Blackwell Synergy merging into Wiley Interscience

As of Monday, June 30th 2008, all Blackwell journal content—including all full-text HTML and PDF versions of articles from current issues, backfiles, and issues published online before print—will be incorporated into Wiley InterScience.
Blackwell Synergy will be closed at the end of business (Pacific Standard Time) on Friday June 27th and it is anticipated that the migration will be completed by Monday June 30th. Over the weekend of June 28th and 29th, there will be a period when both Blackwell Synergy and Wiley InterScience will be unavailable.

As of June 30, 2008, all journal content on Blackwell Synergy will be merged into Wiley InterScience.

After June 30th, Blackwell Synergy will no longer be available.

2007 Data now on Journal Citation Reports

The Journal Citation information for 2007 is now available at Journal Citation Reports (part of Web of Knowledge) The Social Sciences edition covers over 1,700 journals, while the Science collection covers over 5,900 titles.Useful information gan be gained from the data, including:
* Number of articles published in the journal in for a given year.* Number of citations to that journal from articles published in a given year.* Impact factor of the journal, and how it ranks in impact in relation to other journals. Access Web of Knowledge from Electronic Resources list on Library website.

Frank O'Connor at UCC

This is an exhibition designed by the Library Archives Service to highlight the breadth of O’Connor’s work as a writer and cultural commentator. Drawing on the archival collections in University College Cork and artefacts loaned by the O’Donovan family for the exhibition, the famous short story writer is revealed as a true ‘man of letters’ with wide ranging cultural interests. O’Connor’s work on Irish translations (a relatively neglected part of his output) will feature, as will items relating to his first mentor and early teacher, Daniel Corkery. Of special interest is a showing of Tom Hayes' classic film ‘Cradle of Genius’ narrated by O’Connor, which takes a look at the Abbey Theatre after the fire which devastated its premises in 1951. The exhibition was timed to coincide with the 10th Annual Conference on the Short Story held at UCC www.shortstoryconference.com and will run throughout the summer in the Boole Library

Exhibition opening hours
9.00 – 4.30 Monday to Friday
10.00 – 12.30 Saturday

Exhibition runs throughout the summer from the 18th June

Evaluating Information Sources

New material has been added to the Library's Infomation Literacy web pages. The ability to evaluate information sources is crucial for 3rd level assignments and 4th level research. These new guides outline the range of information sources available and how to impose quality control using a 10-point framework/checklist. Information on journal metrics and citiation impact is also provided on the postgraduate guide. Click here for direct access, or access through the Library website by clicking on the link for Information Literacy and then the 'Learn how to...' section.