LIBRARY NEWS - 2010
December 14th 2010
LIBRARY ARRANGEMENTS FOR CHRISTMAS / NEW YEAR PERIOD
Material borrowed from the General Collection between 11/12/10 and 23/12/10 will not be due for return until 10/01/11. Items borrowed from the Short Loan Collection between 16/12/10 and 07/01/11 will be due for return by 10/01/11.
HAPPY CHRISTMAS & NEW YEAR TO ALL !!
November 9th 2010
LIBRARY SERVICE DURING OPEN DAY
During the Institute's Open Day on Friday this week, the library will operate normal hours and will remain open until 10.00 pm. on Friday evening.
November 4th 2010
WELCOME TO LIAM TYLER
November 4th 2010
NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING OCTOBER
Newly available resources which have been added to the library catalogue during October are listed here.
November 2nd 2010
FREE ACCESS TO PUBLIC HEALTH & SOCIAL CARE JOURNALS DURING NOVEMBER
Open Public hEalth November
is an initiative from the publisher, Taylor & Francis which gives complete access to all current and back content of over 110 of their journals in Public Health & Social Care until 30th November. Available titles include: Administration in Social Work, Aging & Mental Health, Archives of Suicide Research, Arts & Health, Child & Youth Services, Child Care in Practice, Journal of Community Practice, Journal of Family Social Work, Journal of Immigrant & Refugee Studies, Journal of Social Work in End-of-Life and Palliative Care, Journal of Teaching in Social Work, Vulnerable Children and Youth Studies, Work & Stress.
November 1st 2010
RIAN.ie PATHWAYS TO IRISH RESEARCH
RIAN.ie - is a single point of access to the contents of the Institutional Repositories of the seven Irish university libraries and DIT. It will be the primary source for Irish Open Access research publications and makes this research material more freely accessible. It is intended to extend the portal to other Irish research institutions as RIAN develops.
November 1st 2010
LIBRARY SERVICE DURING CONFERRING
During the Institute's conferring ceremonies on Friday and Saturday this week, the library will operate normal hours and will remain open until 10.00 pm. on Friday evening and until 5.00pm. on Saturday.
October 22nd 2010
NEW US GOVERNMENT INFORMATION PORTAL
MetaLib contains fifty-three U.S. Government databases. It is a library portal providing users with an easy and personalized interface which can search simultaneously for information in a variety of electronic resources, such as catalogs, reference databases, digital repositories or subject-based Web gateways. The A-Z Resource List module enables you to locate specific databases and to create your own sets of databases for searching. Access MetaLib
Here.
October 19th 2010
OCTOBER BANK HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS
For the OCTOBER BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND, the library will close at 5.00 pm on Friday, 22nd October and will re-open at 8.45 am on Tuesday, 26th October. Off-campus access to online resources will continue to be available at:
http://www.library.itcarlow.ie/screens/dbases2.html.
October 13th 2010
PROQUEST ENTREPRENEURSHIP DATABASE FREE TRIAL
ProQuest Entrepreneurship provides a central access point to a variety of discovery and advisory tools specific to the needs of entrepreneurship. These include Video Clips Market Research, Start-Up Plans, Templates and Forms, Journal Content, Business Cases, Working Papers, Conference Proceedings and Full Text Dissertations. Trial available up to mid-November. Access ProQuest Entrepreneurship
here.
October 11th 2010
STRUCTURAE: International Database and Gallery of Structures
This free website site offers you information on works of structural engineering, architecture or construction through time, history and from around the world. Documentation begins at the time of the pyramids in Egypt and Roman construction, continues to Romanesque and Gothic churches and through to the Industrial Revolution all the way to today and beyond. Structurae deals mostly with bridges, tunnels, dams, skyscrapers, stadiums, towers, etc. Access the Structurae website here.
