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The Mount Royal Library collection supports and anticipates the curricular and research needs of students, staff, and faculty. The collection includes material across a variety of formats from print books to streaming videos and is curated through purchase, subscription, donation, and open access. The Library also hosts items contributed by MRU community members, such as those found in the institutional repository, open journals, data sets, and archival collections.
By the Numbers
182,000+
Print Books
1.7 million+
EBooks
139,000+
Online Journals
82 million+
Journal Articles
112,000+
Videos
Our Changing Collection
An effective library collection changes with the needs of learners, teachers, and researchers.
New Additions
To see some of our latest acquisitions, browse the lists of recently added books, videos, and databases.
To suggest a purchase, please use our form or contact your subject librarian directly.
Upcoming Cancellations
Our subscription resources are routinely reviewed to determine if they are continuing to provide value to our community, or if the subscription should be cancelled and funds reallocated to fill a need in the collection. From time to time, we also need to adjust our collection to address fluctuating currency exchange rates, inflationary pricing, and changes to the University budget.
We post upcoming cancellations here for your information.
| Title of Resource | Reason for Cancellation | Final Date of Access |
| Art and Architecture Complete | Limited full text content, low usage compared to cost. | December 31, 2025 |
| Tourism and Hospitality Complete | Significant overlap with other Library subscription resources, low usage of unique content. | December 31, 2025 |
Our Commitment to Open Scholarship
MRU Library helps to unlock knowledge for its community and the world by investing in open infrastructure and initiatives.
Here are some of the open projects we currently support.
- Canadiana and Héritage Collections
- Érudit Partnership for Open Access
- JSTOR Path to Open
- MIT Press Direct to Open
- Open Book Publishers
- Open Education Alberta
- Open Library of the Humanities
- Public Knowledge Project
- Public Library of Science (PLOS)
- Punctum Books
- SCOSS
- Sponsoring Consortium for Open Access Publishing in Particle Physics (SCOAP3)
For information on how we can help members of the MRU community to share their work openly, visit our Open Access at MRU page
Our Partnerships
MRU Library is a member of the following consortia, who work collectively to ensure the best prices and licensing terms for their members.
Contacts
