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BMJ Best Practice is a decision-support tool for use at the point of care.

Provides current information about prevention, treatment, diagnosis and prognosis for 3000 conditions.

Access on internet enabled mobile phones, PDAs, handheld devices.

• Databases
• Citing and referencing
• Opening hours
• Lectures online
• Reading lists
• Hospital library information
• Faculty of MNHS
• my.monash

Many resources are available online and collections of medical texts and other resources are held in the Hargrave-Andrew Library, Gippsland Library and Library and Learning Commons in Malaysia. The affiliated teaching hospital libraries also provide resources and support to medical students on placement.

Librarians assist students with:

• how and where to start researching your topic
• effective use of databases and the Internet
• finding and evaluating information
• using the Library's collections
• located at the Information desk, by appointment or online.
  

Learning skills advisers assist students in improving their academic language and approaches to learning, including:

• academic English
• study methods and exam preparation
• effective listening and note-taking
• problem-solving and critical thinking
• reading strategies
• essay, report and thesis writing
• writing for research projects
• oral communication and presentation
• located at a drop in session.

Librarians and Learning Skills Advisers work together to enable scholarship. For example, see a librarian for advice on finding information, and a learning skills adviser for guidance on critically analysing and synthesising the information for an essay.

Contact Librarians:

• Kaye Lasserre (Clayton)
• Myles Strous (Gippsland)

Learning Skills Advisers:

• Tomas Zahora (Clayton)
• Julia Ghazarian (Clayton)
• Lynette Pretorius (Gippsland)

See also Medicine, Nursing and Health Sciences faculty team.