The Witer Learning Resource Centre (WLRC) provides the following services to uWaterloo School of Optometry & Vision Science alumni (OD) and Canadian Association of Optometry (CAO) members.
WLRC services
Quick links
WLRC borrowing services
Services to Alumni and CAO members
- You may borrow up to twenty (20) regularly circulating materials from any of the TUG libraries (University of Waterloo, University of Guelph, and Wilfrid Laurier University) for two weeks (in person borrowing only)
- Renew those materials indefinitely as long as no one else has recalled them
- Request materials from the Annex and the TUG libraries
- Return materials to any of the following Ontario libraries
- Request 10 free journal articles per year (currently unavailable, pending copyrights permissions review)
- Request Fee-Based Book Delivery
Services that cannot be extended to Alumni and CAO members:
- Borrowing of items located in reserves
- Borrowing full journal volumes or magazines
- Placing recalls on library material
Library cards
- University of Waterloo Alumni
Free Alumni card is your library card.
- Non-Alumni CAO Members
Free library card: Contact Circulation Supervisor for card call (519) 888-4005 or send us an email.
WLRC Research Services
Information/Research Requests
We can:
- Recommend web accessible resources to search.
- Suggest alternative words or boolean logic to help refine the search.
- Provide limited searching on a topic/keywords. If you are unsuccessful searching available resources, we can expand the search and provide a list of up to 20 citations.
Research services do not include:
- Comprehensive searching of all possible literature on a topic. We provide a list of up to 20 citations.
- Critical evaluation of search results. It is your responsibility to determine the validity and usefulness of the search results.
- Rush requests.
To request research or information fill out an Information Request Form.
Journals
Research Databases (Search for Journal Articles)
Note: These databases contain both restricted and free journal articles; for those articles with restricted access, use our Article Request Service for 10 FREE articles per calendar year.
Free Journal Lists and Databases:
Free Journal Titles:
- 20/20
- Aging and Vision, 2004-
- American Optometric Association
- Association of Schools and Colleges of Optometry (ASCO)
- Eye on Education
- Optometric Education
- Atlas of Ophthalmology, online multimedia database
- BMC Ophthalmology , v.1- 2001-
- Bulletin de la Societe Belge d'Ophtalmologie
- Canadian Journal of Ophthalmology , v.40- 2005-
- Clinical and Experimental Optometry, 1998-2005
- Community Eye Health Journal, v.9 no.20 1996-
- Contact Lens Spectrum, Jan. 1996–
- Digital Journal of Ophthalmology, v. 3- 1997-
- EMedicine - Ophthalmology
- Eyecare Business, Jan. 1999-
- Indiana Journal of Optometry, v.1- 1998-
- Journal of Ophthalmic Photography, v.19 no.3 Dec, 1997-
- Indian Journal of Ophthalmology, v. 1, 1953 (Free text only available as html)
- Internet Journal of Ophthalmology and Visual Science v.1 no.1 2000-
- Journal of Vision v.1 no.1. 2001-
- Microcirguia Ocular, v.1- 1998-
- Molecular Vision v.1- 1995-
- Myopia: Prevelance and Progression, (1989)
- Night Vision, (1987)
- Ocular Surgery News Scroll down to the end of page and see the link.
- Oftalmologica Santa Lucia
- Ophthalmology Management, Jan. 1998-
- Ophthalmology Times
- Optics Express, v. 1- 1997-
- Optometric Management, Jan. 1996-
- Optometry & Vision Science (requires a username and password - uWaterloo OD alumni and CAO members can receive access by contacting the WLRC)
- Perception, 1972-
- Retinal Physician, Jan. 2004-
- Review of Ophthalmology, Jan. 2002-
- Review of Optometry, Jan. 2005-
- Transactions of the American Ophthalmological Society, v.99- 2001-
- Western New York Optometrist, v. 49 no.5, 2005-
Journal Article Requests (currently unavailable, pending copyrights permissions review)
Optometry research services are subsidized by a Canadian Optometric Education Trust Fund Grant. Due to the nature of this grant, when the funds have been depleted, or if copyright cannot be obtained, then articles will no longer be available free of charge.
Before funds run out for the year
- The WLRC provides you with 10 free photocopies of journal articles per calendar year.
- We supply what is available through the Waterloo Library consortium (TUG) in print form dealing with optometry.
- Request a particular journal article, fill out the form for a journal article.
After funds run out for the year
Here is a list of external fee-based document delivery services:
Books
E-books
Search for Ebooks
- FreeBooks4Doctors Provides more than 650 free online books covering a variety of medical specialties
- NCBI Bookshelf The NCBI Bookshelf offers a growing collection of online, fully searchable, biomedical books
- Google Book Search Provides limited and full previews of electronic books - use Advanced Search to select views
Book Requests
- If you are not able to visit the WLRC in person, books can be borrowed via a fee-based delivery service.
- To request a Book please contact the Industrial & Business Information Service.
- You will need to provide the following information:
- Title of the book
- Author of the book
- Year of publication
- Your contact information: name, full address (i.e. no post office boxes), phone number, email address
We strive to provide 2-3 day turnaround assistance but requests may take up to a week.
If you do not wish to submit an online form, other forms of contact include:
- Email the WLRC.
- Phone (519) 888-4005 to schedule an in-person consultation
