As part of an agreement between AGPT and the RACGP you are now able to access the services and resources of the RACGP Library free of charge. The Library has been providing a specialist Library and information service to General Practitioners and Registrars for over 25 years.

If you have not yet used the Library of the RACGP, I would like to introduce you to the various services we provide. If you are already familiar with the Library but haven't used our services recently you may be interested to know about our new electronic journals collection and customised version of PubMed.

Jane Ryan
Library Manager, RACGP

Registrars can also register with us by phone (03 8699 0519) or fax (03 9699 0403) if preferred.

The RACGP has a special portal on the website for Registrars -
Guide to Resources for Registrars at:

http://www.racgp.org.au/folder.asp?id=622

Runs through the various services and resources on offer with links and contact details.

The College is happy to take requests by phone/fax if preferred. If you need any further information or if you'd like copies of their brochure and resource lists (one for CD-ROMs and one for videos) just let them know and they'll arrange to send some to you

• A Reference and enquiry service to answer questions on a broad range of Health and Medical topics.

• Access to a unique and specialised collection of books and other materials covering areas such as General Practice, Medical Education and Aboriginal Health. Loans are sent out and returned by courier service. The On-line catalogue can be accessed via the Website at: http://resource.racgp.org.au/
or you can request items by author and/or title (if known) or by subject via phone (03 8699 0519), Fax (03 8699 0403) or
Email: [email protected]

• Literature searches on request at:
www.racgp.org.au/library/resource_centre/literature
using a range of databases including Medline, Australasian Medical Index, APAIS Health, ATSI Health, RURAL (The Rural and Remote Health Database), ERIC (for educational resources), The Cochrane Library , and Health & Society Database. Printouts are delivered by mail, fax or Email.

• A Current awareness service providing regular Table of Contents printouts via Email (e-TOC):
http://www.racgp.or.au/document.asp?id=433 Journal titles grouped together into subject packages and some single journal titles can be selected.

• The Journal service provides copies of articles of interest from over 150 journal titles held by the Library.
http://www.racgp.org.au/folder.asp?id=271


• Access to Proquest Health and Medical Complete and a customised version of PubMed. Proquest Health and Medical Complete is available giving you direct access to nearly 500 of the world's leading medical and health journals and delivers full text and image directly to your desktop. The customised version of PubMed links through to this full-text content. Both databases are located in the Library section entitled "Database Access: Members Only" and require library registration and website login.

www.racgp.org.au/library/resource.asp