This page contains information on the public computer workstations located in the Library branches across campus.
Location of computer workstations
Floor plan of Birks Reading Room Birks Reading Room
Floor plan of Birks Reading Room
- 3 workstations available
Humanities and Social Sciences Library
Location of computer workstations
- Main floor (RM) and 2nd floor (R2) of Redpath Library Building
- Main floor (M1) of McLennan Library Building
- McLennan e-Classroom - Main floor McLennan Library Building
- 43 public computers are available in the Cyberthèque
Specialized software/hardware
- Adobe Creative Suite CS6, includes Acrobat & Photoshop (McLennan e-Classroom: ECLASS018, ECLASS019, ECLASS020, ECLASS023, ECLASS024)
- ArcGIS (Redpath 2nd floor)
- Cmap Tools (McLennan e-Classroom)
- Can 8 (Group Study Area, Redpath Main Floor: COMMONS001 to COMMONS024)
- Google Earth (Redpath 2nd floor)
- STATA (Digital Scholarship Hub, RM-16 and Data Lab, McLennan building, Room M2-37A)
- Wolfram Mathematica (Redpath 2nd floor)
Blackader-Lauterman Collection - 3rd floor, Redpath Library Building 
- 11 public computers are available in the reference area as you enter the library
- Flatbed scanners on computers BLDR002 & BLDR002: https://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/scan-print-copy
Specialized software/hardware
- Adobe Creative Suite CS5, includes Acrobat & Photoshop (BLDR002, BLDR003)
Digital Scholarship Hub - Main floor, Redpath Library Building (RM-16)
- 6 computer workstations
Specialized software/hardware
- ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint
- Adobe Photoshop 7.0
- Adobe Photoshop Elements
- ArcGIS
- NVivo
Data Lab - Second floor, McLennan Library Building (M2-37A)
- 14 public computers are available in the Data Lab, Room M2-37A.
- Flatbed scanner on computers EDRS002: https://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/scan-print-copy
Specialized software/hardware
- ArcGIS
- Adobe Acrobat 6.0
- Adobe Creative Suite CS5, includes Acrobat & Photoshop (EDRS014, 108-272-03)
- Adobe Photoshop (EDRS001)
- Atlas.ti 7
- Beyond 2020
- Google Earth
- MATLAB
- QGIS
- R
- SAS
- SPSS
- Stat/Transfer
- STATA
- Wolfram Mathematica
- WSftp
- Scanner available for text, slides, and photo negatives
Finance Lab - 3rd floor, McLennan Library Building (M3-53B)
- 3 Bloomberg terminals
- 1 SDC Platinum workstation
- 1 Morningstar workstation
- 1 Datastream workstation
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Islamic Studies Library 
- 2 public computers are available in the eZone, located near the Information Desk
- 1 guest account computer is available in the eZone, located near the Information Desk
Specialized hardware
- All computers have Arabic/English keyboards
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Macdonald Campus Library
- 52 public computers
- Flatbed scanners located on 2nd floor on OSD computers MACD-OSD001 & MACD-OSD002: https://www.mcgill.ca/library/services/scan-print-copy
Specialized software/hardware
- Adobe Creative Suite CS5, includes Acrobat & Photoshop (Barton Building, 2nd Floor: MACD018, MACD019)
- Adobe Creative Suite CS6, includes Acrobat & Photoshop (Barton Building, 2nd Floor: MACD024, MACD050 with microfiche scanner)
- Adobe Creative Suite CS6, includes Acrobat & Photoshop on OSD computers with scanners (Barton Building, 2nd Floor: MACD-OSD001, MACD-OSD002)
- ArcGIS (20 computers in eZone, MACD026, MACD029, as well as MACD-OSD 001, MACD-OSD 002)
- JAWS (MACD-OSD 001 and MACD-OSD 002)
- SAS (20 computers in the eZone, as well as MACD-OSD001, MACD-OSD002)
- Stat/Transfer (MACD-OSD001, MACD-OSD002 and 3 computers in eZone 034-405-206-18, 19, 20)
- STATA (20 computers in eZone)
- Stella
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Marvin Duchow Music Library
Location of computer workstations
- Many public computer workstations are distributed across the 3 floors of the Library.
- 2 guest account stations are available, identified by a yellow sticker on the top of the monitor. Locations:
- 3rd floor: straight ahead from the main entrance, beside A-319
- 4th floor: directly beside the washrooms
- All computer stations in the Music Library are equipped with headphones to facilitate private listening to and viewing of recorded performances.
