Library Support For College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Science @ UCC

New content for Music Online

2010-01-06T13:45:00.002Z

Music Online continues to add new content to the database. 214 classical music albums have just been added, plus 214 jazz albums. 154 world music albums have also been added. Find this streaming music database through the Databases A-Z on the Library Website, or do a quick search from the Music Subject Portal.

New Subject Portals

2009-12-16T11:37:00.002Z

There are new subject portals on the Library website for:
English and History of Art. These should prove to be useful starting points for students who need to find databases, journals and web resources for assignments. See Subject Portals

British Library World & Traditional Music... Now Free Online

2009-09-11T14:41:00.003+01:00

The British Library has made its world and traditional archives available for free online. The archives consist of over 28,000 tracks dating back to 1898.

For more details see here:

e-Image Space blog

2009-08-05T11:50:00.003+01:00

This blog, created by James Cronin from dept. of History of Art is worth checking out. The purpose of the blog is to support the study of History of Art at UCC. Specifically, the blog supports a workshop series 'dedicated to the engagement and application of web resources to the disciplinary study of art history within historical studies'. Note the most recent post about a workshop series entitled 'Beyond Wikipedia and Google'.

New Music Streaming Database for UCC: Music Online

2009-07-22T15:38:00.003+01:00

Important new resource: Music Online is the broadest and most comprehensive online database for streaming music. UCC's new subsciption consists of 3 products: 'Classical Music Library', 'Contemporary World Music' and 'Jazz Music Library'. All 3 can be accessed through the unified Music Online interface, or individually via the 'go to' menu at the foot of the Music Online homepage.
In all there are approx. 100,000 tracks on our Music Online package. You can access this resource through the Library website. Go to 'Databases' on the homepage, or through the Search the Library page:

To find out more:
'Classical Music Library'. read more here.
'Contemporary World Music'. read more here.
'Jazz Music Library'. read more here.

Discover, Explore and be Inspired! New Library Website.

2009-07-07T15:23:00.003+01:00

UCC Library has a new website! We have added a range of new features designed to help you locate the information and resources you need quickly and efficiently. We've also added a new search functionality so you can do a library catalogue search, look for a journal or search acress databases - all from our homepage!

Other new features, which we will continue to develop, are subject portals, a 'How do I' section, FAQs and a 'Study & Research Help' section.

Feedback is important to the Library - please email library@ucc.ie

Sean O'Riada exhibition in the Library

2009-06-24T14:03:00.003+01:00

An exhibition, currently mounted on the ground floor of the Library, is an exploration of Seán Ó Riada’s long association with UCC as evidenced by his personal archive. On display are musical scores, notes about his composition, and also some of his own personal instruments. Also running is a DVD copy of the seminal film ‘Mise Éire’, for which Ó Riada wrote the score. Also showing are excerpts from an RTE ‘Feach’ documentary featuring Ó Riada and showing scenes of Coolea and Ballyvourney in the early ‘70’s.

Streaming Audio Database Trial

2009-05-05T12:55:00.005+01:00

‘Music Online’ (from Alexander Street Press) is the broadest and most comprehensive online database in streaming audio. It is now available for a trial period within UCC. For the purposes of the trial Music Online will consist of three cross-searchable databases: ‘Classical Music Library’, ‘Jazz Music Library’, & ‘Contemporary World Music’, offering approx. 95,000 tracks in total. Trial access to this database will expire on 30th May 2009. Access it from the library website trials page, or click here . Note: on-campus only,

New e-journals: American Geophysical Union

2009-04-28T16:09:00.004+01:00

AGU publishes highly respected, peer-reviewed scientific journals, including the Journal of Geophysical Research, which comprises seven disciplinary sections, and the highly cited Reviews of Geophysics. 16 of their journals (2009 issues only) are now available to UCC users as a result of our participation in the IReL consortium
See our database lists or search for journals on the library web home page.

Library of Congress A-V material on Youtube

2009-04-14T15:08:00.002+01:00

The Library of Congress is beginning to make available content from its video and audio collections through YouTube and Apple iTunes in order to make its great resources more widely accessible to a broad audience. See the following on the Library of Congress blog
Click here to access the Youtube material.

