Liaison Librarian
Legend
- McGill users only
- In-library-use only
- Catalogue record
Sources for Background Information
- Black's Medical Dictionary - 42nd ed, 2009
- Dorland's Illustrated Medical Dictionary - 30th ed, 2003
- Mosby's Medical, Nursing, & Allied Health Dictionary - 2002
- Stedman's Medical Dictionary (American Heritage) - 2002
- Whonamedit.com: the World's Most Comprehensive Dictionary of Medical Eponyms - 2001
- NCBI Bookshelf
- Access Medicine
- STAT!Ref
Searching the Library Catalogue
Use the basic word(s) anywhere or advanced keyword search in the library catalogue. You can search using words like - antibiotic, biochem?, molecul?, etc.
Search tips for the library catalogue
| Truncation symbol: | ? | e.g. medic? will retrieve catalogue records containing the words medicine, medical, medics, etc. |
| Phrase searching: | "___" | e.g. "One Flew over the Cuckoo’s Nest" will retrieve catalogue records containing the phrase One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest |
| Boolean operators: | (), AND, OR, NOT default: AND |
e.g. literature and (physicians or doctors) will retrieve catalogue records containing the word literature and either physicians or doctors |
You can also browse the catalogue, or the shelves at the following call numbers
| Call Number | Subject |
| WB | Practice of Medicine |
| WF | Respiratory System |
| WG | Cardiovascular System |
| WI | Digestive System |
| WJ | Urogenital System |
| WL | Nervous System |
| WO | Surgery and Anesthesiology |
| WP | Gynecology |
| WQ | Obstetrics |
| WR | Dermatology |
| WS | Pediatrics |
| WV | Otolaryngology |
| WW | Ophthalmology |
Core databases
- MEDLINE (1996- ) Journal article database of the National Library of Medicine in the U.S. (or search via PubMed)
- EMBASE Biomedical and pharmaceutical database by Elsevier which includes literature from European and Asian journals
Additional databases
- Database of Abstracts of Reviews of Effects (DARE) For finding systematic reviews in health care
- Scopus Multidisciplinary
- Web of Science Multidisciplinary
- Cochrane Library Includes the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, and other databases to find clinical trials and economic evaluations
Selected Internet Sites
Anesthesiology
Obstetrics & Gynecology
- POPLINE - Reproductive health
Pediatrics
- Evidence-based Pediatrics (CATs) From the University of Michigan Department of Pediatrics
- PEDE - Paediatric Economic Database Evaluation