New Library Acquisitions

InCites Benchmarking & Analytics is a customized, web-based research evaluation tool that can help you develop your research strategy. InCites B&A allows you to analyze institutional productivity, monitor collaboration activity, identify influential researchers, showcase strengths, and discover areas of opportunity.

How to access InCites:
- Users will need to log in using their existing EndNote Web, Web of Science, or Journal Citation Reports account.
- New users need to register for an InCites account by entering email address and password from Toronto Metropolitan University computer.

Toronto Metropolitan University Libraries is providing Overleaf Professional features for all students, faculty and staff who would like to use a collaborative, online LaTeX editor for their projects. Overleaf Professional features include real-time track changes, unlimited collaborators, and full document history.

Overleaf is designed to make the process of writing, editing and producing your research papers and project reports much quicker for both you and your collaborators. Overleaf can also be linked to other services to best fit into your workflow.

Please note: Overleaf should not be used to store or share confidential or sensitive data. Please refer to TMU's Privacy Policy for more information.

New users can create an account (using the "Log in through your institution" option and your Toronto Metropolitan University email) and existing users can upgrade to a professional account.

SAGE Research Methods is the ultimate methods library with more than 1000 books, reference works, journal articles, and instructional videos by world-leading academics from across the social sciences, including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher. The site is designed to guide users to the content they need to learn a little or a lot about their method. The Methods Map can help those less familiar with research methods to find the best technique to use in their research. Toronto Metropolitan has the SRM Core and SRM Subsequent Core collections. Other collections available are:

• SRM Books & Reference (Core)


• SRM Video: Practical Research & Academic Skills Video


• SRM Video: Data Science, Big Data Analytics, & Digital Methods


• SRM Video: Market Research

The complete University Presses Scholarship Online (UPSO) offers titles in 23 subject areas. New content from 2022 now is available from University Press Scholarship Online.

This collection of ebooks facilitates the broad distribution of excellent scholarship in Canada and internationally. This collection contains publications from the following Canadian Universities:

• University of Toronto Press


• McGill-Queen's University Press


• Presses de l'Université Laval


• UBC Press


• Presses de l'Université de Montréal


• Presses de l'Université du Québec


• AU Press


• University of Regina Press


• Wilfrid Laurier University Press


• University of Alberta Press

SciVal is an on-line bibliometric tool based on the Scopus database that offers research metrics such as publications and citations. Using advanced data analytics, SciVal processes large amounts of data to generate uniquely tailored reports, which include visualizations such as charts, graphs and tables.

How to access SciVal:
- Users will need to log in using their existing Elsevier or ScienceDirect account.
- New users need to register for an SciVal account using their TMU credentials.

The Toronto Star is a multi-platform news organization that makes things happen. They inform, connect, investigate, report and effect change. The purpose of the Toronto Star is to keep customers informed about what matters most to them, to help make their life, community, country and world better.

Please note: Students, staff & faculty no longer need to have sign up for a personal subscription. You should be able to access the Toronto Star directly via the library. Personalization, etc is not recommended. Students, staff & faculty with accounts can still use their account until it expires but you will no longer be able to renew those accounts with the new access method.