Year in Review: Most searched & borrowed titles of 2021

Whether you are staying in or heading out, the Library’s electronic resources continue to be available to you, 24/7 from anywhere in the world. Articles, e-books, e-journals, newspapers, databases – you name it, we probably have it and McGill students, faculty, and staff members have access to it all. Take advantage of our online video and film libguide and the online audio & discographies libguide for some great streaming resources to enjoy over the holiday period. If you are curious or need some inspiration for work or play, check out the 2021 roundup below. Special thanks to Associate Dean of Collection Services Joseph Hafner & Louis Houle, Director of Collections for their help in bringing this information together.

30 most borrowed titles on McGill Overdrive (e-books & audiobooks)

1. Talking to Strangers: What We Should Know about the People We Don’t Know (audiobook) 

2. Becoming (audiobook) 

3. Becoming 

4. White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard for White People to Talk About Racism 

5. The Handmaid’s Tale 

6. Outliers: The Story of Success (audiobook) 

7. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind 

8. Thinking, Fast and Slow 

9. The Power of Habit: Why We Do What We Do in Life and Business (audiobook) 

10. Thinking, Fast and Slow (audiobook) 

11. When Breath Becomes Air 

12. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life (audiobook)  

13. Little Fires Everywhere: A Novel  

14. Educated: A Memoir  

15. Atomic Habits: An Easy & Proven Way to Build Good Habits & Break Bad Ones (audiobook)  

16. Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Harry Potter Series, Book 1 (audiobook)  

17. Normal People: A Novel  

18. Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (audiobook)  

19. 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos  

20. Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix: Harry Potter Series, Book 5 (audiobook)  

21. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone: Harry Potter Series, Book 1 (audiobook)  

22. All the Light We Cannot See: A Novel (audiobook)  

23. The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F*ck: A Counterintuitive Approach to Living a Good Life 

24. Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets: Harry Potter Series, Book 2 (audiobook) 

25. The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing 

26. Quiet: The Power of Introverts in a World That Can’t Stop Talking 

27. Outliers: The Story of Success 

28. A Promised Land (audiobook) 

29. Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of Nationalism 

30. Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire: Harry Potter Series, Book 4 (audiobook) 

20 most accessed e-journals

1. Nature 

2. Journal of the American Chemical Society 

3. New England Journal of Medicine 

4. Nature Neuroscience 

5. Angewandte Chemie International Edition 

6. The Lancet 

7. Cell 

8. Science 

9. NeuroImage 

10. Science of The Total Environment 

11. Nature Genetics 

12. Nature Medicine 

13. Neuron 

14. Nature Methods 

15. The BMJ 

16. Journal of Cleaner Production 

17. The Journal of Organic Chemistry 

18. Nature Reviews Neuroscience 

19. Nature Biotechnology 

20. Organic Letters 

20 most accessed e-books from the McGill catalogue

1. Oxford English Dictionary 

2. Handbook of Statistical Analysis and Data Mining Applications (Second Edition) 

3. A History of Spain 

4. Perspectives on World Politics 

5. Oxford World’s Classics: Catullus: The Complete Poems 

6. Cold Wars 

7. Oxford World’s Classics: Cicero: Selected Letters 

8. The Age of the Sages 

9. Oxford World’s Classics: Pliny the Younger: Complete Letters 

10. The Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Social Theory 

11. The Cambridge History of Russia 

12. Measurement and Instrumentation (Third Edition) 

13. A History of Modern Latin America 

14. Oxford World’s Classics: Sallust: Catiline’s Conspiracy; The Jugurthine War; Histories 

15. Sustainability Ethics and Sustainability Research 

16. Oxford World’s Classics: Livy: The Rise of Rome: Books One to Five 

17. Encyclopedia of Food Sciences and Nutrition (Second Edition) 

18. Principles and Practice of Sleep Medicine (Sixth Edition) 

19. Archaeology of East Asia 

20. Oxford Scholarly Authorities on International Law 

25 top search terms in the McGill catalogue

1. Uptodate
2. Pubmed
3. Criterion-on-Demand
4. Scopus
5. Kanopy
6. Web of science
7. Jstor
8. New England Journal of Medicine
9. The Economist
10. New York Times
11. Oxford English Dictionary
12. Globe and Mail
13. DSM 5
14. Bolognia
15. Chicago manual of style
16. Analyzing Politics: Rationality, Behavior and Institutions
17. Medline
18. Juan Valera Pepita Jiménez
19. Statista
20. Development Economics Roland
21. Dynamed
22. Mapping the Margins: Intersectionality, Identity Politics, and Violence against Women of Color
23. Ancient medicine AND Nutton
24. Child AND witness AND (abuse OR maltreatment) AND support
25. Nature