Epidemiology & Biostatistics

eBook collections​

Individual ebook titles are catalogued and available through WorldCat Discovery. Below is a list of many of our health sciences ebook platforms that can also be directly browsed or searched for relevant material, often including full-text searching options.

• Springer Medicine and Public Health

• More information on e-books and media available at McGill 

Finding and using ebooks, information for mobile devices

• E-books & E-audiobooks
• Open textbooks - Finding and using
• Health Sciences mobile apps and technology guide - Includes information on apps available for selected ebook packages
• Mobile apps - Includes list of apps for reading on mobile devices

Core databases for finding articles

Additional databases for finding articles​

Other resources listing databases

• McGill LibGuides - List of all subjet guides developed by McGill librarians; useful way to identify databases for a research topic spanning other disciplines
• McGill Library Global Health Resource Guide - Includes list of indexes to regional literature as well as Core Databases in Global Health research
• Systematic Reviews, Scoping Reviews, and Other Knowledge Syntheses

Tools for screening, appraisal, and synthesis

• Tools for Screening, Appraisal, and Synthesis - Part of the McGill LibGuide on Systematic Reviews, Scoping Reviews, and Other Knowledge Syntheses

• Citation Software
• More information on computers, software, and equipment at the Library
• Software licensing (for McGill faculty/staff and students) - Software includes SAS, EndNote, and more; availability differs for faculty/staff versus students
• Systematic Review Toolbox

• Rayyan for Systematic Reviews
• Systematic Reviews, Scoping Reviews, and Other Knowledge Syntheses
• Systematic Review Service

If you are collecting references for a project, looking for information on how to cite within a particular discipline, or interested in using software to collect and automatically format your in-text citations and bibliography in the proper citation style, the following pages may be of use:

• Citation Guides - General information on citation as well as information on what's available at McGill (for example, EndNote, which is free for McGill staff and students) and how to get support
• Life Sciences Citation Style - Information on citing in Vancouver (author-number system), APA (author-date style), CSE
• Citation Styles - Useful citation guides for other commonly used citation styles
• Citation Styles by Subject

If you are writing a paper for a course, ask your professors what citation style they recommend. If you are publishing a journal article in the health sciences, consult the instructions for authors database or the journal website to find out what citation style they require your references to be formatted in.

Course guides