MHIKNET: Home
During the COVID-19 pandemic, MHIKNET Library Services is open during regular business hours.
Our staff are safely working from home during this time. We have suspended loaning and returning physical books, but all other services are available.
Note that we are not able to monitor our fax machine on a weekly basis.
MHIKNET Education Recordings
MHIKNET offers regular education sessions in-person and via webinar. See recordings of recent webinars below. If you would like a copy of the slides or handout for this presentation, please contact us for copies.
*Please note that you will need to provide your name and email address to view this recording.
- CADTH, Canadian Agency for Drugs and Technologies in Health (recorded February 13, 2019)
- Choosing Wisely Manitoba (recorded September 10, 2020)
- Consumer Health Resources (recorded July 22, 2020)
- Critical Appraisal: The Basics (recorded February 12, 2020)
- Data stories - Using data visualization and effective PowerPoints to tell your research story (recorded March 18, 2021)
- Everything You Need to Know About UpToDate (recorded November 4, 2020)
- Finding Images (recorded April 19, 2021)
- Googling for Good Evidence (recorded July 21, 2021)
- Keeping Current (recorded October 16, 2019)
- Hands on With Maps (recorded April 11, 2019)
- Healthcare Apps (recorded August 23, 2018)
- Introduction to GIS in the Health Sciences (recorded October 22, 2018)
- Introduction to MHIKNET and UpToDate (recorded August 19, 2020)
- Introduction to Searching for Online Government Information (recorded August 28, 2019)
- Maximizing Evidence Based Practice in your Healthcare Practice (recorded March 11, 2019)
- Open Educational Resources (recorded October 7, 2020)
- Perils of Predatory Publishing (recorded March 17, 2020)
- Preprints 101 (recorded April 13, 2021)
- Pubmed (recorded February 16, 2021)
- Reference Management (recorded March 2018)
- Searching for Health Information (recorded September 24, 2019)
- Searching for Images (recorded August 24, 2021)
- Social Media in your Healthcare Practice (recorded January 23, 2019)
You may also be interested in the following online course by the U.S. National Library of Medicine:
- Finding and Using Health Statistics (announced April 3, 2019)
What's New?
What's New
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2019 Novel Coronavirus
If you're looking for information on the Novel Coronavirus (2019-nCoV) outbreak, we've identified some sources for you. This page will be continually updated as we identify new information and sources to include.
Upcoming Education Sessions
2021 Summer Education Series
All MHIKNET education events are online and free to attend. We encourage you to circulate these events with your colleagues.
All education events are recorded and available for viewing at www.mhiknet.ca.
Googling for Good Evidence
July 21, 14h00 - 14h50
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Join this session to learn tips and tricks to find high quality, reliable, information in Google and Google Scholar.
Searching for images
August 24, 13h00 - 13h50
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If you've ever wanted to find free images for a presentation, this session is for you. We'll focus on searching for health-related images, but include sources of other types of images as well.
UpToDate Now Available for Health Care Providers in Manitoba!
UpToDate Now Available for Health Care Providers in Manitoba!
UpToDate is now available to all healthcare providers and students at Manitoba Health & Seniors Care, the University of Manitoba, the Regional Health Authorities of Manitoba, CancerCare Manitoba, Diagnostic Services of Manitoba, and Doctors Manitoba.
Login through the University of Manitoba Health Sciences Libraries
Visit our FAQ page for information on how you can access UpToDate!
About Us
Manitoba's Health Information and Knowledge Network (MHIKNET)
Pronounced "my net", MHIKNET is Manitoba's Health Information and Knowledge Network, and is a service provided by the University of Manitoba's Health Sciences Libraries to staff of Manitoba Health & Seniors Care, staff of participating Regional Health Authorities, and fee-for-service physicians in Manitoba.
MHIKNET provides quality information for patient care, evidence-based practice, health promotion, program planning and evaluation, continuing education, and staff development.
Remote access to online texts, journals and databases subscribed to by the University of Manitoba Libraries is not available to MHIKNET clients at this time. Existing vendor licences prohibit such access to library card holders who are not faculty, staff or students of the University of Manitoba.
Ask Us!
Ask Us!
mhiknet@umanitoba.ca
Tel: 1-877-789-3804
Fax: (204) 789-3923