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Library Easter Opening Hours Mon 18th April - Thurs 21st April 08.30-22.00 Fri 22nd April & Mon 25th April 10.00-18.00 Library Closed Sat 23rd - Sun 24th April (inclusive) Normal Opening Hours Resume on Tuesday 26th April

Due to essential site maintenance, access may be interupted to the Wiley Online Library for up to 2 hours from 10am on Saturday, April 2nd. We apologise for any inconvience this may cause.

James Hardiman Library foyer, 28 March-6 May, 2011. Admission free, open until 22.00 weekdays, 17.30 weekends. All welcome.

Cengage (Gale) Database Training Event: Date: Wednesday 23 March Venue: Nursing Library PC Suite 1130-1300: State Papers Online and Dublin Castle Records Registration: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1424170733 1400-1500: Eighteenth Century Collections Online (ECCO) Registration: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1423580969 1500-1600: Historical Newspapers, focusing on Gale NewsVault Registration: http://www.eventbrite.com/event/1424228907 Chris Houghton, Cengage (Gale) Product Trainer will provide this expert training. If you would like to attend any of these sessions, please register via the links above.

Nursing & Allied Health Source Trial available until April 9th ProQuest Nursing & Allied Health Source provides users with reliable healthcare information covering nursing, allied health, alternative and complementary medicine, and much more. This versatile database is designed to meet the needs of researchers at healthcare facilities as well as nursing and allied health programs at academic institutions

Database trials of eHRAF World Cultures and eHRAF Archaeology are now available. eHRAF World Cultures: This is a cross-cultural database that contains information on all aspects of cultural and social life. The annually-growing e-HRAF database is unique in that the information is organized into cultures and ethnic groups and the full-text sources are subject-indexed at the paragraph level. eHRAF Archaeology: This is a cross-cultural database containing information on the world's prehistory. It is organized by archaeological traditions. The full-text sources are subject-indexed at the paragraph level. eHRAF Archaeology is a unique resource designed to facilitate comparative studies. Both database trials run until 31st May and access is available via: http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/collections/databases/databasetrials/ Please complete the database trial feedback form if these databases are of interest to you.

From 7 March you must have your student ID to access the Library. If you have lost or mislaid your card, please contact the Student Contact Centre.