Getting Started: Library tips, tricks, links, and services

Lucy Kiester | UGME librarian | Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering
lucy.kiester@mcgill.ca

Libraries
- McGill Library Home Page - https://www.mcgill.ca/library/
- UGME specific Library Resources: http://libraryguides.mcgill.ca/UGME
- Non-health specific questions? Get in touch through chat, phone, email etc. - https://www.mcgill.ca/library/contact/askus

E-resources
- We’ve got APPS! - http://libraryguides.mcgill.ca/healthmobile
o UpToDate, RxTx, Dynamed Plus, Diagnosaurus, and more!
- Information about accessing e-resources - https://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/connect

Pro tip: Always access e-resources through the library’s website, on- or off-campus for maximum full-text access
o YES even PubMed
o If off-campus, authenticate with your McGill username and password
o To access full-text journal articles, use the Find Full Text button. If the article is not available, get it through inter-
library loan (see under Borrowing below)

Borrowing
- Your McGill ID is your library card
o More information on borrowing - https://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/borrowing
- Document delivery - Request scanned copies of journal articles or book chapters from the print collections of the McGill
Library, to be sent to a McGill email address - https://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/request-scan
- Inter-library loans – Borrow material not found in McGill’s collection (it’s free!)
https://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/otherloans/interlibrary
- BCI loans – Borrow from other Quebec Universities directly: https://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/otherloans/crepuq

Course Reserves
- Many of your recommended course textbooks are owned by the library so you don’t have to buy them! Find them (print or
electronically) here: https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/courseReserves/landing
o Search by course name or number

Searching
- Health and biological sciences subject guides are a good starting for your research and for research support information
o http://libraryguides.mcgill.ca/UGME OR http://libraryguides.mcgill.ca/dentistry
- Use the search bar on the library home page (called WorldCat) to search for information on a specific topic, or to find a
specific title (book, e-book, journal, database etc.)

Research support
- Citation management software - https://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/citation
- How to conduct a knowledge synthesis/systematic review guide - http://libraryguides.mcgill.ca/knowledge-syntheses/home
- Systematic review service - https://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/systematic-review-service

Additional useful tools and resources

AccessMedicine (textbooks and more) - AnatomyTV (review and explore all systems of the body) -
https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/oclc/51502184 https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/oclc/722890793

ClinicalKey (guidelines, journals and more) - Customize Google Scholar for Full Text Access -
https://mcgill.on.worldcat.org/oclc/798583087 https://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/connect/google-scholar