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You can now access the complete range of House of Commons publications 1801-2004 online. Go to E-Knowledge on the Library website and choose House of Commons papers.

The Library has recently subscribed to Irish Origins which makes a significant number of 19th century resources, including the property survey known as Griffith's Valuation, available at your desk. Go to Irish Origins on E-Knowledge to see this and other useful historical data.

The Latest Release of Innovative Features from Cambridge Journals Online. Registered users may be interested to read about the latest additions to CJO. Some key new developments released in August 2008 include: Cosmetic changes Some amendments have been made, such as all menus are now persistently formatted in Title Case; the journal title image, when clicked, now returns to the individual journal homepage; standard navigation is now available on all pages; new features are now listed in the central area of the CJO homepage. Help and FAQ sheets These sheets are now available in a print friendly form. Online Submission Journals that do not have an Online Peer Review system, such as Editorial Manager or Manuscript Central are now able to accept papers via an online Manuscript submission system on CJO. Unregistered users content alerts Unregistered users can now set up and save alerts, and register afterwards. Back-volume display Significant changes f...

Look for the new features listed below in ISI Web of Knowledge , starting this week. You'll find more citation content and searching capabilities, as well as new linking and export options. See how you can search, analyze, and use your results more efficiently. Web of Science See the full impact of the latest emerging research Searching journal articles and conference proceedings just got easier with Web of Science and Conference Proceedings Citation Index , previously called ISI Proceedings . This powerful combination lets you easily discover which proceedings are the most influential. You'll see who is citing proceedings, and discover new research directions. Check your local subscription today. Citation Maps enhancements bring you a more focused analysis A new slider bar lets you control the depth of citations viewed. Learn more about this unique analysis tool. Verify an author's affiliation Verify an author's identity by his or her affiliati...

The latest issue of the James Hardiman Library Newsletter is now available to read online at http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/services/news_and_events/newsletters.html

The Institute of Phyiscs has published the complete scientific documentation of the CERN Large Hadron Collider (LHC) machine and detectors – the world’s largest experimental facility in particle physics, started up on September 10. See the Journal of Instrumentation at www.iop.org/EJ/journal/-page=extra.lhc/jinst for more information. In addition, the Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics provides the most comprehensive evidence available to confirm that the LHC’s switch-on poses no threat to mankind. See Journal of Physics G: Nuclear and Particle Physics www.iop.org/EJ/abstract/0954-3899/35/11/115004 for more information.

We are delighted to announce the availability of the JSTOR Ireland Collection - an interdisciplinary resource of materials from and about Ireland. At its expected completion in 2009, it will contain a minimum of 2,500 manuscripts, 200 monographs, and 75 ceased and currently publishing journals with moving walls between 1 and 5 years. Complementing JSTOR's existing collections, the Ireland Collection adds resources across the arts, humanities, and sciences in disciplines such as music, art, history, literature, archaeology, mathematics, and biology. Materials span from the 1780s to the present.

The full report of the 2008 Research Support Survey is now at: http://www.library.nuigalway.ie/services/Library_Publications/index.html This report describes and analyses the results of a survey of researchers at National University of Ireland, Galway, conducted by the James Hardiman Library in April 2008. The survey aimed to find out more about the habits and needs of researchers in using and finding information, and levels of satisfaction with Library collections and services. The members of the Survey Working Group are- Burke, Kathleen Connolly, Niamh Costello, John Coughlan, Rosarie, Cox, John (Working Group Chair) Finnan, Trish Greenfield, Laurie Kelly, Hugo McSweeney, Niall Mulligan, Jane Quinlan, Fiona Richardson, Jonathan Walsh, Niamh