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E-Resources at McGill Libraries

News, updates, known issues, and troubleshooting solutions for access to databases, e-books and journals from McGill Libraries.
Welcome to the McGill Libraries E-Resources Support LibGuide

 

This 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.

Consult our policy on licensing and conditions of use.

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

Consult the list of recent cancellations 


Latest News
 

Important Update: Changes to McGill Libraries' Digital Resources

Read the latest news from McGill Libraries concerning changes to some digital resources. 

August 28, 2025


New Interface for CPS from Canadian Pharmacists Association

The CPA has released a new interface for their CPS site which provides information on medications and drug safety and administration.

August 28, 2025


OverDrive to sunset legacy app for Fire tablets

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.

December 2, 2024


Access to OverDrive audiobook content

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.    

November 18, 2024


Contact us

Contact the Collections E-Resources team to report an issue with access.

New and Featured Resources

Qwest.tv EDU (Alexander Street)

Qwest TV preserves diverse live performances, covering the evolution of jazz and beyond — representing funk, soul, hip-hop, folk, indie, electronic, blues, and other eclectic world genres. Co-created by Quincy Jones & Reza Ackbaraly, this unique collection of highly curated titles makes timeless concerts and global music accessible for research, teaching, and learning.

African American Newspapers (Coherent Digital)

Collection is migrating permanently from Accessible Archives to History Commons. Publications included: The Canadian Observer, The Christian Recorder; The Colored American; Frederick Douglass’ Paper; The Freedmen’s Record; Frederick Douglass Monthly; Freedom’s Journal; The National Era; The Negro Business League Herald; The North Star; Provincial Freeman; Weekly Advocate.

The Olympic Movement: Sport, Global Politics and Identity (Adam Matthew)

The Olympic Movement presents a documentary record of the origins, expansion and growth of the Olympic Games, and the global history of sport. Through a broad range of sources including correspondence, official reports, newsletters and film footage, researchers can chart the history of sport and its relationships with culture, society, business, media and politics between the 1890s and 1990s.

BrowZine

Search and browse the Library's scholarly journals and set up a bookshelf of your favourite titles. The app version is available from the Mobile Apps guide here.

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