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If you are planning on studying over the August Bank Holiday weekend the James Hardiman Library will be open as follows: Saturday 30th July:    10.00-17.00 Monday 1st August:    10.00-17.00 The Library will be closed on Sunday 31st July, however the Library Reading Room at basement level will be open as normal daily from  07.00-02.30 over the entire weekend.

    A training session demonstrating our new Reading List Service takes place from 1200-1315 on Thursday, August 4th in the Library Training Room. Book a Place .   This service is aimed at lecturers or any teaching/administrative staff involved in reading list provision.   This new teaching support service integrates: Your reading lists hosted online Blackboard Library resources Library ordering & article/chapter scanning Further information on the Reading List Service including a user guide and video tutorials is available here . Our weekly training sessions will demonstrate the following: Creating & editing reading lists online Bookmarking/linking to full text Structuring lists Publishing lists Adding lists to Blackboard If none of the dates suit, please contact readingslists@nuigalway.ie and an alternative date can be arranged.      

In the lead up to, and throughout, the Autumn Exam period the James Hardiman Library  will be offering extended opening hours as follows: 25 July -14 August Monday - Thursday:   08.30-22.00 Friday:                      08.30-17.30 Saturday:                  10.00-17.00 Sunday:                    Closed   August Bank Holiday (Monday 1st August)     10.00 - 17.00

Cover of programme, Galway Races, 1969 An evening at the Galway races over a century ago inspired the poet W.B. Yeats to write a poem especially to mark what he had experienced. Written at the home of his friend and collaborator, Lady Augusta Gregory, Coole Park, in county Galway in 1908, "At the Galway Races" sums up the spectacle, passion and revelry that the unique annual Galway race meeting brings. There is also a series of watercolour sketches by Jack.B Yeats which depict various scenes from the Galway Races, race meetings, horse and trade fairs in the West of Ireland dating from 1900 and which are on display in our Archives and Special Collections Reading Room. At Galway Races There where the course is, Delight makes all of the one mind, The riders upon the galloping horses, The crowd that closes in behind: . . . . Its flesh being wild, and it again Crying aloud as the racecourse is, And we find hearteners among men That ride upon...

As the build-up begins to the awarding of the designation of European Capital of Culture, a look into the archives reveal endless cultural exchanges between Galway, its people, place and of course culture and the continent. In 1984,  La Baladin du Monde Occidental  (The Playboy of the Western World) a French translation of the iconic play written by J.M Synge, was produced in Galway by a French theatre group - Théâtre du Pré Perché, a theatre group from Brittany. The play was produced at the Jesuit Hall in Salthill, a venue also used by other theatre groups such as Druid Theatre Company on various occasions. A further French production of 'Le Balladin' and a programme for which is within the Druid Theatre Company archives at the Hardiman Library, NUI Galway, is a production by 'Théâtre des Treize Vents', the national dramatic centre of the region of Langeudoc-Roussillon, based in Montpellier. The programme contains numerous articles on the history of the play, i...

Routledge Encyclopedia of Philosophy is the biggest online encyclopedia for Philosophy. It is continually growing and currently contains over 2,700 full text articles written by leading scholars offering an unparalleled breadth and diversity of subjects across Philosophy.    There are multiple ways to search for the content you are looking for. For example you can browse by the following subject areas: Topics Periods Regions Religions Each article has been cross referenced allowing quick and easy navigation for users. Access is available via http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/    

Now that summer is here, 2 titles recently added to our catalogue, received under copyright may be of interest. Both books are published by Collins Press, Cork. Wild swimming in Ireland: discover 50 places to swim in rivers, lake and the sea by Maureen McCoy and Paul McCambridge - class no. 797.2109415  McCO and At swim: a book about the sea by Brendan MacEvilly with Michael O'Reilly - class no. 797.2109415 MacE Note:  Swimming is a risk sport

   How To Access Databases Finding databases is a very simple process: To choose a specific database you type the database name into the search box on the library homepage.  To see what databases are available on a specific topic you need to go to the list on the Subject Support pages . You will need to use the 'Including Articles' functionality for cross searching across different databases. Remember, you have to be signed in first for this to work. If you want to find certain types of databases, e.g. reference, statistics, etc., then on the catalogue page choose 'Browse Search' . On the new page, choose ' By subject ' in the drop-down list, and then type " databases [type] ". So "databases reference" would bring a list of the reference resources the Library subscribes to: Note that links to Online Tutorials can be found on the right hand side under 'Details' Making Your Own Database Lists In The Catalogue ...