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We hope everyone has been enjoying this glorious summer. If you're going to be on campus these next few weeks to study for Autumn exams, please note our extended opening hours. These start today, July 30, and run through August 19.

On 31 July, IEEE Xplore will upgrade to a new search engine. This new search engine allows for a much more integrated experience and offers users: The ability to include wildcards with phrased searches The ability to include search operators such as AND, OR, NOT, NEAR, and ONEAR via the Basic Search Search that is optimized across a variety of file types including PDF, HTML, audio, and video An improved process for saved searches A foundation for future platform enhancements such as semantic enrichment, smarter recommendations, and concept/entity extraction Please note, all saved searches and search histories will carry over to the new system. There may be instances where the number of results returned may be slightly different than expected due to the change in search logic so we recommend that all users review their new results and modify the query, if needed. To expand th...

Coming Soon  – a new Library Search and Discovery interface Please have a sneak preview of our new Library interface here It’s still in development and your feedback will help us make it even better! Send any feedback to Monica.crump@nuigalway.ie     

The AWC is back.  This is a special initiative to aid student retention.  Over the next three weeks, we will have several workshops and plenty of one-on-one consultations.  Repeat students and MA students are especially welcome, but we'd like to help as many other NUIG students as we can.  To book one-on-one consultation, please email awctutors@gmail.com with the subject line JULY. The links to workshops are below: Group Write-In (An AWC Workshop) Wednesday, 11 July 2018 from 11:00 to 13:00 (BST)                       https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/group-write-in-an-awc-workshop-tickets-46614682771 Writing and Exams (An AWC Workshop) Monday, 16 July 2018 from 11:00 to 13:00 (BST) https://www.eventbrite.ie/e/writing-and-exams-an-awc-workshop-tickets-46615009749 Group Write-In (An AWC Workshop) Wednesday, 18 July 2018 from 11:30 to 13:30 (BST) https:/...