Excellent Database for Industrial Design and More…

QUT currently has a subscription to Ergonomics Abstracts, which is the only abstracting service dedicated to research in ergonomics and human factors, and is produced in collaboration with the Ergonomics Information Analysis Centre at the University of Birmingham in the UK.

Ergonomics Abstracts:
• Includes articles from over 400 leading journals, in addition to book chapters and conference proceedings
• Features over 120,000 records covering more than 20 years of ergonomics research
• Provides full search and browse functionality to make it easier to find that vital piece of research
• Is updated frequently with new records are added regularly, following selection and classification by expert ergonomists

Subject Coverage
Ergonomics Abstracts encompasses mainstream ergonomics as well as related material covering:
• General Ergonomics
• Psychology
• Physiology
• Biomechanics
• Workplace and Equipment Design
• Human-computer interaction
• Safety science
• Human engineering
• Medicine
• Occupational health, sport and transport

To can find Ergonomics Abstracts by clicking on the ‘database’ link in the ‘Find’ section of the QUT Library website, or click on this link.

AWESOME database for Industrial Design, Ergonomics Abstracts…

Attention designers (industrial et al.):

Did you know that QUT Library subscribes to subject specific databases for the design disciplines?  For the industrial designers, try Ergonomics Abstracts, a resource indexing 350 journals covering all areas of ergonomics and human factor, including:

• psychological aspects
• physiology
• biomechanics
• job design
• human- computer interaction
• safety science
• human engineering
• medicine
• occupational health
• sport
• transport

Log in and check out this fantastic resource at http://www.library.qut.edu.au/find/databases/fullrecord.jsp?id=2330.

REMEMBER - to track down the full text of an article in Ergonomics Abstracts, check out the JOURNAL TITLE search at this link: http://www.library.qut.edu.au/learn/type/journalarticles.jsp#fulltext

Free access to “Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing”

QUT Library has been granted online access to Human Factors and Ergonomics in Manufacturing for the remainder of 2007.

The journal covers a broad spectrum of ergonomics and human factors issues with a focus on the design, operation and management of contemporary manufacturing systems, both in the shop floor and office environments, in the quest for manufacturing agility.

Specific subject areas of interest include: human aspects of computer-aided design, work design, human factors in total quality management, ergonomics of workplace, equipment and tool design, ergonomics programs, guides and standards for industry, automation safety and robot systems.

Jump online at the QUT Library catalogue and do a JOURNAL TITLE search <http://libcat.qut.edu.au/search~S7>