McMaster University

Resources for Clinical Faculty & Preceptors

As a faculty member or as an affiliate or associate of the Faculty of Health Sciences, you have access to many resources and services.

LibAccess

To access the library's resources from off-campus you have to login to LibAccess.

What's this? Login to LibAccessLogin to LibAccess first

I do not have a Username and Password. Where do I begin?

If you do not have a LibAccess Username and Password, please contact your program administrator. This individual will confirm your Clinical Faculty or Preceptor status with the Library, and we will then be able to create a library record and barcode for you.

I have my barcode and I need to create my LibAccess Username and Password

Now that you have a 14 digit barcode, you will use this number to create your LibAccess Username and Password.

Library Resources

Health e-Books

 

Quick Look-up:

Made Incredibly Easy What's this? Login to LibAccessseries (ebooks)

At a Glance series (print)

5 -Minute Clinical Consult What's this? Login to LibAccess (ebook)

 

Popular Individual Titles:

Evidence-Based Clinical Resources

 

Metasearch engines that search across multiple resources at once:

  • MacPLUS - searches ACP PIER, BMJ Best Practice, Dynamed, UpToDate, DARE, Cochrane Library, ACP Journal Club, McMaster PLUS Articles, and PubMed
  • TRIP - searches guidelines, systematic reviews, synposes, original articles, textbooks, and patient informaton. Click here for more information on the sources searched.

 

Register for MacPLUS directly through the Health Knowledge Refinery or via MedPortal

 

Quick Links

Evidence-Based Journals and Structured Abstracts

  • ACP Journal Club What's this? Login to LibAccess

    Abstracts of articles

  • DARE What's this? Login to LibAccess Abstracts of systematic reviews, with links to original article fulltext

Databases

Current Awareness

McMaster Plus Articles are available through MacPLUS. The same content is also available through BMJ Evidence Updates, ACP PIER, and eTherapeutics.

Register for MacPLUS directly through the Health Knowledge Refinery or via MedPortal

 

 

Questions? Comments? Contact Andrea McLellan in the Health Sciences Library

Last updated January 16, 2012