This guide provides updates about Library services and resources, and promotes selected resources.
Need a quiet study space? Fellows and trainees are encouraged to use the Library (which has a study/discussion space for up to 5 people) and the Fellows Room (which has a discussion space for up to 7 people) whenever visiting the College in Melbourne.
Free access to the College Wi-Fi service is also available on site.
We rely on your feedback to further develop and support these library guides. Use the link below to provide content suggestions, as well as to make recommendations, report issues, and to give general feedback.
Would you like to learn more about the library discovery system or the wide range of library services available to ANZCA fellows and trainees?
ANZCA Library is running two workshops at the 2020 ASM for fellows and trainees who are interested in more effectively using and searching library resources. Both sessions will run consecutively on Friday, May 1 2020.
Staying current: ANZCA Library resources for CPD
Everything you wanted to know about CPD and a look at the wide range of library resources available to fellows via the ANZCA Library. After attending the workshop, participants will have a greater awareness of ANZCA’s CPD program and understanding of the resources and services available for use via the library.
Beyond Google: an introduction to the ANZCA library
An introduction to the wide range of library resources available to fellows and trainees, with a focus on the primary and most useful tools, products, and services. After attending the workshop, participants will have a greater awareness and understanding of the resources and services, including the new library discovery layer, and tips and tricks for using them.
Can’t make it to one of the library workshops?
Library staff will once again be available at the ANZCA booth during the 2020 ASM, ready to show you all the resources and answer your burning information questions. A number of publishers will be participating at the booth, providing promotional material, free pens and giveaways, and information about the ANZCA Library subscribed resources, plus your chance to provide feedback.
29/1/2020: Below are listed a selection of current resources related to the Coronavirus:
If you are aware of any other resources you'd like to add, please email the library with details.
Kopernio allows researchers to easily and legally read the full texts of scientific journal articles via Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox and Opera. the plugin is free and utilises existing ANZCA and CICM subscription access.
LibKey Nomad can be used to access full-text using Google Chrome and can be used to access ANZCA subscriptions only.
[16 December 2019] Library users can now directly access PDF articles and view related-articles via the discovery service.
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Articles that include a DOI will now automatically have an updated access link to allow for direct PDF access once authenticated.
In addition, it is now possible view related articles from teh same issue by selecting the article title and using the BrowZine link appears in the Browse Related Articles section:
In conjunction with the Overseas Aid committee and doctors working in Papua New Guinea and Fiji, the library has developed a guide promoting resources available in low and middle income countries (LMIC).
These resources are primarily curated from Hinari which provides free access via log-in to thousands of medical journals and books to registered institutions in these countries. Due to licensing restrictions, the library is only able to offer services and resources to fellows and trainees of the college so this guide highlights the excellent array of key anaesthesia and pain medicine books and journals available online to local doctors in areas supported by the ANZCA Overseas Aid Committee.
Fellows and trainees visiting or working in these areas are encouraged to promote this great new resource to their colleagues.
[14 Nov 2019] ANZCA and the College of Intensive Care and Medicine (CICM) are delighted to announce that ANZCA, through a service agreement, will provide online library resources for CICM.
CICM trainees and fellows will now be able to take advantage of ANZCA library’s WorldCat Discovery service to access thousands of online books and journals.
ANZCA fellows and trainees will continue to enjoy the same library online service as before with additional access to ANZCA-only services such as literature searches, article requests, dedicated library guides, BrowZine, Read by QxMD, and full access to ANZCA’s print collection. Existing online content has been enhanced with publications including the Journal of Intensive Care Medicine [coming Jan 2020].
[3 Oct 2019] The library has created a new Cancer Pain library guide.
This guide has been designed for pain specialists interested in the area of pain management in people with cancer, and provides a compilation of resources relevant to this topic, including those available through the ANZCA library.
Did we miss anything? Use the link below to provide content suggestions, as well as make to recommendations, report issues, and to give general feedback: http://anzca.libsurveys.com/feedback
[1 July 2019] The library has created a new Drug Information library guide.
The guide has been designed for anaesthetists, pain specialists and medical professionals interested in obtaining drug information about medications, anaesthetics and analgesics, and brings together a wide variety of resources including AusDI, the new Ovid Drug Search Builder, the Australian Medicines Handbook, state-by-state legislation, websites, journals (like Journal of Opioid Management and WHO Drug Information), books, e-books (like Katzung's Basic and Clinical Pharmacology and Goodman & Gilman's the Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics) and much much more. And all are available via the ANZCA Library.
Did we miss anything? Use the link below to provide content suggestions, as well as make to recommendations, report issues, and to give general feedback: http://anzca.libsurveys.com/feedback
June 17, 2019: Australia's peak pain organisations for health professionals welcome national pain management plan
[12 Feb 2019] It is now possible to access full-text ANZCA Library resources via Google Scholar.
Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities and other web sites.
And now Google Scholar can be easily configured to show you which of the search results are available from ANZCA Library. Once configured, just look for the Full text @ ANZCA link when using Google Scholar.
See our dedicated Google Scholar guide for further information including full configuration details.