- Scanners are located in the following locations:
- All uPrint machines have flatbed scanning capabilities
- 5th floor: Flatbed scanners are available with computers MusicLab001 (Music Student Computer Room (MSCR)), MusicLab008 (MSCR) & MUSIC-OSD (public area)
Laptop computers
- The Music Library lends a limited number of Mac laptops with specialized music software (details below, under "Specialized software"). Note: available only to Music students/faculty
- The Music Library lends 3 Mac laptops and 2 PC laptops with standard McGill software offerings. Note: available only to Music students/faculty
Music Student Computer Room (MSCR)
The Music Student Computer Room, located on the 5th floor, provides a highly specialized environment for music and multimedia authoring. (Access prioritized for students in Music)
- 12 workstations with piano keyboards, 9 with desktop computers - 4 Macs (OS X) and 5 PCs (Windows 10) - are available in the MSCR
Specialized software at the Marvin Duchow Music Library
New! Refer to the Music software resources guide to learn how to use some of the music software programs available through the Marvin Duchow Music Library.
I. Available on circulating laptops
- Davinci Resolve
- Dorico (Retina Mac 10 only)
- Elgato VHS transfer
- Final Cut Pro X
- Finale
- Logic Pro X
- Musescore
- Pro Tools (Requires separate iLok dongle available from the 4th floor AV Hub)
- Sibelius
- Transcribe!
- Zoom
II. Available on public computers
- Audacity
- Davinci Resolve - stations 055-060 (4th floor, north end)
- Finale – stations 055-060 (4th floor, north end)
- MuseScore - stations 055-060 (4th floor, north end)
- Sibelius – stations 058-059 (4th floor, north end)
- Transcribe! – stations 055-060 (4th floor, north end)
- JAWS, ZoomText, and a document reader (5th floor, north end)
- Adobe Creative Suite CS5, includes Acrobat Pro & Photoshop:
- 4th Floor: MUSIC049 First group of computers north of inner staircase: eastern-most station facing south, next to the washrooms
- 5th Floor: MUSIC026 East wall, south-most computer station
- Adobe Creative Suite CS6, includes Acrobat Pro & Photoshop:
- 4th Floor: MUSIC042 East wall, north-most computer station
- 5th Floor: MUSIC037 East wall, north-most computer station
III. Available in the Music Student Computer Room (5th floor) [Priority use for Music students]
Notation
- Finale (PC/Mac)
- Sibelius (PC/Mac)
- Dorico (PC MUSICLAB05 only)
- Musescore (PC/Mac)
- PhotoScore (PC MUSICLAB01 only)
Audio/video editing
- Audacity (PC/Mac)
- Davinci Resolve (PC/Mac)
- Final Cut Pro (Mac)
- Garage Band (Mac)
- HandBrake (PC/Mac)
- Logic Pro (Mac)
- MIDI Keyboards with MIDI interface
- Pro Tools (PC/Mac) (Requires separate iLok dongle available from the 4th floor AV Hub)
Transcription
- Transcribe! (PC & Mac)
Multimedia authoring
- Adobe Creative Suite CS5, includes Acrobat Pro & Photoshop:
- 5th Floor: MUSICLAB001 (MSCR)
- Adobe Creative Suite CS6, includes Acrobat Pro & Photoshop:
- 5th Floor: MUSICLAB003 (MSCR), MUSICLAB004 (MSCR)
Other
- Matlab (Mac)
- VLC Media Player (Mac & PC)
Free software for music purposes
Do you need off-campus access to software for specialized music purposes? Try these free offerings:
- Audio editing: Audacity (PC, Mac); Garageband (Mac)
- Video editing: DaVinci Resolve (PC, Mac); iMovie (Mac)
- Music notation: MuseScore (PC, Mac)
In addition, consider free, limited-feature (“lite”) versions that are available for certain paid software products. Popular “lite” versions include:
- Audio editing: Pro Tools First (PC, Mac)
- Music notation: Sibelius First (PC, Mac); Finale Notepad (PC-only); Dorico SE (PC, Mac)
Free trial versions of paid software products might be useful as well. Note, though, that free trial versions are often time-limited or have restrictions related to program capacity (e.g. disabled saving/printing, limits on channel/project numbers).
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Nahum Gelber Law Library
Specialized software/hardware
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Adobe Creative Suite CS6, includes Acrobat & Photoshop (Law Library, Main Floor: LAW001, LAW002, LAW014 & 2nd Floor: LAW008, LAW009)
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Rare Books and Special Collections
- Two public computers are available in the Reading Room.