October 11th 2010
REMINDER - EndNote Web CITATION SOFTWARE AVAILABLE @ I.T. CARLOW
EndNote Web is a web-based reference organizer and writing solution which enables users to manage references, cite references and create bibliographies in papers, essays, projects and dissertations. As references are stored online, it is possible for users to access their account from anywhere with internet access. EndNote Web also permits users to collaborate easily; sharing their EndNote Web folders with other EndNote Web users. Staff and students may sign up for a free account on the: Web of Sciencehomepage or at: www.myendnoteweb.com
.
October 11th 2010
NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING SEPTEMBER
Newly available resources which have been added to the library catalogue during September are listed here.
September 16th 2010
SAGE ONLINE JOURNALS FREE UNTIL OCTOBER 15th
SAGE Publications are offering free access to SAGE Journals Online until October 15th. To avail of this free access period, personal registration is required. SAGE'S academic journals cover subject areas such as Childhood Studies, Communication & Media Studies, Counselling & Psychotherapy, Cultural Studies, Economics, Education, Engineering, Management & Organization Studies, Marketing, Materials Science, Science, Technology & Medicine, Social Policy, Social Work, Sociology, and Tourism Studies. Register now on the Sage Journals website:http://online.sagepub.com/
September 7th 2010
NEW LIBRARY SECURITY SYSTEM
We have introduced a new RFID security system, based on radio-frequency tags. The new system should minimise the occurrence of false alarms and will allow for more efficient stock control. However, the main benefit is that it will enable us to offer self-service to our patrons. It is hoped to introduce this self-service element later this term.
September 7th 2010
TRIAL OF HEIN ONLINE LEGAL DATABASE
HeinOnline is the world's largest image-based legal research database. With almost 50 million pages of legal information at the touch of a button, HeinOnline is a virtual treasure trove of resources for legal researchers and professionals worldwide. A Core subscription to HeinOnline includes such valuable collections as: Legal Classics, Law Journal Library, U.S. Supreme Court Library, U.S. Federal Legislative History Library, Treaties and Agreements Library and much more! Also available in HeinOnline, are several unique a-la-carte collections, including: U.S. Congressional Documents, Foreign & International Law Resources Database, World Trials, Session Laws and many more. All content within HeinOnline is image-based in PDF format and fully searchable. To access trial content until November 8th, click on the link below and then on SUBSCRIBERS CLICK HERE TO ENTER.
September 7th 2010
BUSINESS INSIGHTS STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT REPORTS
Business Insights is a library of strategic management reports covering the following industries and areas of interest: consumer goods, energy, financial services, healthcare & pharmaceuticals, technology & ICT. The IT Carlow subscription includes an interactive reports function which provides for presentation-ready tables and graphics, language translations and report customisation. Please note that the Access Asia series is no longer available to us and has been replaced by the broader subject series above.
September 7th 2010
HUNDREDS OF IEEE BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE TO IT CARLOW
The IEEE-Wiley eBooks Library gives online access to over 400 books in electronic and computer engineering including practical handbooks, introductory and advanced texts, reference works and professional books with an emphasis on leading areas of research. Among the subjects covered are: Communication, Networking & Broadcasting, Components, Circuits, Devices & Systems, Computing & Processing incl. Hardware & Software, Engineered Materials, Fields, Waves & Electromagnetics, General Topics for Engineers incl. Math, Science & Engineering, Photonics & Electro-Optics, Power, Energy & Industry Applications, Robotics & Control Systems and Signal Processing & Analysis. To limit your search to these books only, is it necessary to select EBOOKS under the Subscribed Content menu. The full-text is presented for each book chapter in the form of pdf files.
Access the ebook collection via the:
[IEEE Xplore Digital Library]
An A-Z list of all titles can be browsed:
[here]
September 7th 2010
MESSAGE TO STUDENTS USING THE LRC
All students
are reminded that the Learning Resource Centre is a study and working space
and should
not be treated as a social space. Everyone is asked not to engage in any
activity which is likely to disrupt the work of others.
