The power shutdown scheduled to take place in the McLennan-Redpath Library Complex, Armstrong, and Bronfman buildings the week of July 31 OR August 7 between 5:00 am and 10:00 am has been postponed to a later date. We will share the new date and details when they have been confirmed. We apologize for any inconvenience and thank you for your collaboration.
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Published on: 16 Jun 2023
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
Please note that the McGill Library website will be updated on Saturday, September 11, 2021, from 8 am to 4 pm. This maintenance work may result in catalogue-related links to library content being temporarily unavailable. The links may be unavailable for approximately 15-60 minutes during the morning hours of the update period.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Published on: 9 Sep 2021
Sofia, McGill’s bilingual catalogue is evolving! As of July 14, you will be able to explore the new interface of Quebec university libraries’ 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
McGill Library is partnering with the Bureau de coopération 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 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
New in WorldCat Discovery: Refreshed My Account interface gives library users an enhanced experience
We hope you like the new My Account experience in WorldCat Discovery - it was developed with accessibility and responsive design in mind. The new interface complies with WCAG 2.1 accessibility guidelines.
Similar to the former My Account page, library users will now see a list of checked out items, hold requests, and outstanding fees. The Checked Out tab now includes the exact date and time when an item is due as well as the ability to select multiple items to renew at once.
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Published on: 26 Jun 2020
McGill Library will be performing a system update in WorldCat Discovery from Monday, June 15 to Friday, June 19. All Library users are asked to avoid using the “Sign In” button or logging in to "My Account" from WorldCat Discovery during this period. Please note that this includes logins for the purpose of saving searches.
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Published on: 27 May 2020
Update, January 28, 6:45 PM: The server migration for our Workshops and tours application is complete and McGill login is working as expected.
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Published on: 24 Jan 2020
Due to a scheduled update, the Library Blogs and Library Matters will be unavailable Tuesday, September from 8:30am to 9am.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Published on: 16 Sep 2019
Please note that WorldCat Discovery will be performing system maintenance work the early morning of Sunday, May 26 between 2:00 and 5:00am.
This planned maintenance could impact WorldCat Discovery and users might not be able to renew items during that time frame.
Thank you for your patience.
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Published on: 21 May 2019
Please note that WorldCat Discovery will be performing system maintenance work on Thursday May 16 and Friday, May 17.
On May 16 between 15:00 and 17:30, planned maintenance will affect EZProxy, which might impact users accessing resources off campus.
On May 17 between 21:00 and 04:30, planned maintenance work will affect Circulation and InterLibrary Loans services. This might impact users trying to access their accounts, renew items, and place ILL requests.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Published on: 16 May 2019
As a final step in our migration to the Discovery catalogue, a verification of our library data will be run on physical items in our collection starting at the end of day on Thursday, May 2 and lasting until the early morning of Monday, May 6.
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Published on: 17 Apr 2019
There is planned system maintenance to WorldCat Discovery online catalogue and search tool from Saturday, October 21, from 10:00pm to Sunday, October 22, at 6:00am. These services may be unavailable during that time.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Published on: 18 Oct 2018
ProQuest will be performing maintenance to its ebook and database platforms on Saturday, August 18.
Ebook Central will be unavailable from 12pm to 5pm. ProQuest databases will unavailable from 10:00 pm for up to 8 hours.
We apologize for any inconvenience.
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Published on: 14 Aug 2018
There is planned system maintenance to WorldCat Discovery online catalogue and search tool on Sunday, August 12, from 1:00am to 6:00 am. These services may be unavailable during that time.
We apologize for the inconvenience.
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Published on: 8 Aug 2018
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