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Welcome to the Western NSW & Far West Local Health Districts Library Network

The Western NSW and Far West Local Health Districts Library Network provides effective, timely and user-friendly services across the LHDs, supporting education, research, evidenced-based patient care, clinical decision making and continuing professional development, all ultimately contributing to quality patient care. There are four physical libraries as shown below.

A Login/Password is not necessary for Catalogue searching.

Staff and students of affiliated institutions who are registered borrowers of the Library Network of Western NSW & Far West LHDs can be assigned a login to utilise additional features in the Catalogue, such as personal saved lists. To become a registered borrower and/or obtain your login, please contact your local Health library.

                         New Year            

                                 
                                            New Research!            

      Papers that have been published or contributed to by our WNSWLHD local authors.

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  McGuiness A, Travethan L, Irvin K,. Black, Y,. Apps, J,. Kennedy, J,. Brown, V, Z,.  Morgan, C,. Quartly-Scott, G,.
  Van Rensburg, P,. Rusten, K,. Sugden, N,. Allaln, J,. Thomas, G,. Hollow, A,. Thomas, M,.et al (2025).
  The potential of cognitive remediation therapy for improving the communication capabilities of adults with schizophrenia and other psychotic
  spectrum disorders.
  International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders.
  60(1):e13141. DOI: 10.1111/1460-6984.13141. PMID: 39651878.

             Hammond, R., Bell, D., Quick, E., Webster E, Duncanson, K,. Cutmore, B,. (2024).
             Listening to Aboriginal men about their Radiation Therapy stories in Western NSW.
             Health Education and Training Institute Rural Research Capacity Building Program.
             Available from:https://www.heti.nsw.gov.au/education-and-training/courses-and-programs/ruralresearch-capacity-building-program/rrcbp-graduates

                  Batchelor J, Hemmert C, Meulenbroeks I,. Tang, C. et al.
                  Factors influencing the translation of evidence into clinical practice for hospital allied health professionals
                  in terms of the domains of behaviour change theory:
                  A Systematic Review. Evaluation & the Health Professions. 2024;0(0). doi:10.1177/01632787241285993

                  Allen, D., Shaw, K., McDonald, P., Schmidt, D., Duncanson, K., & Allan, J. (2024).
                  Enabling emergency department staff to support domestic violence victims of strangulation.
                 Australian Social Work, 1–15. https://doi.org/10.1080/0312407X.2024.2399562

                    Noonan K, Grindrod A, Shrestha S, Lee S, Leonard R, Johansson T. (2024).
                     Progressing the Death Literacy Index: The development of a revised version (DLI-R) and a short format (DLI-9). 
                     Palliative Care and Social Practice,18. doi:10.1177/26323524241274806