September 7th 2010
NEW LOOK LIBRARY CATALOGUE & WEB PAGES
www.library.itcarlow.iehas been given a makeover
during the summer. The library catalogue should now present a more
contemporary look and hopefully users will find it easier to navigate. Any feedback would be welcome.
September 7th 2010
GAMES PROGRAMMING AND COMPUTING E-BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
The following computing and games programming books are now available online to IT Carlow patrons via the myilibrary platform:
[Art of Game Design, The: A book of lenses]
[Game Design Workshop: A Playcentric Approach to Creating Innovative Games]
[Real-Time Shader Programming]
[Agile Game Development with Scrum]
[Linux Shell Scripting with Bash]
[Python Essential Reference]
[Shell Scripting Recipes: A Problem-Solution Approach]
[Essential Guide to User Interface Design: An Introduction to GUI Design Principles and Techniques]
[Mastering Blender]
Click on a link above to go to the relevant e-book.
September 7th 2010
WELCOME!
Welcome back to everyone, and a special welcome to new students and staff who
have come to IT Carlow for the first time. We would also like to extend a
hearty 'Cead Mile Failte' to our overseas students. This is the first library
newsletter of the new academic year and it is hoped to have a new edition
produced during most months between now and June 2011. New users will find
lots of information about the library on our web pages at:
www.library.itcarlow.ie
September 7th 2010
LIBRARY OPENING HOURS
Currently, the Library
is open from 8.45 a.m.- 5.00 p.m. Monday - Friday.
However, fulltime opening will commence from next week beginning Monday, 13th
September.
Therefore, library opening hours after that date will
be:
Monday - Friday 8.45 am - 10.00 pm
Saturday 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m.
Please check the 'Latest News' page to see any short-term amendments to
this timetable. These will usually occur during out-of-term periods, Bank
Holidays and other Public Holidays.
September 7th 2010
NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING THE SUMMER
Newly available resources which have been added to the library catalogue
during the months of June, July and August
are listed
here.
July 2nd 2010
NEW PAPER BY IT CARLOW STAFF MEMBERS
The following new scientific paper has been authored by IT Carlow
staff members Xuemei Liu, Kieran J. Germaine, David Ryan and David N.
Dowling:
Genetically modified Pseudomonas biosensing biodegraders to detect PCB and
chlorobenzoate bioavailability and biodegradation in contaminated soils
/ Xuemei Liu, Kieran J. Germaine....[et al].
[Full Text Online via Landes Bioscience Journals Website]
July 1st 2010
NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING JUNE
Newly available resources, including many undergraduate theses, which have
been added to
the library catalogue
during June
are listed
here.
June 25th 2010
NEW PAPER BY IT CARLOW STAFF MEMBERS
The following new scientific paper has been co-authored by IT Carlow staff members Norman McMillan, Gavin Dunne, Brian O'Rourke, Denis Morrin and Ita Mitchell:
New tensiographic approach to surface studies of protein kinetics showing possible structural rearrangement of protein layers on polymer substrates / N. D. McMillan, G. Dunne....[et al]. [Full Text Online via ScienceDirect]
June 23rd 2010
FREE ACCESS TO ROYAL SOCIETY DIGITAL ARCHIVE
Royal Society Digital Journal Archive is being made freely available to celebrate a summer of Royal Society science festivities. All journal content on the Royal Society website is FREE to access until 30 July 2010. The archive includes some of the most significant scientific papers ever written.
June 14th 2010
NEW PAPER BY IT CARLOW STAFF MEMBER
The following new paper has been co-authored by IT Carlow
staff member, Ralf Burbach:
Talent on demand? : Talent management in the German and Irish subsidiaries
of a US multinational corporation / Ralf Burbach, Tony Royle
[Full Text Online via Emerald Database]
June 1st 2010
NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING MAY
Newly available resources which have been added to
the library catalogue
during May
are listed
here.
