Veronica Bergsten, teaching and research librarian, teaching a workshop at the Webster Library / Every field of study at Concordia has a librarian who can provide specialized expertise for students and professors.

Ask a Librarian

We're here to help. Each year, we regularly answer over 60,000 questions and offer over 400 workshops.

Live Chat with a Librarian
Ask your question from anywhere and get a transcript for future reference

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You should receive a response within 24 hours (with some exceptions)

Find your subject librarian
For one-on-one help with your research project, schedule an appointment (see subject & course guides for contact information)

Course materials

Course Reserves
For access to online course readings selected by your instructor

Look for the Library Resource Moodle Block for links to resources selected by your subject librarian.

Course reserves room at the Webster Library / Both Webster and Vanier libraries have copies of textbooks for undergraduate courses available for short-term loan. Course reserves rooms are currently inaccessible, but the online Course Reserves system provides access to materials uploaded by instructors.

Study spaces

Current students have access to study space in both Webster and Vanier libraries, but spaces must be reserved in advance.

Read more about the Library Study Space Booking service, an emergency service for students without the conditions for silent study at home.

Study space at the Webster Library / Students may book a study space in advance online. Seating is limited at this time to 125 at Webster Library and 50 at Vanier Library. Surgical masks are mandatory everywhere in the Library, even while seated.

Access to collections

Library stacks are currently closed, but we offer two services for retrieving material:

Article/Chapter Scan & Deliver

Contactless Book Pickup

Zotero
Citation management software supported by the Concordia Library