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 from the wider community.
Guest access provides access to the Library's website, catalogues and electronic resources (journals, e-books, databases, etc.), but not to the Internet in general. Most software applications on the Library workstations are likewise only available to McGill users. (see the Software tab above).
| Branch | Computer workstations |
|---|---|
| Birks Reading Room | 3 workstations |
| Humanities and Social Sciences |
McLennan Building [Floor plans]
Redpath Building
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| Islamic Studies | 14 workstations, plus 2 catalogue-only computers [Floor plans] [Workstation details] |
| Macdonald | 52 workstations [Floor plans] [Workstation details] |
| Marvin Duchow Music |
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| Nahum Gelber Law | 23 workstations [Floor plans] [Workstation details] |
| Osler Library of the History of Medicine | 3 workstations [Floor plans] |
| Rare Books and Special Collections | 2 workstations [McLennan Building, 4th floor: Floor plans] |
| Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering |
108 workstations [Floor plans] [Workstation details] November 2016: New, faster PCs in Room 413 |
Software
Software available everywhere | Adapted workstations | Other specialized software
Available on all Library computer workstations
- 7-Zip 16.04
- Adobe Flash 23 Active X and stand alone 11
- Adobe Reader DC 17.009
- Adobe Shockwave Player 12.2
- Audacity 2.1.2
- 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 R2016a 9.0
- MATLAB R2016b 9.1
- Microsoft Office Professional Plus 2016
- PopsTools 3.2.5
- RStudio for Windows 0.99
- Silverlight 5.1
- SPSS (except Mac OS X workstations) 23.0
- Trend Micro OfficeScan 11.0.
- VLC media player 2.2.4
Available on all adapted workstations
Adapted workstations with assistive technologies furnished by the Office for Students with Disabilities may be found in the following branch libraries: Humanities and Social Sciences Library, Macdonald Campus Library, Marvin Duchow Music Library, Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering.
- JAWS
- Open Book
- ZoomText
For information on software in the Redpath Accessible Media Room please refer to the OSD's website.
Specialized software
Find more specific location information for specialized software and computer equipment in the Library.
| Software/application | Available at (number of copies): |
|---|---|
| Adobe Acrobat Professional (See also Adobe Creative Suite CS5 & CS6) | HSSL Data Lab (M2-37A) (2)| Humanities and Social Sciences: Cyberthèque (2), Electronic Classroom (5)| Macdonald Campus (6)| Marvin Duchow Music (10)| Schulich (9) |
| Adobe Creative Suite CS6 (This software package includes Adobe Acrobat & Adobe Photoshop) |
Humanities and Social Sciences: McLennan eClassroom & Cyberthèque eClassroom (10) | Nahum Gelber Law Library (5) | Islamic Studies (2) | Schulich (4) | MacDonald Campus (4) | Marvin Duchow Music (5) |
| Adobe Creative Suite CS5 (This software package includes Adobe Acrobat & Adobe Photoshop) | Blackader-Lauterman (2) | HSSL Data Lab (M2-37A) (2) | Macdonald Campus (2) | Marvin Duchow Music (7) | Schulich (4) |
| Adobe Photoshop (See also Adobe Creative Suite CS5 & CS6) | Blackader-Lauterman (2) | HSSL Data Lab (M2-37A) (2) | Government Information Service (1) | Humanities and Social Sciences: Cyberthèque (7), McLennan eClassroom (5) | Islamic Studies (2) | Marvin Duchow Music (10) | Schulich eZones - Room 313 & 413 (9) |
| Adobe Photoshop Elements | Humanities and Social Sciences: Info Commons (2) | Macdonald Campus (1) | Marvin Duchow Music (1) | Nahum Gelber Law Library (2) | Schulich eZone - Room 413 (1) |
| ArcGIS Desktop mapping program that enables users to analyze geospatial data and create their own custom designed maps. |
Cyberthèque (24) | HSSL Data Lab (M2-37A) (14) | Macdonald Campus (23) | Schulich eZones - Rooms 313 & 413 (38) |
| Audio editing software | Marvin Duchow Music |
| Bloomberg | HSSL: Finance Lab (3rd floor McLennan, room M3-53B) |
| Camtasia Studio 8 | Schulich eZone - Room 413 (16) |
| Cmap Tools | HSSL: McLennan e-Classroom, David C. Edwards Cyberthèque Classroom |
| 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) |
| ENVI 5.3 | Schulich eZones - Room 313 & 413 |
| Finale (music notation) | Marvin Duchow Music |
| Google Earth | HSSL Data Lab (M2-37A) (14) |
| Microsoft Office for Mac | Marvin Duchow Music (Word only) |
| MorningStar | HSSL: Finance Lab (3rd floor McLennan, room M3-53B) |
| NVivio | HSSL Data Lab (M2-37A) (3) |
| SAS Software package used for conducting statistical analyses, manipulating data, and generating tables and graphs that summarize data. |
HSSL Data Lab (M2-37A) (14) | Humanities and Social Sciences: e-Classroom (24) | Macdonald Campus (22) | Schulich eZone - Room 413 (16) |
| 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) |
| Sibelius (music notation) | Marvin Duchow Music |
| 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 | Schulich eZones - Rooms 313 & 413 | Macdonald Campus Library eZone |
| STELLA Software used for model building, simulations, and analysis. (maximum of 20 simultaneous users) |
Macdonald and Schulich libraries |
| Wolfram Extras/Mathematica 11 | Schulich eZone - Room 413 (16) |
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 | Yes | No |
| Humanities and Social Sciences | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes (Plus, there is a scanner available for text, slides, and photo negatives in HSSL Data Lab (M2-37A).) |
| Islamic Studies | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Macdonald | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Marvin Duchow Music | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
| Nahum Gelber Law | Yes | Yes | Yes | No |
| Osler Library of the History of Medicine | No | No | Yes | No |
| Rare Books and Special Collections | No | No | No | No |
| Schulich Library of Physical Sciences, Life Sciences, and Engineering | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
Microform
| 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)
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| 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 |
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| Osler Library of the History of Medicine | Fiche | Fiche | Fiche | -- |