The Ron Joyce Centre offers course-related and course-integrated instruction to McMaster MBA (eMBA, BLPT, and other graduate interdisciplinary business programs) students, faculty and staff on how to find, evaluate and use information effectively and ethically.

We can ...

• provide advice on creating effective library and information research assignments
• teach your students and TAs how to search for information effectively
• create a course guide to help your students navigate through the Library's resources for a specific class or assignment
• educate students about plagiarism and the ethical use of information
• teach students how to correctly cite sources in their papers and bibliographies

To request library instruction, please contact the Research Services Librarian. 

For instructional support in other subjects and in other libraries, visit Request Library Instruction for Your Course

To request a printed book located in Mills, Innis, Thode or Health Sciences libraries on the Hamilton campus, please Sign in to Omni and request the item.

Library staff will retrieve the book from the stacks and send it to your home address using Canada Post (if you wish) or you can pick the item up from the hold shelf at one of the libraries on central campus. When the item is due, return the book(s) to the library using the Book Return bin located in the RJC lobby or use the accompanying prepaid label to return the book to the main campus. If you require a book within a sensitive timeline, please visit the main campus libraries in person to retrieve and borrow the item.

Your McMaster ID card is your library borrowing card.  

For information about loan periods and policies, visit Borrow from McMaster Library 

For information on borrowing articles, see the Article/Chapters Scan section.

For information on the Bibliaff Lending Library collection, see the Lending Library section.

If you would like the library to scan one article from a print journal or one chapter from a print book available in McMaster libraries, use the Digitization option in Omni (must Sign in to Omni to request).

Eligible titles will have a Digitization tab in the full Omni  record. Current McMaster students, faculty and staff can select this button and complete the resulting form to request a scan from the library at no charge. A link to the scanned PDF will be emailed to you within 24-48 hours during weekdays. 

For full details, visit Request a Chapter or Article Scan.

When McMaster Library doesn't have the book, article, or other item you need, you can borrow it from another library through a process we call Interlibrary Loan (ILL).

Current staff, students, and faculty can use the Omni search tool to locate and request resources from partner university libraries. To make a request for an item that cannot be located in Omni, please fill out the blank request form.

More information on Borrowing from Other Libraries (ILL)

The Bibliaff Lending Library Collection is a collection of books we borrow on a monthly basis, with new titles coming in every month. The list of currently available books is on our Bibliaff inventory page. If you have any suggestions or ideas for new books, please email rjclib@mcmaster.ca

Request a consultation with the Research Services Librarian by filling out this form: Research Consultation Form  

Please consult the MBA Research Support Services website for additional information: https://library.mcmaster.ca/spaces/rjc 

For research tips, you may also want to consult our ...

• video tutorials
• research guides - many of which are course and subject-specific
• research help pages  

If you have a question or need help with research, don't hesitate to get in touch with library staff for guidance and assistance. 

Contact us ...

• face-to-face at the Research Help Desk - first floor, Ron Joyce Centre in front of the Cafe.
• by phone 905-525-9140, ext. 22081
• by email 
• by chat

For research tips, you may also want to consult our ...

• video tutorials
• research guides - many of which are course and subject specific
• research help pages