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Use the Library's R eading  L ist Service  to get your reading list materials up to date and available to your students.  This service: prioritises your  reading   lists    orders required books/e-books digitises chapters and articles (in line with copyright regulations)  links from the Blackboard module to the list for your students. The reading lists dashboard feature shows  how often lists have been accessed and materials used by students. Furthermore: -There is no requirement for separate book ordering.  -Unlike direct links added to Blackboard, the resources will all be available off-campus.  -Each list will roll-over automatically into the new academic year -Reading Lists can be shared if there are a number of staff teaching a module. See an  example  of a  reading list  that links to our  Library catalogue , full-text and web resources. Training B ook a  traini...

National Theatre Collection is a new collection of digital performance resources from Alexander Street Press in collaboration with the UK's National Theatre. National Theatre Collection  provides access to high definition streaming video of world-class productions and unique archival material. The video content currently includes 19 video performances and will expand in 2020 to 30 video performances. National Theatre Collection  features a wide range of works including such performances as: Literary adaptations, such as Mary Shelley’s  Frankenstein  adapted by Nick Dear and directed by Danny Boyle, with Benedict Cumberbatch and Jonny Lee Miller Greek classics such as  Medea  by Euripides, in a contemporary adaptation by Ben Power, directed by Carrie Cracknell with Helen McCrory in the title role Vibrant modern stagings of Shakespeare, such as  Twelfth Night , directed by Simon Godwin with Tamsin Greig in the role of Malvolia 20th-c...

As scholars are increasingly looking for research on environmental issues and their impact on society, JSTOR is providing access to 12 Open Access journals on sustainability. These journals examine diverse topics such as conservation, ecology, population studies, transportation, and urban planning. Below is a list and links to these Open Access journals on JSTOR. These titles are also available on the Library Catalogue . Cercetǎri practice și teoretice în Managementul Urban Conservation & Society Conservation Ecology Consilience Demographic Research Ecology and Society International Journal of the Commons Journal of Transport and Land Use Journal of Urban and Environmental Engineering RCC Perspectives Theoretical and Empirical Researches in Urban Management Urbani Izziv Collection Development

The Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (Oxford DNB) is the national record of men and women who have shaped British history and culture, worldwide, from the Romans to the 21st century. It offers concise, up-to-date biographies written by named, specialist authors. It is overseen by academic editors at Oxford University and published by Oxford University Press. The Oxford DNB currently contains over  60,000 biographies, 72 million words, 11,000 portraits  of significant, influential or notorious figures who shaped British history. It is updated regularly throughout the year. A video demo of how to use the Oxford DNB is available  here . Access to the Oxford DNB is available via the library catalogue. Collection Development

The Max Planck Encyclopedia of Public International Law (MPEPIL) is a major reference work covering topics in international and human rights law. The MPEPIL contains a detailed entry on Northern Ireland  It deals with both broad and specific legal issues with an emphasis on the latest international legal developments.  Contents Entries range from legal doctrines to analysis of specific controversies and areas of conflict. It contains 1,618 articles submitted by over 800 authors.  Examples of topics covered include: Access to Justice Climate Change Foreign relations International courts and tribunals Northern Ireland Space Law Torture, Prohibition of The updated MPEPIL can be accessed online via the Library Catalogue or through the Law Libguides page. The latest print edition is available for consultation at  Law Ref 341.03 MAX Collection Development

Digital Scholars' Workshops Developing skills with digital technologies can be a challenge for researchers interested in digital and open scholarship. To help, the Library, in partnership with the Moore Institute, presents a series of informal workshops to share practice-based expertise, know-how, and experience in technologies and methods, that will enhance your experience of newer forms of scholarship.   Events for 2019/2020 include: Register and read more below. Web maps, data visualisation, and mapping with Neatline 26 November 2019. David Kelly and Cillian Joy. G010, Hardiman building, 10:00-13:00 Managing digital collections. Objects, metadata, ingestion, and access 17 December 2019. Aisling Keane. G010, Hardiman building, 10:00-13:00 Scanathon. Crowd-sourced digitisation 14 January 2020. Aisling Keane. G011, Hardiman building, 10:00-13:00 Online and digital identity for scholars 18 February 2020. Blaneth McSharry & Grainne McGrath. G010, Hardiman build...

The James Hardiman Library is a member of the Open Library of Humanities (OLH). The OLH's mission is to make scholarly publishing fairer, more accessible, and rigorously preserved for the digital future. It is a charitable organisation dedicated to publishing open access scholarship with no author-facing article processing charges (APCs). OLH's publishing platform supports academic journals from across the humanities disciplines, as well as hosting its own multidisciplinary journal, Open Library of Humanities . All of OLH's academic articles are subject to rigorous peer review and the scholarship it publishes showcases some of the most dynamic research taking place in the humanities disciplines. A complete list of all 26 journals published or supported by OLH is available below. Access to these journals is available  here and also via the  Library Catalogue. ASIANetwork Exchange: A Journal for Asian Studies in the Liberal Arts Body, Space & Technolo...

