McGill Library provides access to computer workstations, scanners, printers, copiers, and microform viewing, scanning and printing facilities. Please see below for details. A/V equipment may be borrowed from Marvin Duchow Music Library.
Computers
McGill Library offers over 600 computer workstations throughout the Library system for use by McGill students, faculty and staff, as well as guest users.
Guest access provides access to the Library's website, catalogues and electronic resources (journals, e-books, databases, etc.) for visitors to the Library from the wider community.
| Branch | Computer workstations |
|---|---|
| Birks Reading Room | 3 workstations |
| Humanities and Social Sciences |
McLennan Building [Floor plans]
Redpath Building
|
| Islamic Studies | 2 workstations, plus 1 guest account computer [Floor plan] [Workstation details] |
| Macdonald | 52 workstations [Floor plan] [Workstation details] |
| Marvin Duchow Music |
|
| Nahum Gelber Law | 10 workstations [Floor plans] [Workstation details] |
| Rare Books and Special Collections | 2 workstations [McLennan Building, 4th floor: [Floor plan] |
| Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering |
|
Laptops
McGill students can borrow one of 12 HP laptops at the Laptop Kiosk, located at the Humanities and Social Sciences Library.
Software installed: Windows 10, Adobe Acrobat Reader DC, Adobe Digital Editions, Google Chrome, Mozilla Firefox, Skype (the consumer version), and Zoom. Microsoft Office is not installed. Users need to log into McGill’s Office 365 service to use Office apps. Charging cables are not included.
Laptops must be returned directly back into the kiosk. Be sure to plug in the power cable, so that the laptop will recharge for the next user. The kiosk will not loan a laptop until its battery is 90% charged or more.
Loan-period: one day, laptops are due the next day at midnight. The overdue fines accrue at a rate of $0.02 per minute. Laptops overdue longer than one day will be considered “lost,” and the borrower will be charged a replacement fee of $350 plus a processing fee of $50. Broken equipment will also be subject to the same replacement and processing fees.
Software
Software available everywhere | Adapted workstations | Other specialized software
Available on all Library computer workstations
All workstations are now running Windows 10 OS
- 7-Zip 16.04
- Adobe Digital Editions
- Adobe Reader DC 17.009
- Adobe Shockwave Player 12.2
- Audacity 2.2
- Beyond 2020 Professional Browser 7.0 SP4
- ChemOffice 15.1
- EndNote X8
- FFMpeg 2.2.2
- Firefox 49.0.2
- Google Chrome 58.0
- Internet Explorer 11
- LAME for Windows 3.99.3
- MATLAB R2017
- Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016
- PopsTools 3.2.5
- Python 3.2
- RStudio for Windows 3.5
- SAS 9.4
- SPSS (except Mac OS X workstations) 24.0
- Trend Micro OfficeScan 11.0.
- Wolfram Mathematica 11.3
- VLC media player 3.0
- Zotero 5.0
Specialized software
Find more specific location information for specialized software and computer equipment in the Library.
| Software/application | Available at (number of copies): |
|---|---|
| ABBYY FineReader 6.0 Sprint | HSSL: Digital Scholarship Hub (RM-16) (1) |
| Adobe Acrobat Professional (See also Adobe Creative Suite CS5 & CS6) | HSSL: Data Lab (M2-37A) (2)| Macdonald Campus (6)| Marvin Duchow Music (10)| |
| Adobe Creative Cloud (all apps) | HSSL: Digital Scholarship Hub (RM-16) (6) |
| Adobe Creative Suite CS6 (This software package includes Adobe Acrobat & Adobe Photoshop) |
Islamic Studies (2) | MacDonald Campus (4) | Marvin Duchow Music (5) |
| Adobe Creative Suite CS5 (This software package includes Adobe Acrobat & Adobe Photoshop) | Macdonald Campus (2) | Marvin Duchow Music (7) |
| Adobe Photoshop (See also Adobe Creative Cloud & Adobe Creative Suite CS5 & CS6) | HSSL: Digital Scholarship Hub (RM-16) (6) | Government Information Service (1) | Islamic Studies (2) | Marvin Duchow Music (10) |
| Adobe Photoshop Elements | Macdonald Campus (1) | Marvin Duchow Music (1) | Nahum Gelber Law Library (2) |
| ArcGIS Desktop mapping program that enables users to analyze geospatial data and create their own custom designed maps. |
Humanities and Social Sciences: Cyberthèque (10) | HSSL: Data Lab (M2-37A) (14) | HSSL: Digital Scholarship Hub (RM-16) (1) | HSSL: Redpath 2nd floor (18) | Macdonald Campus (23) |
|
Atlas.ti Qualitative Data Analysis & Research Software |
HSSL: Data Lab (M2-37A) (3) |
