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The Library has recently purchased access to the Oxford Research Encyclopedia (ORE) of African History .  This new resource is a comprehensive, online research encyclopedia that provides high quality and peer reviewed scholarship about African History. This authoritative and accessible reference tool is a significant addition to the Library's collections in this area and will be of interest to many subjects and disciplines. The encyclopedia covers the entire range of African history and development, from Stone Age Archaeology in West Africa to the consideration of Post-Apartheid Memorialisation in South Africa . Currently there are over 700 articles on this continually updated resource. Other examples include:  Africa and Its Diasporas under Slavery African Market Women, Market Queens, and Merchant Queens Climate Change in Eastern Africa Land Resettlement and Restitution in Zimbabwe Red Sea Slave Trade Steve Biko and the Black Consciousness Movement The Many Lives of Nelson Mande

The Library is marking Mental Health Week / Seachtain na Meabhairshláinte with a display of mental health and wellbeing books in the Library Foyer. We have supported the Student Counselling & Wellbeing Service in developing a reading list -  Health and Wellbeing recommended reading audio/video resources  - which forms part of this display of titles from the Mind, Body Soul Collection.  The Student Counselling & Wellbeing Service also has a comprehensive resource section on their new webpage:  Resources - University of Galway . In addition the service provides access to  Togetherall ,  an online support platform free of charge to all students. The book display contains a range of titles such as: The mindful self-compassion workbook : a proven way to accept yourself, build inner strength, and thrive Into the magic shop : a neurosurgeon's true story of the life-changing magic of compassion and mindfulness The mindful college student : how to succeed, boost well-being, and buil

Treasures of the O’Gorman Special Collection  Blog Series William Butler Yeats    A literary collection owned by the late entrepreneur, local historian and supporter of the arts, Ronnie O’Gorman, was recently donated to the University of Galway. This collection, spanning three generations of the O’Gorman family, includes countless items of literary and historic value. Poems 1899-1905 To read more about this donation, please see: O’Gorman Collection donated to the University of Galway .   In this new blog series, we will highlight some of the treasures of this extensive and carefully curated collection . This first blog post will highlight some of the unique and rare volumes by William Butler Yeats.     The W ell and the T ree, manuscript copy, and Responsibilities and other poems The W ell and the T ree   Poem by W.B. Yeats, manuscript copy   Handwritten manuscript of Yeats’s poem “The Well and the Tree ”. Held in c ollector's box contain ing manuscript as well as a volume of