QUOSA helps you to quickly retrieve full text articles (PDFs or HTML) and organize them in your QUOSA library. Every word in the full text is indexed so you can quickly search the library of PDFs or other files. Search terms are highlighted for fast perusal. A “Document Summary” pane allows you to go directly to passages of interest in the full text.

QUOSA is integrated with Referencing Software. With one click put the references in EndNote or RefWorks which then links back to the PDF or file in QUOSA.

QUOSA works with PubMed, Web of Knowledge databases, Scopus and Ovid databases.

This is a pilot study until end 2008.

For more information please see:

http://www.library.uq.edu.au/quosa/

Or contact Dentistry Library staff.

Essentials of Dental Radiography for Dental Assistants and Hygienists - 8th Ed. (2007) and Ingle’s Endodontics - 6th Ed. (2008) are now both available electronically in fulltext.

Just search the Library catalogue by title and you will see a link which says “Online via Stat!Ref”. Follow the prompts to access the books.

If you are using Vista, you will probably be having problems downloading filters (e.g. PubMed filter) and styles (UQ Australian Dental Journal style). Please check the following link: http://www.library.uq.edu.au/endnote/vista_filters.html

This page gives instructions on how to save the styles and filters.

The Oxford Handbook of Clinical Dentistry (4th ed) is now available in fulltext electronically. Just go to the Library Catalogue and type in the title. Follow the links from the Online link via Stat!Ref.

Kathy Hibberd will be welcomed back to the Dentistry Library on Monday 31st March. Kathy returns after 2 years away at Mater Library.

The Biological Sciences Library will remain open until midnight Monday-Friday, as a pilot program during 2008, beginning on 3 March. The pilot will run during semesters 1 and 2 and will be evaluated at the end of the year to determine whether it is to continue. All Library users are welcome to take advantage of this new service.

The Library will operate as usual until 9pm Monday-Thursday and until 5pm on Friday, with Library staff available for assistance and advice. After these times, security will take over the building and remain on site until closing at midnight. Users will have access to all levels of the building and to computers, group rooms, printer/copiers and the autoloan machines to borrow from the BSL collection. There may be some restrictions on use of material from the High Use Collection and laptops will not be available for loan during the extended hours

During Semester 1 2008, the Library will be offering document delivery to Undergraduate students, as part of a trial service.

Undergraduate students will be able to request up to a maximum of 15 items per semester through the document delivery service. This may include requests for books or articles that are related to your studies and which are not held at the University of Queensland Library. It may also include requests for journal articles held at Warehouse or at another UQ campus.

Supply time for these requests may vary depending on whether an item is supplied from the UQ collection, or from a non-UQ collection. Supply time for items requested from non-UQ collections will depend on factors such as the local processes of the supplying library and the time that an item will spend in transit from the supplying library to UQ.

For more information about the Document Delivery service, please go to:
http://www.library.uq.edu.au/docdeliv/about.html

The Library has purchased the Nature journal archives. The full text is now available back to volume 1 issue 1, 1869. The Library also has Science back to 1880 which is also volume 1. The Web of Science database indexes these journals back to 1900.

The UQ Library ran a competition before Christmas asking students to put a video on YouTube which was about student experiences in the Library.

The UQ Library is pleased to announce Ben Jones as the winner of the First Annual UQ Library Video Contest. Ben’s video Chronicles of Library Man
provides an entertaining and informative introduction to the UQ Library. Second prize has been awarded to a team entry submitted by Phil Helliwell and Scott Veitch.

Nicky Foxlee has been appointed Manager of the PAH Library. Congratulations to Nicky and we wish her well!
We are having a morning tea to farewell Nicky on Monday 25th February. Please come and join us in this celebration.

Date: Monday 25th February
Time: 10 am - 11am
Place: Dentistry Library, Turbot Street

Please RSVP to deni@library.uq.edu.au to assist us with catering