Australian Indigenous HealthBibliography
- What is the Australian Indigenous HealthBibliography?
- How do I access the Australian Indigenous HealthBibliography?
What is the Australian Indigenous HealthBibliography?
The Australian Indigenous HealthBibliography is a comprehensive bibliographic database produced by the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, Kurongkurl Katitjin, School of Indigenous Australian Studies, Edith Cowan University. It includes bibliographic records for both new and existing Indigenous health literature.
The HealthInfoNet uses a broad definition of health and endeavours to include literature from a wide range of issues relating to Indigenous health, many of which lie outside the direct responsibility of the health sector, such as cultural, social, and environmental contexts of health. Comprehensive collection of relevant literature from all these areas is beyond the scope and capacity of the HealthInfoNet, however, so coverage of these areas is incomplete.
What is indexed in the Australian Indigenous HealthBibliography?
The HealthBibliography comprises records of published reports, books and book chapters; journal articles; and unpublished ‘grey literature’. Grey literature indexed in the HealthBibliography includes theses; unpublished government and non-government organisational reports; discussion and working papers; statistical documents; fact sheets; and selected conference papers and media releases.
The time period covered for all literature is from 1915 to the present. There are currently over 12,500 bibliographic records in the database.
Bibliographic records are regularly identified from a variety of sources, such as health-related databases and indexes; publisher websites; online journals; the websites of government agencies, non-governmental organisations, and independent research centres; online Australian university library catalogues and databases; and by the use of search engines, such as Google and Google Scholar. We are also notified of new literature by users posting information on our e-message stick (listserve), or through communication with other researchers.
For detailed information on how we search for different types of literature, including lists of databases and websites regularly searched, please view 'Search methodology for the identification of literature'.
How do I access the Australian Indigenous HealthBibliography?
The HealthBibliography, provided free of charge by the Australian Indigenous HealthInfoNet, is updated three to four times a year. To search the HealthBibliography on our website, please view our 'Search' page.
The latest version of the bibliography is also accessible on the CD-Roms ATSIhealth (view details) and AUSThealth (view details). Both CD-Roms may be available in your local library.
Alternatively, you can search for references by viewing the various EndNote libraries and reference lists provided on the HealthInfoNet topic specific bibliography pages. These topic specific bibliographies allow you to access our bibliographic resources through topic specific EndNote libraries and reference lists in both Word and PDF format..
To download our EndNote libraries, you will need to have installed on your computer a copy of EndNote, the bibliographic software we use. If you do not already have a copy of EndNote, you can purchase one from your local software retailer, or by contacting Crandon Services Pty Ltd (view website), EndNote's Australian distributor. A number of Australian universities possess a site license for EndNote and may be able to provide staff and students with a free copy.
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