May 24th 2010
LIBRARY OPENING HOURS
Up to and including June 17th next, the library will open
Monday - Friday 8.45am - 10.00pm
Saturday - CLOSED
After that date and beginning on Friday 18th June, office hours will apply
ie.
Monday - Friday 9.00am - 5.00pm
For the JUNE BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND, the library will close at 5.00pm on
Friday, 4th June and will re-open on Tuesday, 8th June.
May 5th 2010
NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING APRIL
Newly available resources which have been added to
the library catalogue
during April
are listed
here.
April 27th 2010
MAY BANK HOLIDAY ARRANGEMENTS
For the MAY BANK HOLIDAY WEEKEND, the library will remain open until 10.00 pm
on Friday, 30th April and will be open from 9.00 am to 5.00 pm on Saturday,
1st
May. The Institute will be closed on BANK HOLIDAY Monday, 3rd May.
April 27th 2010
MESSAGE TO STUDENTS USING THE LRC
As classes wind down and preparations begin in earnest for the summer
examinations, all students
are reminded that the Learning Resource Centre is a study and working space
and should
not be treated as a social space. Everyone is asked not to engage in any
activity which is likely to disrupt the work of others.
April 14th 2010
SOCCER E-BOOKS NOW AVAILABLE
The following soccer books are available online to IT Carlow patrons via
myilibrary and may
be accessed either on-campus or off-campus:
[Handbook of soccer match analysis: a systematic approach to improving
performance]
[Nutrition and football: the FIFA/FMARC consensus on sports
nutrition]
[Science and football V: the proceedings of the Fifth World Congress on
Science and Football]
[Science and football VI: the proceedings of the Sixth World Congress on
Science and Football]
[The science of training - soccer: a scientific approach to developing
strength, speed and endurance]
[Youth soccer: from science to performance]
Click on a link above to go to the relevant e-book.
April 9th 2010
INTERNATION JOURNAL OF SPORTS SCIENCE & COACHING
International Journal of Sports Science & Coaching
is now one of the journal subscriptions taken by the library. The journal
itself can be found in the Current Journal Stacks at shelf number 796.334. In
addition, IT Carlow users can access all back issues online by clicking on the
link above.
April 7th 2010
EASTER HOLIDAY OPENING HOURS
Easter Holiday opening hours can be seen here.
April 7th 2010
NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING MARCH
Newly available resources, including many e-books, which have been added to the library catalogue during March are listed here.
March 10th 2010
LIBRARY OPENING HOURS DURING ST. PATRICK'S DAY PERIOD
During the St. Patrick's Day period the library will be open as follows:
Tuesday 16th 08.45 - 22.00
Wednesday 17th COLLEGE CLOSED - HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!
Thursday 18th 08.45 - 22.00
March 10th 2010
MASTERS OF ARCHITECTURE ONLINE
is a collection of approx. 7000 digitised slides in jpg format which illustrates some of the works of famous architects. It is searchable by name or by building type or by keyword. The images may be downloaded for academic use, including printing, projecting etc.This collection is now available to IT Carlow patrons.
March 5th 2010
NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING FEBRUARY
Newly available resources which have been added to the library catalogue during February are listed here.
March 4th 2010
WOMEN & SOCIAL MOVEMENTS IN THE UNITED STATES - FREE ACCESS DURING MARCH
Women and Social Movements in the United States
is a resource for students and scholars of U.S. history and U.S. women's history. Organized around the history of women in social movements in the U.S. between 1600 and 2000, this collection seeks to advance scholarly debates and understanding about U.S. history generally at the same time that it makes the insights of women's history accessible to teachers and students at universities, colleges, and high schools. The collection currently includes 91 document projects and archives with more than 3,600 documents and 150,000 pages of additional full-text documents, and more than 2,060 primary authors. It also includes book, film, and website reviews, notes from the archives, and teaching tools. The Alexander Street Press have enabled free access to this resource to celebrate the month of March as Women's History Month.
