Guides & Tutorials

This guide introduces AI research tools approved or licensed by McMaster University to support students, faculty and researchers in finding and understanding academic literature.

HSL curates an extensive collection of anatomy resources for all specialities, including textbooks, tools, and learning modules

Explore library resources for the Child Life and Pediatric Psychosocial Care program at McMaster.

CINAHL is a database containing professional literature for nursing, allied health, biomedicine, and healthcare. Learn how to search the CINAHL database through HSL produced video tutorials.

Explore library resources for Clinical Faculty at McMaster.

The Cochrane Library includes evidence from Cochrane and other systematic reviews, methodology reviews, clinical trials, and more with a focus on evidence-based health care. Learn how to use Cochrane Library effectively through these selected tutorials.

Discover the best sources for consumer health information on the web

Covidence is a web-based software platform that streamlines the production of systematic reviews. It supports citation screening, full text review, risk of bias assessment, and more. McMaster now provides unlimited access to university affiliates.

Step-by-step videos and strategies for searching the library's most popular databases.

Explore the library's resources on drugs and alternative medicines.

Learn how to use the citation management software Endnote

Explore recommended library resources for entrepreneurship and innovation research.

Explore library resources for Family Medicine at McMaster.

Start your Grey Literature search with this guide containing resources and strategies for discovering research produced outside traditional commercial or academic publishing channels.

Learn how to set up your ORCID Researcher Profile

Explore library resources for the Global Health program at McMaster.

Learn how to effectively use Google Scholar for academic research.

Get started with finding, using, and visualizing health data & statistics.

Explore library resources for the Health Management program at McMaster.

Explore library resources for the Health Policy program at McMaster.

Explore library resources for the Health Sciences Education program at McMaster.

Library resource guide for postgraduate medicine students specializing in hematology - red cell disorders.

Explore library resources for the Honours Health Sciences Program at McMaster

Learn how to recognize and avoid predatory and deceptive publishers.

This guide offers an eight step approach from identifying your topic to managing your search strategy and results

Learn how to effectively search the literature with tips on asking questions, selecting resources, and developing search terms.

HSL's Virtual Reference Shelf is a collection of online reference e-books, databases and websites.

This guide is intended to help clinicians, students, instructors, and any individuals interested in Interprofessional Education (IPE) to find the content and resources you require.

Learn strategies for assessing the impact of your research with this step-by-step guide to research metrics

Explore library resources for the Medical Sciences program at McMaster.

Explore library resources for Undergraduate Medicine program at McMaster.

Explore library resources for Postgraduate Medicine at McMaster

MEDLINE is a comprehensive source of life sciences and biomedical information. Learn how to search the MEDLINE database through the Ovid platform through these HSL produced video tutorials.

Explore library resources for the Midwifery program at McMaster.

Explore a collection of mobile apps related to health and medicine, including instructions for downloading and accessing content.

Explore library resources for the Nursing program at McMaster.

Explore library resources for the Occupational Therapy program at McMaster.

Explore Open Educational Resources at McMaster and beyond.

Explore library resources for the Physician Assistant Education program at McMaster.

Explore library resources for the Physiotherapy program at McMaster.

Explore library resources for the Masters in Public Health program at McMaster.

This guide provides information about McMaster University's agreements for APC discounts and waivers.

PubMed is a database that includes articles from MEDLINE and other life science journals. Learn how to search the PubMed database through these selected video tutorials.

Explore library resources that specialize in rehabiliation.

Explore library resources for the online Rehabilitation Science program at McMaster.

The Health Sciences Library's guide to resources in all stages of the research lifecycle, from planning your project, gathering resources, analyzing data to writing and publishing.

Learn about the core concepts of evidence-based practice and discover resources for developing your skills in EBP.

Explore library resources for the Speech Language Pathology program at McMaster.

Discover a collection of links to student wellness resources online, on-campus, and in the community.

Stories of patient's or healthcare professionals' involvement with the healthcare system are valuable in understanding their personal experience. Reading or listening to these stories can help impact education, clinical practice, and the patient experience.

The Web of Science multidisciplinary database incorporates arts, sciences and social sciences literature. Learn how to search the Web of Science database through selected video tutorials.