This guide will help you find the information you need for your studies. Please use the menu on the left to navigate the guide.
The Health Sciences Library (RGN) and the Morisset Library (main campus) are now open! Some library services are affected by the current pandemic. Please check the Library's service updates page for up to date information on our services and the libraries opening hours.
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The service desk closes 15 minutes earlier than the library.
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Before you begin searching the literature, it's important to have properly defined your topic and chosen appropriate key words.
If you cannot find an article full-text through OMNI or one of our databases, you can use the interlibrary loan service to request it from another university. The system we use to request articles is called RACER.
More about interlibrary loan, including instructions.
Grey literature is defined as information "produced on all levels of government, academics, business and industry in electronic and print formats not controlled by commercial publishing" Greynet
Here are some example of Grey Literature:
There are many places to find grey literature. Where you look, depends on your research question. Below are some selected resources that researchers have found useful in population health.
Omni is the Library catalogue which will give you access to the complete library collection, including books, ebooks, journals, videos, and more:
Here is a non-exhaustive list of e-book collections in Health and Medicine.
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Bienvenue aux Ateliers sur demande | Instant Workshops, petits cours gratuits et libres en compétences numériques au niveau de l’enseignement supérieur, tant en français qu’en anglais. Exemple de contenu:
Welcome to Ateliers sur demande | Instant Workshops, free and open short lessons on digital skills for higher education in French and English. Here some presentations:
Online course
Cochrane Interactive Learning
Discover the Medical Humanities
The Library subscribes to countless films and music which you can stream online. Check it out!
Systematic Reviews
If you want to explore and consulte the ressources of Cochrane Training
For more information on what you need to know when starting a comprehensive review, don't hesitate to consult the uOttawa Library Systematic Review Guide: https://uottawa.libguides.com/systematicreview
Scoping Review
University of Ottawa Library now has an institutional subscription to Covidence, a web-based software platform that streamlines the production of systematic reviews. It should be noted that, while Covidence specifically mentions systematic reviews, it has also been used for comprehensive literature reviews, scoping reviews, meta-syntheses, meta-narratives, and other types of literature reviews. It can also be used for any discipline including health sciences, medicine, social sciences, environmental sciences, biology, management, education, and so forth.
For more information, please visit our libguide Covidence
To learn more about Covidence:
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Covidence a amélioré sa fonction de récupération des PDFs / Covidence improved its PDF upload tool.
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Learn about avoiding plagiarism and different citation styles in these guides from the Academic Writing Help Centre:
It is important to document every quotation, paraphrase and idea that is not your own.
These documents give you step-by-step instructions to the main functions of various citation managers, such as:
Having trouble finding the perfect article or resource for your research project? Or are you interested in undertaking a systematic review and don't know where to start? I can help! Whether it's on an individual basis or in a small group, I can meet with you to get your project started or to help you get out of a bind. Please use the appointment scheduling system below or contact me by email. Thank you.