Starting April 4, booking a group study room, 3D printer, or the One Button Studio through the library website will send users to authenticate vi
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Published on: 28 Mar 2022
Off-campus Library users who need to access an electronic resource through the Library website, Sofia discovery tool (McGill catalogue), or through the "McGill Library Full Text" links in Google Scholar, are asked to log in to EZProxy with a McGill username and password before accessing the resource.
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Published on: 16 Sep 2021
Sofia, McGill鈥檚 bilingual catalogue is evolving! As of July 14, you will be able to explore the new interface of Quebec university libraries鈥� discovery tool. This renewed interface is more user-friendly and offers several improvements:
- Redesigned ergonomics for smoother and more intuitive navigation
- New intelligent request processing feature that displays the document which is the easiest to access
- Search terms underlined in yellow
- Optimization of accessibility for the visually impaired
- New icon for the Chat service
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Published on: 8 Jul 2021
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Starting Monday, May 31, 2021, McGill鈥檚 Two-Factor Authentication (2FA) will be required when users sign in to their Library account. This step mirrors the log-in process required for other campus systems (e.g. email/Microsoft 365, Minerva, My Courses, VPN, etc.).
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Published on: 17 May 2021
In order to provide users with an integrated CME (Continuing Medical Education) option as well as ensuring the latest security for our proxy server access, McGill and UpToDate will be slightly modifying the landing page for UpToDate via EZproxy starting on February 1, 2021.
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Published on: 28 Jan 2021
McGill Library is partnering with the Bureau de coop茅ration interuniversitaire (BCI) and a coalition of 17 other Quebec universities to provide the Quebec scholarly community with access to three digital platforms. This includes a unified catalogue or听Library Shared Services Platform (SSP) that will provide access to more than 20 million documents across the 18 collections and is supported by OCLC's WorldShare Management Services (WorldCat).
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Published on: 7 Jul 2020
This week, McGill Library staff members will begin to check-in items that have been returned during the closure period. In order to begin this process, the McGill Library staff members will cancel all holds and requests placed on McGill items.
Users who have placed a hold on a returned item will get a notice indicating that their hold has been cancelled.
Please note that users will be able to place new holds once the Library is open and items can be made accessible for browsing.
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Published on: 6 Jul 2020
We have received reports that some users are having trouble accessing
The site continues to be accessible, however, we advise users having听issues to select from two troubleshooting options.
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- Clear their browser cache and cookies. For a list of instructions for each browser see:
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Published on: 15 Jun 2020
Discover McGill Library鈥檚 e-resources collection serendipitously online through WorldCat Discovery鈥檚 new 鈥淏rowse the Shelf鈥� accordion tool.
To use the browse option, access WorldCat Discovery, open the detailed view of the item record, and click 鈥淏rowse the Shelf鈥�.
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Published on: 27 Apr 2020
Due to the McGill VPN being currently unavailable as a method to access Library e-resources, users can access PressReader through a . A to authenticate the PressReader mobile app via EZproxy with the creation of a personal PressReader account.
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Published on: 30 Mar 2020
Update, March 19, 12:00 pm: The request period is now over.
The Library is offering a one-time retrieval service听for research print materials from all downtown libraries to members of the McGill community. Only items that can normally circulate will be retrieved.
For materials located at downtown library branches:
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Published on: 16 Mar 2020
To support McGill鈥檚 closure, the campus is making some technical changes to the VPN to allow it to scale up for a larger number of users. A side effect of these changes is that most electronic resources will not be accessible via the VPN for the time being.
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Published on: 15 Mar 2020
McGill Library is happy to announce a partnership with the and a coalition of 17 other Quebec universities to provide the Quebec scholarly community with access to three digital platforms:
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Published on: 28 Jan 2020
Sometime between September and November of this year, Apple is releasing their new operating system, Catalina. Unfortunately, this new operating system applications - this includes Endnote. Endnote is and is working on a major update so that Endnote X9 for Mac will continue to work. This update is not yet available.
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Published on: 24 Sep 2019
Update, September 17, 2019: The issue affecting brief availability display in the has been resolved. All brief results and Reserves records now display availability information correctly.
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Published on: 16 Sep 2019
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