Online Services Unavailable

The following services will be unavailable from 17.30 on Friday 1 June 2012 until 17.30 on Saturday 2 June 2012 due to scheduled maintenance activity.

• James Hardiman Library Website
• The Library Catalogue
• ARAN - Access to Research at NUI Galway
• Digitised Archives

Normal circulation activities will not be affected and users will still be able to borrow and return items.

Words and their Meanings: A Visual Exhibition

Words and their Meanings: A Visual Exhibition  Arranged by the Academic Writing Centre

1-22 June 

James Hardiman Library Foyer

Here Comes the Sun...

Repeating?

Post-grad?

It sucks to be stuck inside while the sun shines. 

That's why we're open until 10pm Mon-Thurs. 

Full opening hours are on the Library website.

Payment of Library Fines

It is now University Policy that final year students will not be eligible to graduate if they have outstanding debts with the University. This includes:

• Library fines
• Missing books
• Books still checked out on Patron accounts

To avoid any disruption to the graduation process please pay your Library fines immediately and return all books to the Library. 


To make the process easy you can pay your fines online by following these steps:

1. Go to https://printcredit.nuigalway.ie/webcentre/Login.aspx
2. Enter your Student ID and Password
3. Top up your Account, using Visa, Mastercard or Laser
4. Click Library Fines
5. Enter Amount to Pay and Pay Now

Alternatively please note that you can pay your fines in the following ways:

• In person at the Customer Services Desk
• At the Top-Up machines in the Library

For more information, please contact library@nuigalway.ie or  091- 493005

Nineteenth Century Collections Online - Database Trial

Nineteenth Century Collections Online (Gale) is a multi-year global digitization and publishing programme focusing on primary source collections of the long nineteenth century (1789-1914), with archives releasing incrementally beginning in spring 2012. Four archives each year are planned for 2013 and 2014 and will take a global perspective on the long nineteenth century.

The 3 archives below have just been released and are searchable via the current trial at http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/collections/databases/databasetrials/databasetrialfeedback/trialfeedback-ncco/#d.en.20970

-Asia and the West: Diploma and Currency Exchange

-British Politics and Society

-European Literature 1790-1840 The Corvey Collection

The trial ends 31 May. Please take the time to fill out a feedback form to help us evaluate our resources.

Please note that not all database trials are accessible from off-campus.

E-Journal Linking Service SFX now restored!

We are delighted to tell you that our e-journal linking service SFX has been restored following a technical problem.  This affected the Find E-Journal service as well as any links from our catalogue to e-journals. 

Profuse apologies for any inconvenience caused by this short downtime.

Avoid Library Fines

Could you do without the expense of Library fines?



Remember to renew your books on time-

There are many ways to do this...

• Online,
• at the Customer Services Desk,
• at Self-Check Machines,
• over the phone- 091-493399
• or by email- library@nuigalway.ie

• 50 cent per day for main library books
• €2 per day for three day loans
• €4 per day for one day loans (ie 24 hours)
• €2 per day for videos, DVDs and audiotapes

Training for researchers – Scopus, Proquest and Research Professional

This semester researchers availed of training provided by Elsevier, Proquest and Research.Research.com to update their skills. These training workshops were organised by Rosie Dunne, Research Services Librarian, as part of our ongoing series of Training for Researchers.

Peter Darroch from Elsevier demonstrated how to give feedback to ensure your publications are captured in a unique Scopus author id. For more details see the following pdf link: 

http://www.info.sciverse.com/documents/files/scopus-training/resourcelibrary/pdf/FAQ_Author_Identifier_09.pdf

It’s also possible to create a dynamic link to times cited in Scopus from your list of papers. The functionality is called the Scopus Cited-By Count API.

For more information, training, or to request a copy of a Scopus user guide, email our Research Services Librarian at rosie.dunne@nuigalway.ie

Rebecca Price from Proquest gave an overview of the new improved search interface showing how to search across subject groupings (Proquest is particularly strong in Arts, Humanities, Social Sciences and Aquatic Science) or across Newspaper or Dissertation collections. If you missed the training, Proquest have a suite of thirteen 2 minute YouTube tutorials covering all aspects of the new interface. Well worth a look to improve your skills and find out how to use more advanced feature such as to “Add a widget for easy access to ProQuest from wherever you need it”

Jade Lenthall from Research.Research.com demonstrated how to stay up to date with research news and funding opportunities using Research Professional. If you missed these workshops you might like to book for a web seminar. Here a few of the upcoming online training links:

8th May 2012: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/680236921

 
12th June 2012: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/462916880  

 
10th July 2012: https://www1.gotomeeting.com/register/412664360  

Noreen Goggin from the Research Office has added the full list of dates for 2012 to the Research Professional front page where you may also view a series of Video Introductions to the database.

Easter Weekend Library Opening Hours

James Hardiman Library - Easter Weekend Opening Hours

Friday 6th April: 10.00 - 18.00

Saturday 7th / Sunday 8th April:  Closed

Monday 9th April: 10.00 - 18.00

Library Reading Room - Basement Level

07.00am - 01.30am every day over the Easter Weekend

Academic Writing Centre: Cessation of Drop-In Sessions Alert

Academic Writing Centre (AWC)

Please note that the morning and evening Drop-In advisory sessions ceased on Friday 30th March 2012

For queries relating to the AWC please contact the centre manager Ira Ruppo at writingcentre@nuigalway.ie.