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10 minutes struggling to work out the lecturer's reading list 5 minutes distracted by Facebook 5 minutes stressing  5 minutes wandering around the shelves 5 minutes distracted by Facebook (and don't forget suntan time) Don't waste ANOTHER MINUTE Invest 30 minutes in  Finding Books and Journals Training EVERY Monday-Thursday at 11am  EVERY Monday-Friday at 7pm EVERY Saturday at 11.30 No booking necessary- just show up- Library Training Room, Ground Floor

Additional Study Spaces Saturday 31st March - Wednesday 23rd May The following venues are available as additional Study Spaces from 08.30 – 22.00 . · Saturday March 31st – Kirwan, Dillon & McMunn Theatre · Sunday April 1st – Friday 27th April – O Flaherty, Cairnes & Darcy Thompson Theatre and AC213, AC214, AC215 and AC216 · Saturday 28th April - O Flaherty & Cairnes Theatre and AC213, AC214, AC215 and AC216 · Sunday 29th April – Monday 30th April - O Flaherty, Cairnes & Darcy Thompson Theatre and AC213, AC214, AC215 and AC216 · Tuesday May 1st – Friday May 18th – O Flaherty, Cairnes & Darcy Thompson Theatre · Saturday May 19th – Wed May 23rd – O Flaherty Theatre

The Academic Writing Centre is open today form  11am to 1pm  in Group Study Room 3 on the top floor of thel library and in the evening at 7pm in the Colsultation Room in the foyer. Bring in your essays, drafts, notes, or even unixpressed ideas. The tutors are here to help you.

A database trial of John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera is now available via http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/collections/databases/databasetrials/ This collection provides access to thousands of items selected from the John Johnson Collection of Printed Ephemera, offering unique insights into the changing nature of everyday life in Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Categories include nineteenth-century entertainment, the book-trade, popular prints, crimes, murders and executions, and advertising. The trial ends Saturday 14 April and it is accessible on campus only. If this resource is of interest to you, please complete the online feedback form available from the above link.

The Academic Writing Centre will be closed on Monday 19 March 2012. Normal opening hours will resume on Tuesday 20 March. We apologise for any inconvenience and hope to see you soon. Please address any queries in relation to the work of the Centre to writingcentre@nuigalway.ie.

The Academic Writing Centre is closing soon. Make sure to visit the Centre before it's too late. There is no need to book an appointment (although you can do so on our website); simply call in during our opening hours. Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings at 11.00 - 13.00 in Group Study Room 3 on the 2nd floor of the Library Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday evenings at 19.00 - 21.00 in the Consultation Room on the ground floor of the Library Bíonn seirbhís Ghaeilge ar fáil maidin Dé Luain agus maidin Dé hAoine (11.00-13.00). Check out our website: http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/support/academicwritingcentre/

The Databases by Subject, Databases by Title, and Journal Article search pages are again currently suffering from intermittent access problems, particularly in the evening/at night. We are working with our software providers to have this problem resolved as quickly as possible. In the meantime all of our databases can still be accessed individually through the standard catalogue search (see below) and our journals can be accessed via the same search bar. We apologise for any inconvenience caused and are working to minimise any disruption. We appreciate your patience while we work to resolve the issue.

All NUI, Galway ID cards now automatically grant swipe access to the Library Reading Room. Users no longer need to get ID cards validated by Security.  In the unlikely event of your card not working please contact University Security on accesscontrol@nuigalway.ie