Subject - Health

This guide will help you to find and use all the available useful sources to help you get just what you need fast!

Begin with Library Catalogue

When you get your first assignment, look for information on your topic in Library Catalogue – the Library’s search engine. Remember to log in first, so you can search all collections, place holds, add titles to an eShelf and renew your loans.

Go to:

• Library Catalogue

Some suggested terms to try out

• Nursing
• Nursing research methods
• Ethics in nursing
• Health Care
• Professional nursing
• Infection Control
• Dosage calculations

Research

Depending on your assignment you may also need to use one of our specialised databases. Databases are extremely useful tools for researching specific information, recent information and scholarly articles.

Useful websites

Industry organisations

• Australian Primary Health Care Nurses Association
• Association of Private Nursing Services
• Nursing and Midwifery Board of Australia
• Department of Health
• Australian Health Practitioner Regulation Agency
• Australian Institute of Health and Welfare 
• World Health Organisation

Support services

• Nurse and Midwife Support
• Nurses For Nurses
• NSW Nurses and Midwives' Association