Last Chance to complete the IReL survey

2009-04-07T16:32:00.004+01:00

Are you a researcher or academic? This is your chance to support the Irish Research e-Library initiative by taking a few minutes to fill in the IReL impact survey. IReL currently provides access to 22,000 e-journals and dozens of online databases. See the IReL website for details. In the current economic climate, it's important that we don't take this valuable initiative for granted. Let the funders know how essential it is for your research.

Library Guide to Finding Images

2009-03-26T16:11:00.004Z

Check out the new page on Booleweb about how to source images for coursework and for research. You can find it under 'Learn how to' or by clicking here. It covers Library resources, free web resources and copyright information.

Focus on 'Film Index International'

2009-03-23T13:39:00.004Z

Film Index International is the definitive online resource focusing on entertainment films and personalities. Produced in collaboration with the British Film Institute (bfi) it is based on the Summary of Film and Television (SIFT) database collated by the bfi over the past 70 years.
Film Index International provides in-depth indexing of over 125,000 films - from the first silent movies to the latest blockbusters - and biographical information for more than 800,000 personalities. Its rich content also includes coverage of international film awards and prizes as well as searchable plot summaries and full cast and crew lists. Access this resource from database lists on the Library website at http://booleweb.ucc.ie/databases/databases.htm#F or click here for direct access.

French Film

2009-03-04T15:50:00.002Z

The 20th Cork French Film Festival will take place during the first week of March. In anticipation of this, why not check out UCC Library's collection of French films. See a selection from the Library catalogue here .

Berg Publisher Trial Journals

2009-03-03T16:35:00.002Z

Berg Publishers is delighted to offer institutions a 30-day free trial to its journals collection of 13 titles, including current and available back issues (strong focus on visual culture).
Start date: 3/03/09
End Date: 01/04/09

Endnote Session

2009-02-23T16:15:00.007Z

An Introduction to EndNote.

When: Wednesday 25th March, 2009 11.30 - 1.00

Where: Research Skills Teaching Room

To book a place email r.bradfield@ucc.ie

Darwin Exhibition in the Library

2009-02-19T15:24:00.004Z

Thursday 12th February marked the 200th anniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin.
To celebrate the occasion, a new exhibition is now available for viewing in the Boole Library:
The Charles Darwin Bicentennial: UCC Celebrates Natural History and the Victorian Scholar
Location: Exhibition Area Boole Library. The exhibition displays rare and influential works from UCC Library’s Special Collections, by Darwin and those who influenced him. The books are enhanced by specimens from UCC’s Zoology and Geology Museums.
Highlights include:
- A rare first edition of Origin of Species, along with a wide range of Darwin first editions, including Descent of Man.
- Specimens from UCC’s Zoology Museum, including two actually collected by Charles Darwin himself in Patagonia, South America, during the H.M.S. Beagle voyage, under the command of Captain Robert Fitz Roy (1831-1836). - Specimens from the Geology Museum that illustrate the fossil record, including a complete Ichthyosaur, over 250 million years old, and the transitional fossil Archaeopteryx, also known as “first bird”. - Beautifully illustrated works including a full set of the original volumes of The Zoology of the voyage of H.M.S. Beagle, under the command of Captain Fitzroy, R.N., during the years 1832 to 1836 with John Gould’s famous bird descriptions.

The exhibition will run until the end of March, so I do hope you get a chance to drop in sometime.
With thanks to Siobhan Bowman, Special Collections

TASI rebranded as JISC Digitial media

2009-02-18T10:21:00.001Z

TASI, one of the JISC’s Advisory Services, has re-branded as JISC Digital Media. They will continue to provide advice, training and guidance on the creation and use of digital media collections, however the recently expanded service now provides expertise in moving images and sound in addition to still images and their use in learning, teaching and research. See here.

An Introduction to EndNote

2009-02-12T13:10:00.001Z

Training session will take place on
Friday 27th February 2009
11.30am - 1.00pm

In the Research Skills Teaching Room, Q-1, Boole Library basement.

