This year, thousands of community members clicked, streamed, borrowed, bookmarked, binged, and dove deep into our collections. Now it’s time to look back at the topics and resources that defined your year.
Whether you’re cozying up at home or logging in from far away over the holiday break, the Libraries are still right at your fingertips. With round-the-clock access to e-books, articles, journals, databases, newspapers, and more, your next great read or research spark is never out of reach.
If you’re craving something festive (or just fun), our Video & Film and Online Audio & Discographies guides are packed with streamable picks to keep you entertained all season – think movies, music, documentaries, and deep cuts you didn’t know you needed.
Ready to see what the McGill community obsessed over this year? Scroll on for the 2025 most accessed titles and standout favourites across our collections.
A warm thank-you to Andrew Senior, Coordinator of Electronic Resources and Serials, for gathering the data that made this year’s look-back possible.
Wishing you a restful, curious, and cozy holiday season!
Rétrospective de fin d’année : les ressources les plus consultées et empruntées en 2025
Cette année, des milliers de membres de notre communauté ont cliqué, écouté, emprunté, ajouté à leurs favoris, dévoré… et plongé au cœur de nos collections. Il est maintenant temps de revenir sur les sujets et les ressources qui ont marqué votre année.
Que vous soyez bien au chaud à la maison ou connecté de loin pendant le congé des Fêtes, les Bibliothèques restent à portée de main. Avec un accès en tout temps à des livres numériques, articles, revues, bases de données, journaux et bien plus encore, votre prochaine lecture ou inspiration de recherche n’est jamais bien loin.
Envie de quelque chose de festif (ou simplement amusant)? Nos guides Vidéo et films et Audio en ligne et discographies regorgent de suggestions à regarder ou à écouter pour vous divertir tout au long de la saison – films, musique, documentaires et découvertes insoupçonnées au menu.
Prêt à découvrir ce qui a captivé la communauté mcgilloise cette année? Parcourez la suite pour explorer les titres les plus consultés de 2025 et les favoris qui se démarquent dans nos collections.
Un chaleureux merci à Andrew Senior, coordonnateur des ressources électroniques et des périodiques, pour avoir rassemblé les données qui rendent ce retour en arrière possible.
Nous vous souhaitons une saison des Fêtes reposante, curieuse et réconfortante!
Top 20 Watched Films on Kanopy



- Sink or Swim
- Vivre sa vie
- Close-Up
- Tampopo
- Persona
- The Gleaners and I
- Hiroshima Mon Amour
- Parasite
- Soundtrack to a Coup d’Etat
- Altar of Fire
- Portrait of a Lady on Fire
- Suspiria
- Night of the Living Dead
- Stella Dallas
- Cleo From 5 to 7
- The Battle of Algiers
- Leviathan
- The Marriage of Maria Braun
- In the Mood for Love
- The Worst Person in the World
Top 20 E-Books of the Year from Publishers



- American Foreign Relations Reconsidered
- Cold Wars : Asia, the Middle East, Europe
- Routledge Handbook of Political Corruption
- Teams That Work : the Seven Drivers of Team Effectiveness
- Salsa Dancing into the Social Sciences : Research in an Age of Info-glut
- An Introduction to Thermal Physics
- Balance of Power : Theory and Practice in the 21st Century
- Global Horizons : an Introduction to International Relations
- Giving to God : Islamic Charity in Revolutionary Times
- The Witchcraft Sourcebook
- Organizing Knowledge : an Introduction to Managing Knowledge
- Inequality in the 21st Century : a Reader
- The Origins of the Second World War in Europe
- Theories of Adolescent Development
- Cytomegalovirus : a Hospitalization Diary
- Cooperation under Anarchy
- Colloquial Yiddish : the Complete Course for Beginners
- Wiley Blackwell Companion to Impressionism
- A History of the World in Seven Cheap Things : Guide to Capitalism, Nature, and the Future of the Planet.
- The English Civil War and Revolution : a Sourcebook.
Top 10 Books Read on EBSCO E-books in 2025
- A History of Spain
- Buddhism : the Ebook, 4th edition
- Not Too Late: Changing the Climate Story from Despair to Possibility
- A History of Modern Latin America: 1800 to the Present
- Golosa: A Basic Course in Russian, Book One
- Power, Space, and Time: An Empirical Introduction to International Relations
- Poems (Wilfred Owen, Siegfried Sassoon)
- Nutrition Research: Concepts and Applications
- The Law of Contracts, 3rd edition
- Development Economics
Top 10 Books Read on ProQuest Ebook Central in 2025
- Calculus : Early Trancendentals
- Psychopathology : History, Diagnosis, and Empirical Foundations
- Molecular Cell Biology
- The Jews : a History
- Development Economics
- Schaum’s Outline of Linear Algebra (4th Edition)
- Minaret : a Novel
- When the Pine Needles Fall : Indigenous Acts of Resistance
- Perry’s Chemical Engineers’ Handbook (8th Edition)
- Chronic Illness in Canada : Impact and Intervention
Databases A-Z list top 10 in 2025 by number of clicks
- PubMed (McGill)
- Méthodes de soins informatisées
- Scopus (Elsevier)
- MEDLINE (OVID) ALL, 1946-
- CINAHL Plus with Full Text (EBSCO)
- UpToDate
- Web of Science Core Collection (All Indexes)
- PsycINFO 1806-present (Ovid)
- Library and Information Science Abstracts : LISA (ProQuest)
- PsycINFO 1987-present (Ovid)
Top 20 LibGuides in 2025
- Learn R
- Getting Started with SPSS
- Nursing
- Systematic Reviews, Scoping Reviews, and Other Knowledge Syntheses
- Writing Lab Reports
- Citation Style Guide
- Newspapers
- Health Sciences Mobile Apps and Technology Guide
- Artificial Intelligence
- Theses & Dissertations
- WCOM 206 Communication in Engineering
- Evidence-Based Practice Resources – Interactive Guide
- Canadian Law
- Introducing Sofia: the Shared Library Search Tool
- Finance
- Legal Research Guides
- MGCR 352 Principles of Marketing
- AI and Text Mining for Searching and Screening the Literature
- Écriture inclusive
- Getting started with NVivo




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