March 4th 2010
THE IRELAND COLLECTION - FREE ONLINE RESOURCE FOR IT CARLOW USERS
developed in cooperation with Queen's University Belfast, is an online full text interdisciplinary collection of journals and other materials. It contains over 75 journals, 200 monographs and 2,500 manuscript pages. There is a strong emphasis on Irish history and archaeology, but also covers art, folklore, literature, mathematics, politics, sociology, science etc. Materials span from the 1780s to the present. The Ireland Collection was created with funding from the JISC Digitisation Programme and is being made freely available to publicly-funded institutions in Ireland. The Ireland Collection is included as part of IT Carlow's subscription to the JSTOR database. The available titles are listed here.
March 1st 2010
e-BOOKS FROM AMERICAN PSYCHOLOGICAL ASSOCIATION
encompass book content in psychology and related disciplines, including sociology, education, medicine, psychiatry, nursing pharmacology, neuroscience, and physiology etc. Coverage within each collection is limited to scholarly and professional titles. IT Carlow has searchable full text access to books published in 2008 & 2009.
March 1st 2010
WELCOME TO STUDENTS ON WORK EXPERIENCE PLACEMENTS
We welcome two Transition Year students who are with us as part of their work experience programmes. Luca Lombardo comes from Bagnalstown and Olivia Fennelly is a student in Mountrath.
February 6th 2010
SPORTS MEDICINE E-BOOKS
hosts the following sports medicine e-books which are available to IT Carlow users. All books are listed in the library catalogue and can be accessed both on and off-campus.
[5-minute sports medicine consult] [ACSM's primary care sports medicine] [The athlete's elbow] [The biochemical basis of sports performance] [Burkhart's view of the shoulder] [The little black book of sports medicine] [Magnetic resonance imaging in orthopaedics and sports medicine] [Manual of orthopaedics] [Musculoskeletal imaging companion] [Oxford handbook of sport and exercise medicine] [Paediatric musculoskeletal disease: with an emphasis on ultrasound] [Practical orthopaedic sports medicine & arthroscopy] [Practice of pediatric orthopedics] [Principles of manual sports medicine] [The shoulder and the overhead athlete] [Sports injuries: mechanisms, prevention, treatment] [The sports injuries handbook: diagnosis and management] [Sports medicine]
Click on a link above to go to the relevant e-book.
February 6th 2010
NEW RESOURCE FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN
is an online repository of illustrated talks which cover the areas of Architecture, Engineering and Design. Started in 1979 by Monica Pidgeon, the purpose of the series, which consists of over 200 illustrated talks, is to widen the horizons of students of architecture and design by giving them the opportunity to share the thinking of leading members of the profession worldwide. These presentations are sound files with time-coded illustrations. In some cases, there will seem to be quite a bit of audio to get through before the picture changes. Talks can be between 10-30 minutes in duration. It is possible to search the talks and the illustrations and to use the illustrations independently of the audio.
February 5th 2010
EMERALD SOCIAL SCIENCES E-BOOK SERIES COLLECTION
has been expanded to include the Emerald Social Sciences eBook Series Collection. This complements and extends the current Emerald resource, adding more than 210 volumes from over 35 book series titles. The collection provides contemporary and high quality research, and contributes much to debate in the fields of politics, psychology, sociology, health care and education.
In addition, the coverage of all Emerald journals within our subscription, has been expanded to include all backfiles.Searches within Emerald automatically include all books and journals.
February 5th 2010
NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING JANUARY
Newly available resources (predominantly e-books) which have been added to the library catalogue during January are listed here.
January 27th 2010
JOURNAL SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR 2010
Following consultation with each academic department, all existing journal subscriptions have been retained and the following new subscriptions have been actioned.
MAIN CAMPUS:
[Broadcast][Design Philosophy Papers][Film Ireland][Screen International][Success in Soccer]
WEXFORD CAMPUS:
[Film Ireland][Irish Business Law Quarterly][Quarterly Review of Tort Law]
WICKLOW CAMPUS:
[Irish Business Law Quarterly][Quarterly Review of Tort Law]
An A-Z listing of journal subscriptions for each Academic Department for 2010 is available by clicking on the links below:
Department of the Built Environment.
