Library Research Support in Queensland: A Survey

A Survey of Library Support for Formal Undergraduate Research Programs

Merinda Kaye Hensley is Assistant Professor, University Library, and Instructional Services Librarian and Scholarly Commons Co-coordinator at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; e-mail: mhensle1@ illinois.edu. Sarah L. Shreeves is Associate Professor, University Library, and IDEALS Coordinator and Scholarly Commons Co-coordinator at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign; e-...

Library support for research in a university context

Library support for research in a university context An increased focus on research within Australian universities, driven by the federal government’s research agenda, has heightened interest in the services and resources provided by academic libraries to enhance research within higher education institutions. While academic libraries have always had as part of their mission support for research...

Library-based clinical and translational research support.

Academic health sciences library research support.

On September 3, 2003, the Medical Library Association adopted a policy statement on the role of expert searching in health sciences libraries. The policy highlighted the need for more thorough literature searching following the unfortunate death of a healthy research volunteer in a clinical trial that might have been prevented by a more complete literature review [1–3]. In light of this policy,...

A survey of Angiostrongylus species in definitive hosts in Queensland

Despite the recent sporadic reports of angiostrongyliasis in humans, dogs and wildlife in eastern Australia there has been no systematic study to explore the epidemiology of Angiostrongylus spp. in definitive and intermediate hosts in the region. Little is known about the epidemiology of Angiostrongylus species in the definitive host in southeast Queensland, since the only survey conducted in t...