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Introduction to key e-resources for Geography & Archaeology Date : Tuesday 02 February Time : 15.00-16.00 Venue : Library Training Room Booking required . To book go to http://www.eventbrite.com/event/520722495 Trainer: Niamh Walsh Subject Librarian, College of Arts, Social Sciences, and Celtic Studies

Dear Colleagues, You will be aware that the current round of IReL (Irish Research eLibrary) funding came to an end in December 2009. The IUA Librarians' Group is engaged in positive discussions with the HEA and others to secure funding for IReL for 2010 onwards but it is likely that this will be at significantly reduced levels. Due to increasing publisher costs and other factors it is necessary for some IReL resources to be cancelled even if IReL funding were to be maintained at pre-2010 levels. Arising from this, and in the first of what will probably be a number of cancellation processes, the resources listed at: IReL News will shortly become unavailable through IReL. These resources have been identified for cancellation because they incur the highest cost per use. The Library regrets the cancellation of any resource. We are working with our colleagues, the HEA, university senior officers and others to maintain access to as many resources through IReL as possible. We will keep y...

Introduction to key e-resources for engineering and informatics , including how to access full text journals and standards. Venue: Library Training Room Date and Time: Thursday 4th February 1:00 - 2:00 p.m. Presenter: Brendan Duffy Information Assistant (Science and Technology) email: brendan.duffy@nuigalway.ie telephone: +353 91 495917 (extension: 5917) Book your place online here .

Introduction to the more advanced features of e-Knowledge including cross searching, saving results and creating lists of favourite resources. Suitable for all students and staff. Session 1 (Tuesday 2nd February): Presenter: Jane Mulligan - Health Sciences Librarian email: jane.mulligan@nuigalway.ie Telephone: 091 49 5228 (extension 5228) Venue: Nursing & Midwifery Library PC Suite Time: 3:00 - 4:00 p.m. Book your place for the Tuesday 2nd February session here . Session 2 (Thursday 4th February): Presenter: Fiona Quinlan, Subject Librarian email: fiona.quinlan@nuigalway.ie Telephone: 091 49 3351 (extension: 3351) Venue: Nursing & Midwifery Library PC Suite Time: 10:00 - 11:00 a.m. Book your place for the Thursday 4th February session here .

An updated version of the Library publication "Your Literature Search: a step by step guide" is available to download. This guide is aimed at anyone beginning a research task and will help you quickly get to grips with the process and research tools available. This is an e-only publication in pdf format. To read and download please click on the following link: Your Literature Search

Access to the Medical Library, CSI, will be temporarily unavailable on Thursday 4th February 2010 11am – 4pm to facilitate the ‘ Medicine and the Arts’ event. Please note that the Medical Library Self Teaching Room and the Main Library located on the NUI, Galway campus will both be open during these times. Apologies for any inconvenience caused.

CONTEMPO QUARTET Galway Ensemble-in-Residence will be performing in the Library Foyer on Monday 1st February at 1pm So take a break from your studies and relax with some high quality music •Schumann: String Quartet, Op. 41, no. 3 •Brahms: String Quartet, Op. 51, no. 1 All Welcome

Introduction to key e-resources for engineering and informatics, including how to access full text journals and standards. Presenter: Fiona Quinlan, Subject Librarian email: fiona.quinlan@nuigalway.ie Telephone: 091 49 3351 (extension: 3351) Venue: Library Training Room Time: 2:00 - 3:00 p.m. Book your place online here .

12.00 p.m. Nursing & Midwifery Library PC Suite, booking essential http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/librarians/Training/Lark_Sem2_2009_10 Introduction to e-Resources for Psychology e-Resources in general Types of e-Resources Subject specific and multi-disciplinary Some examples Searching with an opportunity for hands-on experience Kathleen Burke Subject Librarian Schools of Education, Psychology, Political Science & Sociology

10.00 a.m. Nursing & Midwifery Library PC Suite, booking essential http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/librarians/Training/Lark_Sem2_2009_10 Introduction to e-Resources for Education e-Resources in general Types of e-Resources Subject specific and multi-disciplinary Some examples Searching with an opportunity for hands-on experience Kathleen Burke Subject Librarian Schools of Education, Psychology, Political Science & Sociology

Introduction to key e-resources for engineering and informatics, including how to access full text journals and standards. Presenter: Brendan Duffy Information Assistant (Science and Technology) email: brendan.duffy@nuigalway.ie telephone: +353 91 495917 (extension: 5917) Venue: Library Training Room Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. Book your place online here .

Due to scheduled maintenance, Science Direct and Scopus will be unavailable for about 12 hours from 13:00 Saturday, 23 January to 01:00 Sunday, 24 January. We apologise for the inconvenience.

Get a head start this Semester by attending some of the training sessions being offered in the Library this week and improve your Library and Research Know-How (LARK)! Finding Books and Journals on E-Knowledge (Monday-Thursday 11.30 or 3.00, no need to book!) Introduction to Scopus (Tuesday, 12.00) Preparing your Literature Review (Thursday, 10.00) Research Your Legal Essay (Thursday, 2.00) Find out more or book a place on the library's LARK training page.Keep an eye out for further training in the coming weeks!

Have you seen black squares like this within e-Knowledge (the library catalogue) and wondered what they were? Well, they are QRcodes. QRcodes are handy barcodes you can scan with a smartphone. We've started to use them experimentally in the library catalogue. We hope they'll save your fingers inputting lengthy URLs when you want to bring up a book-location map or ARAN repository PDF in your smartphone. Bring the map with you as you locate the book! Read the PDF on the bus. While they are used extensively in Japan for advertising purposes, we think this is their first application in a library catalogue. Enjoy!

Get a head start this Semester by attending some of the training sessions being offered in the Library this week and improve your Library and Research Know-How (LARK)! Introduction to Endnote for Reference Management e-Resources for Science Introduction to Legal Resources Finding Books on E-Knowledge Finding Articles on E-Knowledge Find out more or book a place on the library's LARK training page. Keep an eye out for further training in the coming weeks!

The library provides a series of training sessions and workshops to help you gain the skills to find, evaluate and use the information you need for your studies or research. Full details are available of the training sessions coming up in Semester 2 in both our Library and Research Know-How programme and our Researcher Workshop Series . Come and learn how to find and use better quality information more quickly!