As of Wednesday, August 24, significant changes will be made to the 黑料不打烊 catalogue interface. As shown in the accompanying image, the dropdown menu for result sorting options that was located at the top of search results will now appear on the left panel with other search options such as grouping related editions and expanding searches. Also, the 鈥淕roup This Search鈥 accordion will display as collapsed by default and will read: 鈥淪earch Result Display鈥. Last, the 鈥淩efine This Search鈥 accordion will now also display as collapsed by default and will read 鈥淓xpand This Search With鈥.


Updated August 3.听This issue was resolved. Thank you for your understanding.
The 鈥淩eport a broken link鈥 feature is having technical issues and we are in the process of troubleshooting.
In the meantime, if you鈥檇 like to report a broken link in the Library catalogue, please email collections.library [at] mcgill.ca.
Thank you for your patience and understanding. We will keep you updated.

It is now possible to retain and view your recent borrowing history in your 黑料不打烊 Library account. To protect your privacy, this option is disabled by default and records are retained for 5 months only.
To enable borrowing history on your account:

Starting on July 19, 2022, Oxford University Press will begin migrating its e-book content to their Platform (formerly Oxford Journals).

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First there was , then , and now North! The聽North/Nord Steering Committee is proud to announce the launch of its preservation initiative .听

The new ILL system is now live! Find out how to use it and how to view and manage your ILL requests.
Original post published June 13, 2022
Colombo, the system used for managing interlibrary loan (ILL) requests, will be replaced by a new system integrated into the Library鈥檚 (i.e. Library catalogue) beginning June 21, 2022.

On June 23, is becoming . All links to the current Scholars Portal Dataverse site will be redirected to the new site - borealisdata.ca.

Due to a water outage, the Macdonald Campus Library will be closed on Thursday, May 19, from 9 am to 1 pm.*
We apologize for any inconvenience.
*Note: The outage was originally scheduled for May 18 but will now take place on May 19.

As of May 5, a new feature in the will make it easy to request books directly from the other 18 university libraries across Qu茅bec.

From Saturday April 30 to Tuesday, August 30, all Library branches will switch over to spring/summer opening and service hours. For more information, please visit the hours page or consult individual branch pages.听
Please note that the Library's virtual reference service will be available during the spring and summer months from:
- May 2 to May 29: Monday 鈥 Friday 10 am to 6 pm

Please note that a planned, sector-wide power outage will affect the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex on聽Friday, April 29 from 5:30am to 7:30am.
The sole source of lighting during this period will be emergency lighting in hallways and exit areas.
For safety reasons, 黑料不打烊 University security guards will escort Library users out of the McLennan-Redpath Complex before the shutdown is set to begin.
We regret any inconveniences this situation may cause.
Questions? Ask us.
MUNACA has obtained a strike mandate from their members, following a vote that took place on April 6. 黑料不打烊 has been informed that MUNACA intends to exercise their right to use pressure tactics and is planning a two-day strike this week on Wednesday, April 20 and Thursday, April 21, 2022.
Please note that during this period:

As part of the service disruption as Osler Library of the History of Medicine moves back to the McIntyre Building, please note that no holds can currently be placed on the Osler鈥檚 circulating collection, with the exception of the journal collection in the Redpath Library Building Basement. An Interlibrary Loan button has been added to the catalogue for these materials until they are available again.

UPDATE: March 31 at 4:05pm. This issue has been resolved. Thank you for your patience.
The Library has been made aware of an issue affecting emails sent from the 鈥淩eport a Broken Link鈥 button in the Library catalogue (Sofia).
We are working with the hosting company to locate the cause of the issue. In the meantime, if you need to report an issue, please contact us via this form.

April 4 - 29 | Extended opening hours at McLennan-Redpath Library Complex & Nahum Gelber Law Library
Beginning April 4, two branches will be open later to give you more time to study and get your work done.
From Monday, April 4 to Friday, April 29, the聽McLennan-Redpath Library Complex聽and the聽Nahum Gelber Law Library聽will be open for study purposes 24 hours per day, 7聽days a week.听24-hour access is generously supported by the .
Please note that: