Free Electronic Resources for Mental Health

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Free Electronic Resources for Mental Health
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Resources at the Barr Smith Library

• Although remote access to our electronic
  databases and books is not available to those who
  are not Library members you can have access to
  almost all online material by visiting the
  Library.
• We have extensive hours of opening including
  evenings and weekends during University semesters
• Assistance in using our resources is provided by
  our Information Desk staff

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Our mental health resources on the web

• We have a free mental health library portal which
  is easy to find using Google - just type
• maureen bell mental health
• And click on the
• University of Adelaide Library I Mental Health
  and Psychiatry link

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Our free mental health web portal
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What will you find there?

• Consumer information
• Topic searches on PubMed (with free full text
  included)
• Treatment guidelines
• Rating scales
• Links to world wide resources in many subject
  areas

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Keeping up to date

• To keep you up to date with additions to our
  mental health portal, and new books in mental
  health purchased by the Library, we produce
  Mental Health Library News a free bimonthly
  electronic newsletter
• Youre welcome to subscribe online

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Lets look at some examples of free resources

• Did you know that the content of many of the
  major journals is free after 6 to18 months? Some
  journals even allow free access to current issues
  for example MJA (Medical Journal of Australia)
• Our journals page will provide you with links to
  contents and abstracts of many mental health and
  psychiatry journals and free full text where
  its available

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Specialist web sites which give access to free
journals

• PubMed Central
• is particularly good, as topic searches can be
  performed on it and all of the journals have free
  full text
• Free Medical Journals and Highwire Press Free
  Online Full-text Articles
• are also excellent sources of free full text

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Free databasesfor evidence-based research

• Cochrane Library
• Cochrane reviews are recognised as the gold
  standard in evidence-based health care. The full
  text of all reviews is available free.
• Campbell Collaboration
• Free reviews of research evidence on the
  effectiveness of social interventions. Sibling
  organisation to Cochrane

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• National Guideline Clearinghouse
• The National Guideline Clearinghouse (NGC)
  contains evidence-based clinical practice
  guidelines and related documents. It is produced
  by the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
  (AHRQ), U.S. Department of Health and Human
  Services.
• National Institute for Health and Clinical
  Excellence
• The National Institute for Health and Clinical
  Excellence (NICE) is the independent British
  organisation responsible for providing national
  guidance on the promotion of good health and the
  prevention and treatment of ill health.

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Free medical databases

• Medlineplus
• High quality, accurate, and authoritative health
  information for the public from the National
  Library of Medicine. The Mental Health and
  Behavior section is particularly useful
• PubMed
• A free version of Medline, the worlds major
  medical database, from the National Library of
  Medicine in the United States.

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Free databases in other subject areas

• CAIRSS for Music
• Indexes research literature in music education,
  music psychology, music therapy, and music
  medicine
• ERIC
• ERIC (Educational Resources Information Center)
  A library of education research and information,
  sponsored by the U. S. government, containing
  free full text of many reports.

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• OTseeker
• Contains abstracts of systematic reviews and
  randomised controlled trials relevant to
  occupational therapy.
• PEDro
• The Physiotherapy Evidence Database
• PsycBITE
• Catalogues studies of cognitive, behavioural and
  other treatments for problems occurring as a
  consequence of acquired brain impairment (ABI).

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Free Australian government report literature

• Mental Health (AIHW)
• Publications from the Australian Institute of
  Health and Welfare
• Mental Health Publications
• From the Commonwealth Department of Health and
  Ageing
• Mental Health Unit (SA)
• Publications dealing with the South Australian
  mental health system

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More free Australian resources

• ABS (Australian Bureau of Statistics)
• Includes the latest Census data, and lots of
  health related statistics.
• Libraries Australia
• Lets you search for any book or journal to see
  which libraries in Australia hold it.

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• AustLII (Australian Legal Information Institute)
• Free internet access to Australian legal
  material, including Acts of Parliament, both
  Commonwealth and state
• HealthInsite A-Z Health Topics
• HealthInsite is an Australian Government
  initiative, funded by the Department of Health
  and Ageing. It provides access to quality
  information, and is a reliable source of
  information on mental health.

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Free government literature from overseas

• NLH Mental Health Specialist Library
• From the mental health section of the National
  Library for Health in the United Kingdom
• NIMH publications
• From the National Institute of Mental Health in
  the United States

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• These are only samples of what is available.
• Youll be surprised at how much there is out
  there on the web and its only a click away.
• Prepared by Maureen BellResearch librarian for
  mental healthBarr Smith LibraryUniversity of
  Adelaidemaureen.bell_at_adelaide.edu.au