Meet at the Library Reception/Security Desk, just inside barriers at entrance to Library, at 11.25am.

http://www.endnote.com/

Places limited so please email/phone:
Richard Bradfield (Science Librarian): Tel: 4903971
Email: r.bradfield@ucc.ie

Focus on: Oxford Music Online (including Grove Music)

2009-01-26T13:22:00.005Z

Oxford Music Online is a gateway that offers users the ability to access and cross-search the resources of Oxford's music reference in one location. The cornerstone of Oxford Music Online is Grove Music Online. For more in-depth information about the editorial changes behind the Grove relaunch, please visit the Grove Music Online page.
Oxford Music Online also features the Encyclopedia of Popular Music — online for the first time by popular demand. The most comprehensive reference work devoted exclusively to popular music, the Encyclopedia is the authoritative biographical encyclopedia of rock, pop, and jazz artists, covering popular music from 1900 to the present. It is exhaustive, meticulous and authoritative. The database also contains The Oxford Companion to Music and The Oxford Dictionary of Music . Other features include Music Timelines, Topical Guides and Research Resources.
Check out Oxford Music Online under 'Electronic resources' on the Library webpage, or click here.

Irish Times Digital Archive now available

2009-01-06T16:30:00.006Z

The Irish Times Digital archive is now available to UCC staff and students thanks to UCC Library's participation in the IReL consortium. It is a fully searchable exact reproduction of all editions published by the Irish Times from 1859 onwards. Editions are added seven days after publication date. The database is available through Proquest. Click here (and scroll down) for access (or through 'Electronic Resources' on the Library website). Off campus access is also available using 'Your Library Record'.

Trial: American Newspapers through Proquest

2008-12-11T16:20:00.003Z

American Newspaper content is now available through Proquest for a trial periosd :Wall street journal, Washington Post, New York Times, Chicago Defender, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Sentinel. Use the Proquest Platform to search content from these newspapers. Coverage dates back to the 1850s for many of the publications. Trial access to this database will expire on 23rd December 2008. See here.

Historical Newspapers: The Irish Times Proquest Trial

2008-12-05T16:09:00.001Z

The Irish Times (1859-2007) is now available through ProQuest. Select this title from the drop-down database menu. Trial access to this database will expire on 23rd December 2008. See here. Note that we still have access to the Irish Times Digital Archive as usual.

'Introduction to ARTstor' session in the Library

2008-11-07T12:59:00.005Z

There will be an introdcution to ARTstor session on Monday 1st December from 1-2pm. The session will be held in the Research Skills Teaching Room in Q-1 (basement) of the Library, and all are welcome. ARTstor is a digital library with approx. 1 million images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes.

Image Searching on the Web

2008-10-29T12:37:00.004Z

Would you like to learn how to use the Internet to find copyright cleared images for your work, quickly and efficiently? INTUTE and TASI have produced a free online interactive tutorial on image searching on the web. The tutorial looks at the pros and cons of using search engines to find images and the financial and legal implications of using them. Key online sites and collections are also highlighted. The tutorial is part of a much larger collection of online tutorials (the 'virtual traning suite') which is available on the INTUTE site.

Jazz collection

2008-10-22T12:27:00.002+01:00

With the jazz weekend coming up, it's a good time to check out what the Library holds by way of jazz-related books, journals etc. Click here for a look.

Silent Film

2008-10-03T13:01:00.003+01:00

The Cork Film festival takes place this year from 12th to the 19th October. The Tuesday night gala features Paul Merton discussing silent film. You may not be aware that the library has an impressive collection of silent film (see here for a list from the Library catalogue) as well as many books on the subject (see here)

British Periodicals Trial

2008-09-26T12:06:00.003+01:00

This database provides access to the searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth, comprising millions of high-resolution facsimile page images. It traces the development and growth of the periodical press in Britain from its origins in the seventeenth century through to the Victorian 'age of periodicals' and beyond. On trial in UCC until 25th October. Access here or through the database trials page.

New Trial: Periodicals Archive Online

2008-09-25T09:11:00.004+01:00

Periodicals Archive Online (from ProQuest), previously known as PCI Full Text, is an archive of hundreds of digitised journals published in the arts, humanities and social sciences. It provides researchers with access to more than 200 years of scholarship, spread across a wide variety of subject areas. It is on trial in UCC until October 31st. Access it here or from the trials page on the library website.

