazines and Newspapers".

http://web.ebscohost.com/ehost/search?vid=2&hid=6&sid=fa0b3ed8-2d75-4618-8cfd-66976f53ed08%40SRCSM2

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ANZ Reference Centre

1. Find an article in the Whitehorse Leader about Australia Day (use advanced search). What is the date of the article?




2. Find any article about workplace discrimination - it must however contain an illustration of some sort. Note the publication details.

MasterFile

1. Using advanced search, find a book review (see document type) for "Death of a witch" by M.C. Beaton. Note the publication details.





2. Are there full text articles available for Scientific American? If so - from what date?