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SNS 2nd Year Library Training SNS, Year 2- finding articles from Scientific American and other science journals Wednesday Feb. 2 11.00-12.00 Nursing & Midwifery Library Training Suite Monday Feb. 14 12.00-13.00 Library Training Room Book your place now using the above link. SNS 3rd Year Library Training SNS, Year 3- researching the scientific literature Monday Feb. 7 12.00-13.00 Tuesday Feb. 8 15.00-16.00 Tuesday Feb. 15 15.00-16.00 Location: Nursing & Midwifery Library Training Suite Book your place now using the above link.

Attention: Postgraduate Diploma in Education & Dioplóma Iarchéime san Oideachas Research your Education Essay Use Library Databases to research you Education essay - find information in Journal Articles, Books, Book Chapters, Theses, Newspapers, Reports, Statistical Information, etc. to support your argument. Nursing & Midewifery PC Suite (access at rear of Ground Floor, Library) 4 sessions: January 31 - February 3 Use the Doodle link at: http://doodle.com/rvvn843iczue7f5h to register. Kathleen Burke, Subject Librarian (Schools of Education, Psychology, Political Science & Sociology), James Hardiman Library, NUI Galway, Tel. 091-492544 kathleen.burke@nuigalway.ie

These classes are aimed specifically at international students who need support with academic writing. Classes start on Wednesday 2nd February and take place each Wednesday from 4 to 6 pm until Wednesday March 23rd. Venue: Room CA101 (Lecture Hall 2) St Anthonys (Cairnes Building) Students must be registered and on a full degree programme to attend. Contact the International Student Officer louise.kelly@nuigalway.ie for further details

ConTempo String Quartet Galway Ensemble-in-Residence will be performing in the Library Foyer on Friday 23rd September at 1 pm So take a break from your studies and enjoy a fine selection of music by Joaquin Turina, Bela Bartok & Mozart All Welcome

Institute of Physics Journals Online will be unavailable on Saturday, January 22nd between 8.30 am and 5.00 pm, for essential maintenance. All services will be restored at 5.00. IOP apologises for any inconvenience caused.

The Library runs a variety of training events, all aimed at helping you to get the skills to find quality information fast. See the programme of training events coming up in Semester 2 on the Library Website.

A full-text database relating to all areas of education. Topics covered include all levels of education from early childhood to higher education, and all educational specialities, such as multilingual education, health education, and testing. For a list of titles covered click on "Publications" icon at the top of screen. Link to: Education Research Complete

Students - we need your help. We want to make your life easier by ensuring that your reading list material is available to you, but we need your help! So that we can make sure that all the books and journals that you are being asked to read are in the Library, we need to know what you are being asked to read. Many lecturers send their reading lists to the Library, but believe it or not, many don't. So, we are asking students to bring their reading lists to us, so that we can take a copy and then check to be sure that we have everything you will need and source it if we don't. From January 17th to 28th, there will be a Reading List Desk in the foyer of the Library Monday to Friday 10.00 til 17.00. Please bring us your reading lists so we can take a copy - it'll take only two minutes of your time, and will help us make sure that all your readings are available for you when you need them.

The difficulties we were experiencing accessing the journals of the Oxford University Press online over the last few days have now been resolved. Apologies for any inconvenience caused during this downtime.

Finding recommended reading and core texts in the library If you need help finding the readings you need come to one of the following sessions and bring along your reading lists: Monday, 17th January from 2-3pm in the Library Training Room Tuesday, 25th January from 1-2pm in the Library Training Room Wednesday, 26th January from 12-1 in the Library Training Room Book your place now .