Cambridge University Press (CUP) has published 57 Open Access e-books on Cambridge Core to date. A further seven titles are due to be published by Dec. 2019/Jan. 2020. See the complete list of the current and forthcoming CUP Open Access e-books available . All of CUP's Open Access e-books published to date are available on the Library Catalogue . Collection Development

Are you having trouble finding sources for your essays? NUI Galway Gale Student Ambassadors (Chloe and Evelyn) will be available in the Library to tell you all about Gale Resouces and how to access and use them.  Tuesday 22nd October 1100-1600  in Library Foyer  Gale Resources include Primary Sources, Databases, eBooks, Microform, etc. Click here for more information on Gale Resources. There will be goodies at the table so be sure to drop by and say Hi.

Would you like to hear more from Ireland's new hero Bonnie Greer of BBC Question Time fame? Through the Library's subscripton to Nexis you can!  Access Bonnie Greer's writing in New European via the Library Catalogue.  Don't forget to sign in to the Library Catalogue to be authenticated off-campus.

The Library is continuing its engagement program with Schools and Colleges and invites you to one of a series of upcoming workshops.  These workshops will give you an opportunity to meet Library staff, discuss your requirements for teaching, learning and research, and facilitate informal conversations about the recently announced Library building transformation project.   Who should attend? All staff and researchers who engage with the Library and are interested in finding out more about Library services for them and their students.  Areas of interest: ·           Library building transformation project ·           Library Collections ·           Reading lists ·           IReL: Irish Research e-Library ·           Academic Ski...

We are currently running a trial to the Irish legal resource, DECISIS. DECISIS is an online service providing reports on all new judgements of the Irish superior courts.  It is a current awareness tool for Irish lawyers, legal academics and law students to keep up to date.  It covers every new judgement since 2011 from the: Supreme Court Court of Appeal High Court  Summary reports are provided within seven days of the judgement being published online along with key information about the case. A link is provided to the full-text of the case on the Courts website. To date there are almost 8000 law reports available.   Our trial lasts until October 29th. Please check out our  DECISIS trial  and leave some feedback about this resource. Collection Development 

Westlaw UK & International will be moving permanently to a new platform in early October (date tbc). The new platform will feature: updated search interface enhanced searching options enhanced document display more personalisation Please note though, that personalisation features on the existing Westlaw UK site will not be migrated over to the new platform. During the period of dual access to both sites, it's recommended that users utilise this times to review and setup alerts and folders within the new Westlaw UK. To help you make the most of the new Westlaw UK, there are handy quick start guides covering alerts , annotations , cases , delivery, folders, favourites & history ,  personalisation , EU , legislation , news , topics  and how to get started .  The existing Westlaw UK interface can be found here The new Westlaw UK interface can be found here

UPDATE: Access to resources has been restored. Thanks again for your patience _____________________________________________________________________ If you are off-campus, or connected to campus wifi, then access to the Library's e-resources is temporarily down at the moment. This is due to a server security certificate which is in the process of being renewed. Our apologies for the the interruptions in access; we're hoping to be back up and running by the afternoon of Wednesday 11th. Note: you can still access resoruces as normal via PC suites or any computer connected to the network via a network cable. Many thanks for your patience.

Kanopy   is a video streaming collection providing access to over  20,000  films from more than  850  filmmakers.  Kanopy's film collection covers all subject disciplines and includes documentaries, feature films, foreign language film, independent film, instructional film and more. Over  200+  new films are added every month. The Library's access to Kanopy is via a Patron Driven Acquisition Programme. A set amount of money has been paid to the supplier of Kanopy for this financial year. If a film is viewed  4+  times this film is licensed/triggered and the budget is deducted accordingly. Note:  Lecturers should ensure any films/documentaries required for course material are viewed  4+  times to ensure the film is triggered. The usage of Kanopy will be monitored regularly. Kanopy's   Help Center  is a very useful resource area. Viewers can add films to watchlists, create  film clips and playlists  ...

The first volume of Music Online: Classical Scores Library  is now available. It includes more than 400,000 pages of the most important classical music scores and manuscripts ever written. Scholars and students will find countless works from classical music’s most studied composers, including Bach, Schubert, Mozart, Handel, Beethoven, Liszt, Brahms, Chopin, plus thousands more. Additional material in Volume I includes 100 scores from the Barry S. Brook Center’s collection of French Opera in the 17th and 18th centuries, providing access to the music and libretti of the early operas during an important period in the development of the genre. Access to Music Online: Classical Scores Library Vol. I is available here . Collection Development

Due to scheduled maintenance, ProQuest Ebook Central will be down on: Saturday July 20th 17:00 - 20:00

The new reading list interface is now available. This new view improves the overall reading list experience, by providing additional information on each item, without needing to leave the list page. It incorporates:  improved graphical layout book covers (where available) more immediate access to online links and holdings for students notes and ‘reading intentions’ made by students easier to set  The image below displays an example of the new interface. Click here to view the live  reading list  .  More information about our reading list service including dates of our current summer training is available from the Reading List Service page. Collection Development