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Between Mar. 11-31, The BC Cancer Library is conducting its first ever Needs Assessment Survey. Whether you use or don’t use the library, or simply never knew that BC Cancer had one, let us know! Feedback from BC Cancer staff will help us understand how we can serve you, improve our research services, explore new initiatives, and enhance library awareness. Help shape the future of your library.

Did our survey make you think of a question? The Needs Assessment was anonymous. If you want a reply, please email requests@bccancer.bc.ca to request that search, book, or workshop. Or ask your regional Librarian.

Library Portal

Learn how to how you can access the BC Cancer Library's full text collections using Google Scholar and PubMed.

Visit our Article Request page for information on document delivery services for full text articles.

Other Full Text Sources

Google Scholar is not the best method for searching medical research. However, if you already have the titles for a list of good journal articles, it can be a handy way to check for full text. 

Many BC Cancer computers will already show you links to our e-journals in Google Scholar search results.

If you do not see links in Google Scholar to FullText@BCCA or FindIt@BCCA, click the three line menu to add BC Cancer to your visible links. An account or log in is not needed.

Google Scholar Library Links settings

Step-by-Step: Connect PubMed to the BC Cancer Library journals

New PubMed does not automatically find full text links from BC Cancer Library. Check if you are logged into a personal account at the top right:

PubMed access to account

Log in or create a personal account - an ORCid is a good option. Then go to the My NCBI Dashboard:

Go to the myNCBI dashboard from new PubMed

 

From the My NCBI Dashboard, choose Site Preferences:

Site Preferences is a small link, top right.

 

Look down the list of preferences and click Outside Tool to choose from the alphabetical list of institutions.

Find Outside Tool in myNCBI site preferences

 

You may link to five institutions in PubMed. Click the letter B to find and select BC Cancer, then the Save button.

Return to PubMed (link is at the bottom of the page under "Popular"). The BC Cancer icon will now appear when viewing the abstract of any article. This setting will be saved for you on any computer, if you are logged into your account on PubMed.

When the BC Cancer icon is clicked, Full Text Finder will check for our journal subscriptions. If nothing is found, you will be offered Google Scholar, or  a form to request an interlibrary loan (requests@bccancer.bc.ca).  



 The BC Cancer library system consists of a central library at Vancouver Centre (VC), and branches in Abbotsford (AC), Kelowna (SAHCSI), Prince George (CN), Surrey (FVC), and Victoria (VIC). All centres have patient resource collections in our Cancer Information Centres (CIC), and all centres have a professional collection on site. Professional resources for CN are housed in the adjacent UHNBC Library.