Epidemiology and biostatistics

Background information: Epidemiology

• Modern Epidemiology
• Epidemiology (limited-user title)
• Epidemiological Research: Terms and Concepts
• Dictionary of Epidemiology (eBook)
• Encyclopedia of Epidemiologic Methods
• Teaching Epidemiology

Background information: Biostatistics

• Basic and Clinical Biostatistics
• Practice of Statistics in the Life Sciences

Core databases for finding articles

• PubMed - Bibliographic database of the National Library of Medicine
  see also MEDLINE on Ovid (1946-)
• Embase on Ovid (1996-) - Biomedical and pharmaceutical database
  see also Embase Classic+Embase on Ovid (1947-)
• Cochrane Library - Cochrane and other reviews (DARE), clinical trials (CENTRAL), methods studies, economic evaluations, technology assessments
• Google Scholar

Additional databases

• Global Health on Ovid - Database on human health and disease, including communicable diseases, tropical diseases, human nutrition, public health, and medicinal and poisonous plants
• Scopus - Multidisciplinary; cited reference searching
• Web of Science - Multidisciplinary; cited reference searching
• ProQuest Dissertations and Theses Online - Index of doctoral dissertations and master's theses. Includes full text for many but not all entries
• McGill Library Resource by Subject - Usually include a section on core/additional databases; subject-specific guides
• McGill Library Global Health Resource Guide - Includes list of indexes to regional literature, key databases in Global Health research
• Systematic Reviews: A Guide to Library Resources at McGill - Includes list of databases on the searching for studies page

Software

• STATA can be accessed in the Electronc Data Resources Service (EDRS) Centre; more information on the location of software
• Basic SAS, SPSS, and STATA workshops are offered through the EDRS Centre
• More information on computers and equipment at the Library

Selected web sites

• GIDEON - Worldwide distribution of infectious diseases; "used for diagnosis and reference in the fields of tropical and infectious diseases, epidemiology, microbiology and antimicrobial chemotherapy"
• PubMed Special Queries - From the National Library of Medicine (U.S.), this page includes preformulated searches on a variety of topics including clinical queries, cancer topic searches, or subject limits such as AIDS, toxicology...
• Public Health Agency of Canada: Surveillance - "Lists surveillance reports, databases, and programs which monitor the status of Canadian health. Includes diseases (infectious and chronic), conditions, infections, and injuries"
• CDC Stacks - CDC's document repository system

Societies

• Canadian Society for Epidemiology and Biostatistics
• Directory of Epidemiology Societies

Other resources

• Systematic Reviews: A Guide to Library Resources at McGill
• McGill Library Global Health Resource Guide 
• Grey Matters (grey literature guide) - Produced by the Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (CADTH)
• Publishing in the Life Sciences