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  Access to a wide range of online newspaper archives from Gale is available via the Library catalogue with coverage ranging from the 17th to 21st centuries.   These newspapers include: The Times Digital Archive 1785 – 2019 The Sunday Times Historical Archive 1822 - 2021 Financial Times Historical Archive 1888 - 2021 The Economist Historical Archive 1843 - 2020 British Library Newspapers VI: Ireland 1783 – 1950 Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Burney Newspapers Collection Gale will host a webinar, Researching Historical Newspapers  from 1200-1230 on Tuesday 27 January. This session will cover: Overview of the newspaper archives Key features and tools of the platform Demonstration with sample searches and Learning Centre Q&A The link to this webinar (via Teams) is provided below. No registration required.  Researching Historical Newspapers - Gale Webinar (via Teams) 1200-1230, Tuesday 27 January 2026 Microsoft Teams   Need help? Join the meeting now M...

The   Gale Primary Sources Roadshow   will be visiting on   Tuesday 10th February from 09:30 - 13:00   in  the  Hardiman Research Building Foyer  (Library entrance).   Experts from Gale publishing will provide one-to-one content advice and assistance for any of Gale's primary source collections that the Library subscribes to.  Students, researchers and academic staff are welcome to drop by anytime. The roadshow is a fantastic opportunity to have an informal chat with product experts who will explain the breadth of primary source content available for your essays, projects and dissertations as well as demonstrating how to use the powerful Gale search tools to get the best results.  Browse the  full listing  of all our available  Gale primary source collections . This visit is particularly timely since we have recently added a number of new exciting primary resource  collections from Gale and updated a number ...

Research publishing at University of Galway: policy and next steps  Research publishing is evolving as funders, governments, and institutions place greater focus on openness, quality and responsible research assessment. In response, the University of Galway has adopted a new Research Publishing Policy that brings together research excellence and open dissemination in a single framework .  Read the full policy: QA237 Research Publishing Policy What the policy is aiming to do The policy recognises research publications as a core institutional asset. It pairs the ambition to publish in leading journals, presses, and platforms with responsible open dissemination of outputs. It supports robust peer review, rigorous editorial standards, equitable access to knowledge, and responsible research assessment.  Open publishing is understood as making research outputs available free of charge online, without subscription barriers, in ways that respect author rights and institutional in...

In preparation for the upcoming semester we are asking lecturers to publish their reading lists on the  Library's  Reading List Service  as soon as possible. This will ensure that we have the necessary time to review the published lists and: order the required e-books acquire print books as quickly as possible  carry out any required chapter/article scanning check the e-links on the reading list Further Information More information about using our  Reading List Service   including user guides, videos and training is available from the  Reading List page .   Please email readinglists@universityofgalway.ie if you have any queries. Collection Development / Forbairt Bailiúchán

  The Galway Giving Tree 2025 was a great success for the Library, with 50 tags disappearing off the tree in a matter of days!!  A big thank you to everyone, staff and students alike,  who took a tag, supported, and helped us with moving gifts from one spot to another. It was very much appreciated. I'm adding here the thank you from the folks at the Galway Giving Tree so you can see what a huge community effort we proudly continue to be a part of.   THANK YOU GALWAY from all of us at the Galway Giving Tree!!  We had an incredible collection yesterday – 2025 was our BIGGEST COLLECTION YET!  Thanks to you,  2,630  gifts were collected from 44 Host Businesses and distributed to our charity partners, fulfilling all our wish requests!  As always, we were touched by the generosity and effort put into the gifts.  It is community spirit at it’s festive best.   Of course, none of this would be possible without the sponsorship from the amazin...

The Library Research Service Drop-In Clinic starts on the 13th January 2026. Library specialists from the Open and Digital Research team will be available throughout the week to advise researchers on key research areas of open research , research skills , data management , and digital research . If further support is needed, researchers can schedule a 1-1 follow up session with a library specialist. The drop in is suitable for experienced researchers, postdoctoral researchers, and PhD researchers. To learn more about how the library can support you during your research project, stop by the library foyer during one of our sessions below. Day Time Service Focus Tuesday 2-3pm Digital Publishing and Data Management Wednesday 2-3pm Research  Information Skills Wednesday 3-4pm Open Practice Thursday 2-3pm AI for Research & Digital Research (OCR, tools, workflows) Friday 2-3pm Research Data Management Session Overviews The Digital Publishing and Data Management drop-in clinic with...

The Library has acquired access to a new primary source archival database: Political Extremism and Radicalism .   This resource provides insight on US and European  fringe groups from both the right and left of the political spectrum through rare, hard to access primary sources. Content supports research on philosophical, social, political and economic ideologies as well as on contemporary issues surrounding gender, sexuality, race, religion, civil rights, universal suffrage, and more. Political Extremism and Radicalism consists of two collections: Political Extremism and Radicalism: Far-Right and Left Political Groups in the U.S., Europe, and Australia in the Twentieth Century Political Extremism and Radicalism: Far-Right Groups in America  Learn more about  each of these individual collections . Highlights include: The National Archives (UK) provides access to digitised home office and secret service documents concerning British communist and fascist movement...

  Last week marked an exciting reunion for the special collections team. Our copy of An Tiomna Nuadh , the 1602 Irish translation of The New Testament, returned to us after undergoing extensive restoration and repair at the Muckross Bookbindery in Killarney. An Tiomna Nuadh was donated to the library on 12 th of July 2019 by the Ó Dálaigh family from Athlone. To mark the significance of the donation of such a rare and old book, the library held an event attended by the Ó Dálaigh family (pictured below). Local Librarian, Rory Ó hAodha spoke at the event about Uilleam Ó Domhnaill’s role in publishing the book. The Ó Dálaigh family with Rory Ó hAodha (speaker at the event), 2019 Eileen Ó Dálaigh Fahey, with John Cox, then University Librarian The book arrived here in very poor condition. With pages coming apart and others damaged by bookworm, it was entrusted to the care of Paul Curtis in the Muckross Bindery and Paper Conservation Workshop, where it remained for five years. While...