Finding Midwifery InformationHome | Midwifery Database Page | Where do I start my research | How do I find books on my subject? |
This is a guide to locating civil engineering information at the Library both hardcopy and electronic at Charles Darwin University. Where do I start my research?A good way to start your research is to define your topic by using subject dictionaries and to
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| Call Number or Location | Subject |
|---|---|
| Antenatal care | 618.24 |
| Breastfeeding |
649.33 |
| Childbirth | 618.2 |
| Caesarean | 618.86 |
| Contraception | 613.9 |
| Ethics | 174.2 |
| Family Planning | 613.94 |
| Genetics | 575.1; 616.042 |
| Gynaecology | 618 |
| Home birth | 618.4 |
| Infertility | 618.178 |
| Intrapartum care | 610.73678 |
| Labour experiences | 306.8 |
| Labour management | 618.4 |
| Law & Legislation | 344.0414 |
| Maternal & Child health | 610.7367 |
| Midwifery | 618.2 |
| Neonatal & Paediatric nursing | 618.9200231 |
| Neonatology | 618.92 |
| Perinatology | 618.3 |
| Post natal care | 618.6 |
| Post natal depression | 618.76 |
| Sexual health | 616.69 |
| Vaginal birth | 618.82 |
| Women's studies(health) | 613.04244 |
| Women's studies(sexuality) | 306.7 |
How do I find journal articles (Databases)?
The library holds journals in print and electronic formats. The best way to access articles in these
journals is by using the databases listed below. When you find an article you want to read, use the
Library Catalogue and the E-journals list to see if we hold a print copy or have access to the
electronic copy in full-text. Some databases listed will have direct links to the full-text article. The
databases listed are just a few of the many available.
CINAHL: Cumulative Index to Nursing and Allied Health Literature
Ebsco is a cumulative index to nursing and allied health articles from worldwide, scientific literature presented for the needs of health professionals.
Cochrane library
Systematic reviews and other information that will assist in making diagnostic, treatment and other health care decisions.
For help use the Cochrane Library user guide
Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition
This database provides more than 550 scholarly full text journals focusing on many medical disciplines. Health Source: Nursing/Academic Edition also features abstracts and indexing for nearly 850 journals. This database is updated on a daily basis. More information
MEDLINE via PubMed
PubMed, a service of the National Library of Medicine, provides access to over 12 million MEDLINE citations back to the mid-1960's and additional life science journals. PubMed includes links to many sites providing full text articles and other related resources.
PubMed Tutorial | Very good tutorial from University of Florida
Academic Search Premier EBSCOhost
Provides full text for nearly 4,000 scholarly publications, including full text for more than 3,100 peer-reviewed journals. Coverage is multi-disciplinary.
Current Contents Connect (ISI)
This is a multidisciplinary current awareness web resource, providing access to complete bibliographic information of over 8,000 of the world's leading scholarly journals and more than 2,000 books.
Emerald Fulltext
A collection of over 42,000 searchable articles from over 100 management journals. Subjects covered include Management, Human Resources Management, Library and Information Management, Marketing, Mechanical engineering, electronic and electrical engineering.
Ingenta
IngentaConnect offers one of the most comprehensive collections of academic and professional research articles online - some 17 million articles from 28,000 publications, including 6,100 online.
Web of Science (ISI)
Provides seamless access to the Science Citation Expanded, Social Sciences Citation Index, and Arts and Humanities Citation Index.
INFORMIT Databases provide access to Australian materials in areas relating to health across a wide variety of databases.
AUSThealth Indexes - Online Including AMI - Australasian Medical Index 1968 -, APAIS-Health - Australian Public Affairs Information Service – Health 1978 - ATSIhealth - Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Health Bibliography 1900 - AusportMed 1989 - CINCH-Health - Health Issues in Criminal Justice 1968 - DRUG - Drug Database 1974 - H&S - Health & Society Database 1980 - HIVA - HIV/AIDS Database 1980 – and RURAL - Rural and Remote Health Database
APAIS - Australian Public Affairs Information Service provides bibliographic and some full text access to articles from the social sciences and humanities.
Meditext is an indexing and full text database that provides Internet access to the scanned images of journal articles from published material on all aspects of health and medicine.
PsycINFO (EBSCOhost) indexes and abstracts journal articles, book chapters, books, and technical reports, as well as citations to dissertations, all in the field of psychology and psychological aspects of related disciplines.
This link below is for journals relating to Obstetrics, Gynaecology and Midwifery .
Highwire Press This is a division of the Stanford University Libraries. HighWire Press hosts the largest repository of free, full-text, peer-reviewed content, with 882 journals and 1,045,838 free, full-text articles online. With their partner publishers they produce 72 of the 200 most-frequently-cited journals. Some are embargoed for 12 months or so. This interface provides acces to these 3 fulltext titles as well as to search the Ovid interface for other articles which may be available from other collections. Nursing Research MCN : the American Journal of maternal child nursing American Journal of Nursing Synergy interface (Blackwell Science Journals a full text journal database from Blackwell Publishers covering a range of disciplines. Wiley Interscience features over 1000 journals, major reference works, online books and databases plus professional and management resources. Directory of Open Access Journals This service covers free, full text, quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. There are now 1933 journals in the directory. Currently 472 journals are searchable at article level. |
Web Sites
Australian College of Midwives Inc(ACMI)
Australian Nursing and Midwifery Council (ANMC)
Centre for health promotion - Women's and Children's Hospital SA
International Cesarean Awareness Network (ICAN)
Internet Resources for Midwifery A comprehensive set of links maintained by Pauline Burger at the University of South Australia Library. Includes links to discussion lists, professional organisations, family planning, birthing and breastfeeding sites.
The combined Health Information Database - USA
NMAP: The UK's Gateway to High Quality Internet Resources in Nursing, Midwifery and Allied Health
Royal College of Midwives (UK)
American College of Nurse-Midwives(ACNM)
Childbirth Connection is a USA national not-for-profit organization that uses research, education and advocacy to improve maternity care for all women and their families. There are links for professional and consumers. Has a link to a textbook and to Evidence Based research
How do I cite and manage my information resources
Below is the guides to legal citation styles recommended at CDU and to the StudySkills site which provides information on other aspects of presentation.
| Title | Location or Call Number |
| Studyskills | http://learnline.cdu.edu.au/studyskills/ |
