Online Rehabilitation
Science Resources

Neera Bhatnagar
Rehab Science Liaison
Health Sciences Library
bhatnag@mcmaster.ca
905-525-9140, x23775

The Health Sciences Library offers a variety of services and resources to McMaster students.

For a quick overview of the library, click here.

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
NOTE: you must have your McMaster Student Card in order to register for LibAccess. Contact Linda Wilson, RS Admissions Coordinator, for information on how to obtain a student card.

More information about LibAccess is available here

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

Library Catalogue (to find 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

Health Databases

OVID (e.g. MEDLINE, EMBASE, HaPI, AMED, PsycINFO)
EBSCOhost (CINAHL , SPORT Discus )
Cochrane Library
AgeLine
Sociological Abstracts
Web of Science (1976- present) (Science Citation Index / Social Science Citation Index)
PubMed
OTDBASE (free for CAOT members)
OTseeker : Occupational Therapy Systematic Evaluation of Evidence
PEDro : The Physiotherapy Evidence Database
REHABDATA
CIRRIE : Center for International Rehabilitation Research Information and Exchange
ABLEDATA -- Source for assistive technology information
OT Search - (American Occupational Therapy Association membership required)
Social Work Abstracts
Sport Discus
ERIC
Health Related Databases
Other Databases

General Databases

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 Online Rehabilitation Science 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

For quick links to helpful databases, reference sources, websites, and more, check on the following subject guides:

Health Sciences Library to learn more about our resources and services.

There are a number of good online tutorials available for searching OVID, CINAHL, PubMed, RefWorks, etc. and for the Library Catalogue.

Contact the Health Sciences Library Information Desk Monday - Friday from 9:00 am to 5:00pm at 905-525-9140 x22327 or by email (hslib@mcmaster.ca).