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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:/...

The Library Reading List System is now available again. We apologise for any inconvenience caused. Collection Development

Update: 18:00 Wednesday Access to the Library system, eBooks and resources from off-campus has been restored.  We apologies for the inconvenience caused during this outage, the issue was a hardware issue and was out of our control. ______________________________________________________________ Due to server issues, we're currently experiencing difficulties while accessing resources from off-campus. Access over campus wifi may also be affected, as will access to various ebooks whether on campus or off-campus. ISS have been notified and are investigating the problem.

Update Mon 28th 13:00 Access to Taylor & Francis has been restored. You may need to clear out your cache and cookies from your browser if you're still encountering problems. Off-campus access to the Taylor & Francis platform may be problematic for some users at the moment due to IP address difficulties. We have contacted the vendor about the problem, and access will hopefully be restored soon. On-campus access should remain unaffected. Apologies for any inconvenience this may cause our users.

The  International Herald Tribune Historical Archive 1887-2013  charts the history of the 20th century from luxury travel and opulent entertainment, to international conflicts, the spread of American culture abroad and globalisation. The International Herald Tribune Historical Archive 1887-2013 features the complete archive of the International Herald Tribune from its origins as the European Edition of The New York Herald and later the European Edition of the New York Herald Tribune. The archive ends with the last issue of th e International Herald Tribune before its relaunch as the International New York Times . Access to this database trial is available until Monday 11 June 2018 from the database trials page . Your feedback on this trial is welcome, please complete the feedback form. Collection Development