The easiest way to search our catalogue is to type a few words in the main search box at the top of the page and hit enter or click the Search button. It’s just like searching Google, only you'll be looking in the Queensland Health Libraries collections. As you start to type, you will notice that you can select from the following options:
1. All Resources - searches for everything - journal articles, staff publications, books, electronic resources.
2. Catalogue - searches for what we have in our libraries - includes print and electronic resources.
3. Journal articles - searches for published journal articles in the health sciences.
4. Staff Publications - searches for articles written by QH staff (dependent upon individual libraries adding citations).
There are more search options available in Advanced search.
Here are a few tips that can help you with your search.
| To find: | Type in: |
|---|---|
| things about the heart | heart |
| things about both heart and liver | heart liver |
| the exact phrase heart surgery | "heart surgery" |
| things with either or both the words heart or liver | heart OR liver |
| things with the word heart but not liver | heart NOT liver |
| the word globalisation or globalization | globali?ation |
| the words culture, cultured, cultural, culturally etc. | cultur* |
On the right of your search results, you'll see the heading 'Refine my results' with groups of links underneath. These links let you quickly choose items with a particular subject, type of resource, author or other characteristic.