| Audio editing software | Marvin Duchow Music |
| Bloomberg | HSSL: Finance Lab (3rd floor McLennan, room M3-53B) |
| Can 8 | Group Study Area, Redpath Main Floor (24) |
| Datastream Financial database covering major financial instruments, company fundamentals, equity and fixed income securities and macroeconomic data. |
HSSL: Finance Lab (3rd floor McLennan, room M3-53B) |
| Google Earth | HSSL: Data Lab (M2-37A) (14) | HSSL: Redpath 2nd floor (40) |
| Microsoft Office for Mac | Marvin Duchow Music |
| MorningStar | HSSL: Finance Lab (3rd floor McLennan, room M3-53B) |
| Music notation software | Marvin Duchow Music |
| NVivo | HSSL: Digital Scholarship Hub (RM-16) |
| SAS Software package used for conducting statistical analyses, manipulating data, and generating tables and graphs that summarize data. |
HSSL: Data Lab (M2-37A) (14) | HSSL: McLennan e-Classroom (24) | HSSL: Redpath 2nd floor (18) | Macdonald Campus (22) |
| SDC Platinum A financial database covering: Global new issues, Worldwide mergers & acquisitions, Corporate governance, Corporate restructuring, Venture Xpert, Securities trading and Global public finance. |
HSSL: Finance Lab (3rd floor McLennan, room M3-53B) |
| Stat/Transfer Software that facilitates the exchange of data between different spreadsheet and statistics programs. |
HSSL Data Lab (M2-37A) (14) | Macdonald Campus Library (5) |
| STATA Software used for cross-tabulations, correlations, t tests, equality-of-variance tests, tests of proportions, and confidence intervals. (maximum 14 users at one time) |
Humanities and Social Sciences: HSSL Data Lab (M2-37A), McLennan e-Classroom, David C. Edwards Cyberthèque Classroom | Macdonald Campus Library eZone |
| STELLA Software used for model building, simulations, and analysis. (maximum of 20 simultaneous users) |
Macdonald library |
| Wolfram Mathematica | HSSL Data Lab (M2-37A) (14) | HSSL: Redpath 2nd floor (40) |
Scanners, printers and copiers
There are a number of document reproduction options in the Library. The basic location info is found below. Get more information about scanning, printing and copying. See also: all uPrint machine locations on campus
| Branch | B&W uPrint scan/print/copy | Colour uPrint scan/print/copy | Spirit scanner | Flatbed scanner |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birks Reading Room | Yes | No | No | No |
| Education Curriculum Resources Centre | Yes | Yes | No | No |
| Humanities and Social Sciences | Yes | Yes |
No
|
Yes Blackader: BLDR002 & BLDR002 Cybertheque: Cyber052 & Cyber053 Data Lab M2-37A: EDRS002 |
| Islamic Studies | Yes | Yes |
Yes 2nd floor - with Expert Mode |
No |
| Macdonald | Yes | Yes |
No |
Yes 2nd floor: PCs Macd-OSD001 & Macd-OSD002 |
| Marvin Duchow Music | Yes | Yes |
Yes 3rd floor - with Expert Mode |
Yes 5th floor: Music-OSD (public); MusicLab001, MusicLab008, (MSCR) |
| Nahum Gelber Law | Yes | Yes |
No |
No |
| Osler Library of the History of Medicine | No | No | No | No |
| Rare Books and Special Collections | No | No | No | No |
| Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering | No | Yes | No | No |
Microform
Learn how to view and scan microfilms and microfiches here.
| Branch | Microform view | Microform scan | Microform print | Details |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Humanities and Social Sciences | Fiche/film/microcard | Fiche/film | Fiche/film |
Reader/Scanners
Readers (no scanning or printing)
|
| Macdonald | Fiche/film | Fiche/film | Fiche/film | The microform reader is linked to the Library’s network, so printouts can be retrieved at uPrint machines. |
| Marvin Duchow Music | Fiche/film | Fiche/film | Fiche/film |
|
| Osler Library of the History of Medicine | Fiche | Fiche | Fiche | -- |
Equipment
| Type of equipment at Humanities and Social Sciences |
Details |
|---|---|
|
Sony Stereo Headphones (purchased with funding from the AUS Library Partnership Committee) |
2 day loan |
|
Sony Noise Canceling Headphones (purchased with funding from the AUS Library Partnership Committee) |
2 day loan |
| Apple VGA adapters |
2 day loan |
|
Apple MacBook chargers (including 45W, 60W, and 85W MagSafe 2 Power Adapters) |
2 day loan |
|
Verilux Happy Lights (purchased with funding from the AUS Library Partnership Committee) |
2 week loan |
| Scientific Calculators |
3 hour loan & 2 day loan |
|
DSCVR Virtual Reality (Google Cardboard) headset for smartphones (purchased with funding from the AUS Library Partnership Committee) |
2 day loan |
