New Medline online tutorials

Kathy Thorncraft at the Medical Library has produced six short online tutorials exploring the key features of Medline via OvidSP. The tutorials, which begin with getting started witth the new Basic Search, as well as setting up Personal Accounts and Auto-Alerts, focus on using Medline's advanced search feature.

The six tutorials are:

1. Basic Search [2 Mins 28 secs]
2. Personal Account/Creating Auto-Alerts [3 Mins 24 secs]
3. Medline Advanced Search: Introduction [2 Mins 12 secs]
4. Medline Advanced Search: Searching using MeSH [2 Mins 27 secs]
5. Medline Advanced Search: Explode, Focus, and Subheadings [3 Mins 23 secs]
6. Medline Advanced Search: Combining Searches and Limiting [4 Mins 8 secs]

The tutorials are ideal for those getting to grips with searching Medline, or are seeking to refresh there search skills after a long period away.

New Publications by Faculty of Dentistry Staff and Students

The following papers have been added to PubMed in the last 30 days:

King, S, See, H, Thomas, G & Swain, M 2008, 'Determining the complex modulus of alginate irreversible hydrocolloid dental material', Dental Materials [Epub ahead of print].

Omar, H, Shen, G, Jones, AS, Zoellner, H, Petocz, P & Darendeliler, MA 2008, 'Effect of low magnitude and high frequency mechanical stimuli on defects healing in cranial bones', Journal of oral and maxillofacial surgery, vol. 66, no. 6, pp. 1104-11.

Zavgorodniy, AV, Rohanizadeh, R, Bulcock, S & Swain, MV 2008, 'Ultrastructural observations and growth of occluding crystals in carious dentine', Acta biomaterialia [Epub ahead of print].

Zeng, B, Ng, AT, Qian, J, Petocz, P, Darendeliler, MA & Cistulli, PA 2008, 'Influence of nasal resistance on oral appliance treatment outcome in obstructive sleep apnea', Sleep, vol. 31, no. 4, pp. 543-7.

Dentistry Library New books Received May '08

6 items were added to the Dentistry Library collection in May. Go to the New Titles List for May to find out what's new.

New titles include:


Contemporary oral and maxillofacial surgery / edited by James R. Hupp, Myron R. Tucker and Edward Ellis. 5th ed. Edinburgh : Mosby, 2008.

Description: With comprehensive descriptions of the basic oral surgery procedures performed in the general practitioner's office, Contemporary and Maxillofacial Surgery, 5th Edition is a valuable reference for any dental office. This book covers the basic concepts of evaluation, diagnosis, and patient management so that you can immediately apply these concepts to practice. Detailed photographs, line drawings and biological and technical explanations accompany the descriptions of basic techniques, and an overview provides you with a general understanding of more advanced techniques.

Applied dental materials / edited by John McCabe and A. Walls.
9th ed. Oxford : Blackwell, 2008.

Description: This textbook covers all aspects of materials science relevant to the practice of dentistry. It is aimed primarily at undergraduate dental students, although it will also be useful for practising dentists, dental technicians and dental assistants.



For the postgraduate student or member of Faculty based out at Westmead, a reminder that items can be sent out to the Westmead Hospital Medical Library for collection. Use the Inter-Library loans/Document Delivery book request form to do so.

You will need to register if you have not used the Document Delivery service before.