E-Resources at McGill Libraries

Our new LibGuide contains e-resources news, platform status updates and known issues, solutions to frequently-encountered problems, and information on authentication for all our online resources available from McGill Libraries. Check back in often to read up on current e-resources updates.

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For general information on licensing, EZproxy and VPN, see Accessing Library online resources.

OverDrive to sunset legacy app for Fire tablets

December 2, 2024

As part of their transition to the Libby app, OverDrive are to sunset their legacy OverDrive app for Fire tablets on January 31, 2025. After this date, the legacy OverDrive app sunset will be complete on all platforms. Users with Fire tablets running Android 9 or higher can install the Libby app instead.

Access to OverDrive audiobook content

November 18, 2024

OverDrive now offers web-streaming access to audio books via the Libby web platform or OverDrive website (use “Listen in browser”). Downloads for offline listening using Libby's mobile app available for supported Android, iOS, or Amazon Fire devices.    

ProQuest One Sustainability now available

November 13, 2024

ProQuest has recently released a new trans-disciplinary research platform, ProQuest One Sustainability which is now part of McGill's ProQuest license. Designed for the teaching, learning and research of issues relating to sustainability, the platform groups access to related academic journals, e-books, case studies, dissertations, and article abstracts from A&I databases in the field. 

Weekend Downtime for ACLS Humanities Ebooks

On Saturday, October 12, the ACLS Humanities Ebooks platform will be undergoing maintenance from approximately 8 AM until 4 PM, EST.

The publisher apologizes for any inconvenience.

IET Digital Library new platform from October 14

During the week commencing 14 October 2024 the IET Digital Library (IDL) will be upgraded to a new platform, enabling an improved look and feel, and providing you with a better user experience, according to the publisher.

Le Bon Usage

Since January 2023, Gervais has been unable to offer their online version of Le Bon Usage and the publisher decided to permanently close the Bon Usage platform. Paper versions of this publication will continue.

Factiva releases new interface for academic users

August 6, 2024

Factiva has released a new interface experience for their flagship product. In the words of the publisher, "Factiva’s new interface delivers a modern, easy-to-use interface optimized for search and discovery across devices, making it invaluable for academic research." The content is the same and includes all the available sources as in the legacy site, but search options have been streamlined and offer natural language searching, as well as a shareable URLs and a mobile-responsive site architecture. 

Clarivate to release ProQuest Research Assistant on September 12

August 16, 2024

Clarivate's new AI-driven Research Assistant feature is scheduled to be released on September 12 for the following databases:

• ProQuest One Business
• ProQuest One Education
• ProQuest One Literature
• ProQuest One Psychology
• ProQuest Black Studies
• ProQuest Women's and Gender Studies

Research Assistant provides users with natural language analysis of texts above 150 words to suggest additional or more targeted keyword searches, as well as providing key takeaways (to assess relevancy), a resume of concepts, and suggestions for further research.