Friendly and professional reference librarians are available to offer assistance in using the library's collections for your research and study. You can find these librarians at InfoHelp on each campus (see library plans for locations).
Faculty/School Librarians Responsibilities:
Faculty of Arts, Education & Social Sciences
Faculty of Law, Business & Creative Arts
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences
Faculty of Science, Engineering & Information Technology
Special services include helping you with:
- defining your research topic
- resources for Research Quality Framework (RQF)
- preparing search strategies
- locating material
- synthesising information
- searching the library catalogue, Tropicat
- searching electronic indexes and databases
- citing print and electronic resources
- using software applications.
As well as offering assistance at InfoHelp, reference librarians hold special individual and group training workshops and seminars regularly throughout the year. Details about forthcoming sessions are available for Townsville and Cairns. If you have any general questions about your research or study, you are welcome to send email to InfoHelp staff. For more specific enquiries, Faculty and School librarians are available at each campus:
Faculty of Arts, Education & Social Sciences: Helen Hooper
School Responsibilities (Townsville)
Anthropology, Archaeology & Sociology: Helen Hooper
Education: Helen Hooper
Humanities: Helen Hooper
Indigenous Australian Studies: Leta Lenoy
Psychology: Claire Swift
Social Work & Community Welfare: Nicole Johnston
School Responsibilities (Cairns)
Anthropology, Archaeology & Sociology: Bronwen Forster
Education: Alice Logan
Humanities: Bronwen Forster
Indigenous Australian Studies: Bronwen Forster
Psychology: Alice Logan
Social Work & Community Welfare: Margaret Morris
Faculty of Law, Business & Creative Arts: Kate Elder
School Responsibilities (Townsville)
Law: Nicole Johnston
Business: A'Mhara Russsell
Creative Arts : Claire Swift
School Responsibilities (Cairns)
Law: Kate Elder
Business: Kate Elder
Creative Arts : Alice Logan
Faculty of Medicine, Health and Molecular Sciences: Stephen Anderson
School Responsibilities (Townsville)
Pharmacy and Molecular Sciences: Sharon Bryan
Nursing: Stephen Anderson
Public Health, Tropical Medicine & Rehabilitation Sciences: Stephen Anderson
Medicine and Dentistry: Stephen Anderson
Veterinary & Biomedical Sciences: Stephen Anderson
School Responsibilities (Cairns)
Biomedical Sciences: Alice Logan
Pharmacy and Molecular Sciences: Alice Logan
Public Health & Tropical Medicine: Margaret Morris
Nursing: Margaret Morris
Faculty of Science, Engineering & Information Technology: Andrew Stacey
School Responsibilities (Townsville)
Earth and Environmental Sciences: Andrew Stacey
Engineering: Andrew Stacey
Marine & Tropical Biology: Andrew Stacey
Mathematics, Physics & Information Technology: Andrew Stacey
School Responsibilities (Cairns)
Science & Engineering: Kathy Fowler
If this information is inadequate, incorrect, or can be improved in any way, please let us know