Department of Business and Communications.
Department of Computing and Networking.
Department of Electronic, Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering.
Department of Management Studies.
Department of Science and Health.
January 27th 2010
80 SAGE HANDBOOKS NOW AVAILABLE ONLINE
contains 80 authoritative, award-winning, international, and interdisciplinary handbooks across the social sciences. This E- book Collection is hosted on the SAGE Reference Online platform and covers subjects such as Aging & Gerontology, Business & Management, Communication & Media Studies, Counselling & Psychotherapy, Criminology & Criminal Justice, Economics, Education, Family Studies, Gender & Sexuality Studies, Geography, Health & Social Welfare, History, Politics & International Relations, Psychology, Public Policy & Public Administration, Research Methods & Evaluation, Social Issues, Social Work & Social Policy, Sociology, Urban Studies & Planning.
January 27th 2010
127+ YEARS OF 'SCIENCE' JOURNAL
provides full-text PDF access to all issues of the journal 'Science' published between the first issue in July, 1880 and December 1996. This archive is now accessible to IT Carlow users. Content up to 2004 is available in the databases Academic Search Premier and Infotrac General Onefile. For articles since 2004, the printed journal is available in the Journal Archive and Current Journal Stacks.
January 12th 2010
HEA RENEWS FUNDING FOR ONLINE JOURNALS FOR THE IoT SECTOR
The HEA have renewed the funding of the IReL E-journals initiative for the IoT sector. This will allow access to be maintained to the EBSCO BSP/ASP collection of e-journals for 2010. Usage of the journals will be kept under review and a decision will be taken during 2010 whether to continue or expand the initiative. The available databases, which are searchable collectively or individually are:
- is the world's largest scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database containing full text for nearly 4,500 journals, including more than 3,600 peer-reviewed titles. In addition to the full text, this database offers indexing and abstracts for all 8,144 journals in the collection.Business Source Premier - is a major business research database, providing full text for more than 2,300 journals, including full text for more than 1,100 peer-reviewed business publications. It is particularly strong in the areas of marketing, management, MIS, POM, accounting, finance and economics. It provides full text (PDF) for more than 350 of the top scholarly journals dating as far back as 1922. Additional full text, non-journal content includes market research reports, industry reports, country reports, company profiles and SWOT analyses.
January 11th 2010
REMINDER - Education Journals Online (New for 2010)
Education Journals - Taylor & Francis
gives online full text access to over 150 journals in a wide variety of subjects within the area of Education including Contemporary Learning Developments, Early Years Education, Education Research, Further & Higher Education, History of Education, Sociology of Education, Special Needs & Educational Psychology and Teaching and Teacher Education. Coverage is from 1997 onwards. This site also allows the searching of all Taylor & Francis online publications. Access became available during December and will continue until at least to the end of the year.
January 11th 2010
MORE e-BOOKS IN MyiLibrary
is an online platform for hosting e-books. The selection now available to IT Carlow has more than doubled with a wide variety of books on Early Childhood Education and Psychology now added. By creating an individual account, students can save searches, notes, and bookmarks.
January 11th 2010
NEW ADDITIONS TO STOCK DURING DECEMBER
Newly available resources which have been added to the library catalogue during December are listed here.
January 11th 2010
WELCOME BACK FOR THE NEW YEAR!
Welcome back to everyone and best wishes for the New Year. It is hoped that the inclement weather hasn't spoiled the holidays. On that note, please be advised that this evening, the Institute will close at 8.00 p.m. If the weather continues to improve, it is anticipated that it will be business-as-usual from tomorrow onwards. However, please check the Institute website for the latest news in this regard. On a more positive note, some additional online resources should become available in the coming weeks. More details of these will be contained in individual news items above.
Previous issues of Library News are archived here.