These resources specifically provide third year OD students with the means to find relevant optometric literature and clinic guides. In third year, students will spend hald their time on clinical practice, and will also be learning about Evidence Based Medicine and more extensive practical techniques in the clinic. 

3rd year students

  • Evidence-based Practice (EBP) provides an overview of the EBP process with links to key resources)
  • Find articles (research databases and indexes that are available and relevant to
  • optometric literature searches)
  • Ocular Pharmacology (list of key pharmacological resources relevant to Optometrists)
  • eReference (electronic dictionaries, encyclopedias, handbooks etc. that are available and relevant to Optometry)
  • Finding articles (research databases and indexes that are available and relevant to optometric literature searches)
  • Finding books
  • RefWorks (Reference management software that allows you to collect and organize your research materials. RefWorks also generates bibliographies and inserts citations in various citation styles. It is available to all uWaterloo students)