Foundations for Professional Health Practice: CMHL1000

In this guide you will find resources and learning tools to help you locate information sources for CMHL1000 Foundations for Professional Health Practice. Click the tabs on the left to find books, reports, journal articles and statistics for your assignments.

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Before you get started with your research, you need to understand the type of resources that you will be looking for and the tools you will be using to find them. Below are explanations for some key terms.

• Journal articles: Journal articles report on specific research or studies, focusing on current developments in a particular field. More so than books, they are where to turn to if you wish to discover the recent thinking for a specific discipline.
   
• Journal: Journal articles are published in journals, essentially magazines, but for an academic audience. A journal can be published multiple times per year and is organised by volumes (and sometimes issues).
   
• Peer reviewed or scholarly journals: Prior to being published, a peer-reviewed or scholarly journal article must go through a quality control process. Assessed, either by a panel of experts or an editor who is considered an expert in the field, the article is reviewed and approved for publication. Peer reviewed or scholarly journals are considered highly credible sources because of this process.
   
• Databases: Databases are online indexes which provide access to books and journal articles, as well as newspaper articles, theses and a lot more. The large database ProQuest is multidisciplinary, which means it covers a range of subject areas. Others, like CINAHL Plus with Full Text and Health Collection (Informit) are much more specific focusing on a particular discipline. You can find a full list of databases on the Databases page.
   
• Library Catalogue: The Library Catalogue is a search tool that contains the library's physical collection (all the physical books, videos and other items that you can find in the library), as well as links through to the online resources (journal articles, eBooks and more) which are held in the databases.
   
• ​eBooks: eBooks are electronic books that are accessible online in full-text. They can be read online or downloaded to a computer, mobile device or eReader.