Connecting to library resources from home

To access the library's rich collection of online resources including databases, journal article and books, you must login to LibAccess first. 

• To set up an account and login to LibAccess click here or login using your MacID
• NOTE: you must have your McMaster Student Card in order to register for LibAccess.  Contact Health Management program, for information on how to obtain a student card.

Trouble shooting LibAccess / MacID to access resources

For more information visit the LibAccess FAQ

Most of the required readings will be included in the courseware or core textbooks. 

Books

• Library Catalogue (Books, Journal Titles, Government Documents, Multimedia Resources (classic Library Catalogue (MORRIS)
• MD Consult (includes approximately 40 electronic medical texts)
• StatRef! (includes 16 electronic texts)
• Access Medicine (approximately 60 electronic texts)
• Books@OVID
• Harrison's Online (Harrison's Principles of Internal Medicine)
• Dutton, Mark. Orthopaedic examination, evaluation, & intervention. New York : McGraw-Hill, c2004 (Print on Reserve WE 168 .D981o 2004)
• Prentice WE, Voight ML. Techniques in musculoskeletal rehabilitation. New York : McGraw-Hill, Medical Pub. Division, c2001. (Print WB 460 .T255 2001)
• Wheeless' Texbook of Orthopaedics
• PubMed Bookshelf
• General health administration / health policy books in the library collection

Databases

Health Databases

• OVID (e.g. MEDLINE, EMBASE, HealthSTAR, Global Health)
• EBSCOHost - CINAHL, SPORT Discus
• Cochrane Library
• AGELINE
• REHABDATA Literature Database - produced by the National Rehabilitation Information Center
• PubMed
• Health Related Databases

Business / Social Sciences Databases

• Academic OneFile - multidisciplinary
• Business Source Complete - popular and scholarly business literature
• Conference Board of Canada e-Library - reports - Search or Browse by Topic (e.g. "Health & Health Care" under the "Public Policy" category)
• EconLit
• Factiva - news articles - Search for keywords and/or click on the "News Pages" tab and select "Health Care" from the drop-down menu to view the latest headlines
• FATIS
• PAIS International - public affairs
• Sociological Abstracts

General Databases

• Canadian Public Policy Collection
• Canadian Health Research Collection
• Web of Science (1976- present) (Science Citation Index / Social Science Citation Index)
• Proquest Dissertations & Thesis: index & abstracts
• Dissertations & thesis @ McMaster University
• Other Databases

 

What to do when McMaster does not have electronic access to a book or journal article

• Search Library Catalogue.
  • If the Health Sciences Library owns a print copy of the journal, you can request a copy of the article using our photocopying service. Charges are $7 per article + mailing fee. Please contact Jennifer McKinnell to submit your request.
• Articles not available at McMaster Health Sciences Library
  • Request item via RACER - Interlibrary Loan service
    • Register for RACER account (select Health Sciences Library as your location) (one time registration)
    • Login to RACER - to submit request
    • ***NOTE*** in the Special Instruction box, indicate you are enrolled in the Health Management online program - mail item (some conditions apply - see below) AND in the Pickup Location field, select Health Sciences Library
    • ***NOTE*** Articles will not be mailed to students residing within 40 KM from McMaster University. Items can be picked up in person
• Books not available at McMaster University Health Sciences Library
  • Request the item from your local public library through their Interlibrary Loan service
  • Contact your local institutions for services they offer
• Search other Library Catalogues

 

Web Resources

• Canadian Institute for Health Information (CIHI)
• CHEPA - Centre for Health Economics and Policy Analysis, McMaster
• ICES - Institute for Clinical Evaluative Studies
• Public Health Agency of Canada
• Canadian Patient Safety Institute (CPSI)
• Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) (formerly the Agency for Health Care Policy and Research - USA)
• <odesi> - (Ontario Data Documentation, Extraction Service and Infrastructure) - easy access to survey data [tutorial]
• MEDLINEplus Databases
• National Rehabilitation Information Center (National Institute on Disability and Rehabilitation Research)
• Scirus: science-specific search engine on the Internet

• Yahoo! Babel Fish - Text Translation and Web Page Translation

Citation Style Guides

• Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals (scroll down to Reference style and format section)
  • Examples of citations in Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals - National Library of Medicine
  • [pdf] International Committee of Medical Journal editors. Uniform Requirements for Manuscripts Submitted to Biomedical Journals. Medical Education. 1999; 33:066-078
  • Vancouver style (Monash University)
• Publication manual of the American Psychological Association (available in print only)
  • Library Guides: APA Style Guide (McMaster)
  • APA Style Guide to Electronic Resources
  • Using American Psychological Association (APA) Format ( Purdue University Online Writing Lab)
  • Guide to APA Style (University of Toledo)
• Guide to Citing Canadian Government Publications (Mount Allison University

• Chicago Manual of Style Online
  • Citation Guide for Business (McMaster University - based on Chicago Manual of Style, 16th ed.)
• RefWorks - bibliobraphic citation management software

Need further assistance?

There are a number of good online tutorials available for using resouces including OVID, RACER, RefWorks, Library Catalogue and business resources.

Health Sciences tutorials: http://hsl.mcmaster.ca/research/tutorials/ovid.html

Additional tutorials: http://library.mcmaster.ca/online-tutorials