[13 May 2019] The latest review is now up and focuses on the 2019 ANZCA ASM:
- Anaesthetic-analgesic technique and cancer outcomes
- Safe endoscopy
- Anaesthetists’ attitudes to random drug testing
- Methadone as a preventive analgesic effect
- Total intravenous vs volatile anaesthesia and cancer outcomes
- Optimal cefazolin dosing in bariatric surgery
- Bullying, discrimination and sexual harassment
- Diabetes perioperative management
- Chewing gum in preoperative fasting
- An audit of preoperative fasting
[5 April 2019] ANZCA Library has recently added a number of new and updated titles, including new editions for a number of popular titles:
These new titles and many more can be accessed via the New Titles list, the complete A-Z e-books list, the discovery service and various subject-specific library guides, including the Primary Exam and Final Exam library guides. Our top 50+ most popular titles are also listed on our Anaesthesia Essentials guide.
[22 March 2019] The library in collaboration with FPM has created a new Pain Medicine Training Guide.
This guide has been designed for medical personnel undertaking pain medicine related training, including the Basic Clinical Skills course, to assist in locating relevant resources on pain medicine, including those available through the ANZCA library. The new guide also includes an FPM Essentials section focusing on the recommended readings for the Essential Topic Areas (ETAs).
Did we miss anything? Use the link below to provide content suggestions, as well as make to recommendations, report issues, and to give general feedback: http://anzca.libsurveys.com/feedback
[8 March 2019] The library has created a new Gender Equity library guide.
This guide has been designed for anaesthetists and pain medicine specialists interested in Gender Equity o locate relevant resources on this topic, including those available through the ANZCA library.
Did we miss anything? Use the link below to provide content suggestions, as well as make to recommendations, report issues, and to give general feedback: http://anzca.libsurveys.com/feedback
Since the opioid crisis was announced in the USA, Oxford Medicine has been creating a series of content pieces to inform the public about the medicinal impact of opioids. Now, with the crisis as widespread as ever and sparking debate internationally, they have collated resources in order to provide detailed, authoritative, and varied information about opioid use from a medical perspective.
Explore this content collection here.
[7 Feb 2019] The library has created a new Ophthalmic Anaesthesia library guide.
This guide has been designed for anaesthetists interested in Ophthalmic Anaesthesia to locate relevant resources on this topic, including those available through the ANZCA library.
Did we miss anything? Use the link below to provide content suggestions, as well as make to recommendations, report issues, and to give general feedback: http://anzca.libsurveys.com/feedback
[1 October 2018] Library users can now access the entire ANZCA Library collection through a new discovery service.
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The new system includes the following features:
* requires the creation of a personalised library account
A NEW WAY TO REQUEST, BORROW AND RENEW!
Some important information for borrowers:
Please Note: Access/authentication for ALL e-resources remains your College ID and Networks password.
SOME IMPORTANT UPCOMING DATES:
"Giving AIRR to ANZCA and FPM research"
[27 April 2018] The ANZCA Library – in association with the ANZCA Research Foundation – are excited to announce the launch of the ANZCA Institutional Research Repository (AIRR).
AIRR is an institutional repository that identifies, captures, stores and facilitates retrieval of the research and publication output of ANZCA and FPM fellows, trainees and staff for the collaborative benefit of local and global clinicians, researchers and health educators.
Do you publish or present papers?
We are seeking researchers and authors who would like to register and start contributing their publications via self-submission; set-up an author profile; or provide comment/feedback.
Content you can contribute:
Key points:
The creation/implementation of an institutional research repository was first recommended as part of the 2015 ANZCA Library Review, and supports key strategies within the ANZCA Strategic Plan 2018-2022 for the goal of DRIVING research and quality improvement.
See our dedicated AIRR guide for further information including full access details.
[13 March 2018] The New England Journal of Medicine (NEJM) is a weekly general medical journal that publishes new medical research and review articles, and editorial opinion on a wide variety of topics of importance to biomedical science and clinical practice.
The ANZCA Library now provides audio resources so you can keep up-to-date on the latest anaesthesia and pain medicine research and practice, in your car, office, home, gym or while travelling.
See our dedicated Audio-Digest guide for further information including full access details.
Ever tried looking for that key article from a copy of the ‘Blue Book’? You can now search each edition of Australasian Anaesthesia from 2003 through the Informit Health Collection, which can be accessed through the Library Databases & Collections page (Research section).
Each article has been indexed to include author details, abstracts, and even subject/keywords.
Note: The above index is citation-access only. Full-text (PDF and flip-book versions) of the ‘Blue Book’ can be viewed from the College Publications webpage.
[16/12/19] Journal access issues: There are ongoing remote access issues with Minerva Anestiologica and the Journal of Opioid Management. Articles from these journals can be supplied via the library's Request an article service.
AccessMedicine/Anesthes-
iology e-Book access issues
There is an ongoing issue with the McGraw-Hill Access e-books whereby some users are not being recognised as ANZCA/CICM users when they attempt to authenticate within the IP range of another institution that also subscribes to McGraw-Hill e-books. This results in the user not being properly authenticated and being unable to access certain e-books.
Workarounds: Access to the above collections should be unaffected when authenticated outside the IP range of the affected institutions. This includes access from home and access from a mobile device using 4G (and not the institutions' Wi-Fi). Users with a pre-existing MyAccess login, can sign out of the affected collections, and sign in using their MyAccess credentials.
Creating a MyAccess account:
ANZCA users requiring urgent access can submit chapter request/s via the Request an article service.
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