Fight the flu! Read an ebook in Overdrive!
McGill Web GemsBy Mark Shainblum McGill Overdrive http://mcgill.lib.overdrive.com This slick new online service is now available to anyone with McGill library privileges. Overdrive allows you to check out a growing selection of digitial ebooks, audiobooks, songs and videos, which you can read or play on your own computer, ebook reader, iPod or MP3 player.
Blogs, blogs, blogs, and a "marginal" e-zine
McGill Web GemsBy Mark Shainblum Join us as we unearth the hidden gems and secret places on the websites of McGill University and its affiliated institutions. Blogs McGill http://blogs.mcgill.ca/ As the name not-so-subtly implies, Blogs McGill is the University’s shiny new central headquarters for, well, blogs.
Just the Factiva, ma’am
McGill Web GemsBy Mark Shainblum Join us as we unearth the hidden gems and secret places on the websites of McGill University and its affiliated institutions. Print Culture and Urban Visuality They were lurid, sexy and violent, with titles like True Crime, Montréal Detective, The Broadway Tattler, Chicago Hush and Police Magazine. They were the cheap, pulpy [...]
Has God signed my dollar store mug? (and other important questions)
McGill Web GemsBy Mark Shainblum Join us as we unearth the hidden gems and secret places on the websites of McGill University and its affiliated institutions. The Dollarware Project www.dollarware.org Some 15 or 20 years ago, Saturday Night Live aired a hilarious parody of TV science documentaries. A stuffy, self-important archaeologist of the far-future shows off her [...]
The sound of McGill music
McGill Web GemsBy Mark Shainblum It may surprise you to find out that your membership in the McGill community includes an all-access pass to a treasure-trove of free, CD-quality online music. Check out the websites reviewed here to see what we mean.
Mini-documentaries galore at McCord website
McGill Web GemsBy Mark Shainblum Join us as we unearth the hidden gems and secret places on the websites of McGill University and its affiliated institutions. McCord Museum Thematic Tours http://www.mccord-museum.qc.ca/en/keys/webtours/ No matter how many times you visit the McCord Museum’s spectacular and sprawling website, there will always be something new to surprise and thrill you. Case [...]
McGill blogs on (and about) your mind
McGill Web GemsBy Mark Shainblum Join us as we unearth the hidden gems and secret places on the websites of McGill University and its affiliated institutions. The Douglas Blogosphere www.douglas.qc.ca/blogs/ The McGill-affiliated Douglas Mental Health Institute has jumped into the blogging pool with a big splash, publishing no fewer than four regular blogs about mental health and [...]