UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY MEDICAL LIBRARY
LIBRARY SERVICES FOR POSTGRADUATE STUDENTS
NEW TO THE UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY?
HELP WITH YOUR RESEARCH
Whether you’re a PG coursework or research student,
we have a range of services available to help you use
Library resources and find information when and
where you need it.
Do you need help researching a topic? Or deciding
which database/s to use?
SUBJECT GUIDES
Find Subject Guides at:
www.library.usyd.edu.au/subjects/subject.html
Access the best e-Resources, e-Books and websites
in your field – key subject guides for health include:
 Medicine
 Medicine for
 Evidence-Based
Practice
Medical Students
 Public Health
 Medical Humanities
 Epidemiology&
Statistics
 Dentistry & Oral
Health
 Referencing
and Citation Styles
 Endnote
Postgraduate Research students can schedule a
one-to-one meeting with their Faculty Liaison
Librarian. We can set up an online meeting at a time
and place convenient to you, or we can see you in
person if you are visiting the Camperdown Campus or
any of our clinical schools.
Postgraduate Coursework students should attend
information skills sessions that are provided as part of
their postgraduate course(s).
TUTORIALS AND WORKSHOPS
We have a range of online tutorials
www.library.usyd.edu.au/skills/
Including:
- short and interactive learning tools
- videos/screencasts of how-to instructions
CITING AND REFERENCING
PG Coursework (Medicine Subject Guide)
http://libguides.library.usyd.edu.au/medicine
 Click on PG Coursework tab
Login to e-Resources off campus using your
UniKey and password. More information at:
www.library.usyd.edu.au/databases/wam.html
DOCUMENT DELIVERY
http://www.library.usyd.edu.au/borrowing/docdel/
Use Document Delivery to request
 Books or journal articles not available
electronically via the catalogue
Login to MyLoans using your student card borrower
number to register and request items. Items will be
delivered to you either by email or post within
Australia.
N.B. Article PDF's or links will be sent to your
University email address
Use EndNote to collect and manage your references,
easily insert citations into a paper and change citation
styles at the click of a button. Find more information
on our EndNote subject guide at:
http://libguides.library.usyd.edu.au/endnote
ADDITIONAL LINKS
Library website www.sydney.edu.au/library/
PG Guide
www.library.usyd.edu.au/libraries/medical/pgguide.ht
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MORE INFORMATION AND HELP
Contact your Faculty Liaison Librarian
www.library.usyd.edu.au/contacts/subjectcontacts.htm
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University Library Support @ Nepean
Library Information and Research Skills sessions (Lecture/Demonstrations at Nepean Clinical School) including
EndNote, will be available during 2012, including the following dates: Tue 29 May, Tue 30 October.
(Program(s) to be advised)
Onsite Help Available for University of Sydney Staff and Students at the Nepean Clinical
School
A Faculty Liaison Librarian from the University of Sydney Library will be available at the Nepean
Clinical School to provide training and assistance to University of Sydney staff and students and
affiliated staff between 10 am and 4 pm on the days listed below.
Please call in or contact Elizabeth Pigott by phone or email (contact details below) to arrange an
appointment.
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Thursday 24 May
Thursday 07 June
Thursday 05 July
Thursday 02 August
Thursday 04 October
Thursday 29 November
Want More Information?
Elizabeth Pigott
Medicine PG & Research
Tel: (02) 9351 5315
Mob: 0434 606 887
Email: elizabeth.pigott@sydney.edu.au
Monica Cooper
Sydney Medical Program
Tel: (02) 9351 5317
Mob: 0402 389 803
Email: monica.cooper@sydney.edu.au