Poets on Screen

2008-09-23T14:07:00.004+01:00

An interesting feature on the LION database, The Poets On Screen Library contains 896 clips of poets reading their own and other poets' work. You will need to have RealPlayer or Windows Media Player installed on your PC to view these clips. Poets reading their own work include Paul Muldoon, Lawrence Ferlinghetti, Margaret Atwood, Richard Wilbur, Roger McGough and many more. The resource features hundreds of poets whose work is read by others e.g. Yeats, Wordsworth, Whitman, Tennyson, Shakespeare, Milton, Keats, Hopkins, Donne, Heaney, Hardy, Blake. Lion is listed on the Library's A-Z of databases

Blu-ray in the Library

2008-09-17T14:44:00.003+01:00

UCC Library has started to acquire Blu-ray discs for the collection. The first movies available in the Library in this format are:
The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford
The Departed
There Will be Blood
For now, they are for library use only, and can be viewed on the 4 Blu-ray players in the Multimedia area on Q+3.
What is Blu-ray? Click here.

Environment & Planning Journals

2008-08-13T10:37:00.003+01:00

Online access is now available to the Environment and Planning series of journals (A, B, C & D)from Pion Ltd. The years available to IReL members are 1998 – 2008.

Web of Knowledge Enhancements

2008-07-23T13:35:00.001+01:00

There are some new enhancements to Web of Knowledge:
Citation Mapping • Be the first to see the beta version of this powerful new Web of Science® visualization tool. Visualize citation relationships and understand the meaning of a cited reference search. Map citations by author, institution, country, subject, and more!
Additional All-Database search options • Now you can sort by Times Cited* and search for specific addresses within an All-Database search, making this powerful feature even more flexible and convenient.
New 2007 Data for Journal Citation Reports®** • The new 2007 data provides the most current information available to determine a publication's impact and influence in the global research community.
Collaborate and share material easier with EndNote®Web • Designate read/write access for shared EndNote Web folders. Link to the full text of articles directly from EndNote Web records.
Unique DOI number •
View the DOI number in the full record and after export to bibliographic management tools.

Access through the Library website at: http://booleweb.ucc.ie/databases/elec.htm

Wiley InterScience now includes Blackwell journals

2008-07-02T11:54:00.000+01:00

1.6 million articles from Blackwell journals were successfully loaded onto Wiley InterScience over the weekend and the site went live again this Monday.

Blackwell Synergy merging into Wiley Interscience

2008-06-25T15:07:00.001+01:00

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

2008-06-25T13:55:00.001+01:00

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

2008-06-20T09:47:00.002+01:00

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

2008-06-05T15:43:00.002+01:00

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.

British Periodicals Trial

2008-05-23T09:02:00.003+01:00

Searchable full text of hundreds of periodicals from the late seventeenth century to the early twentieth, comprising millions of high-resolution facsimile page images. This resource traces the development and growth of the periodical press in Britain from its origins in the seventeenth century through to the Victorian 'age of periodicals' and beyond. A unique record of more than two centuries of British history and culture. Trial access to this database will expire on 19th June 2008. Click here.

The John Johnson Collection: Now on Trial

2008-05-01T08:49:00.004+01:00

The John Johnson Collection broadens access to a wide array of rare or unique archival materials documenting various aspects of everyday life in Britain in the eighteenth, nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The material is made up of different types of printed document, including posters and handbills for theatrical and non-theatrical entertainments, broadsides relating to murders and executions, book and journal prospectuses, popular topographical prints, and printed advertising material. It covers subject areas which include, among others, histories of consumption, leisure, gender, popular culture, commerce, technology, crime. Each item is presented as a full-colour, high-resolution facsimile. Trial access to this databases will expire on 25th May 2008. Click here for access

RILM Music Abstracts Trial

2008-04-21T10:32:00.006+01:00

RILM Abstracts of Music Literature RILM (Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale) Abstracts of Music Literature published by Repertoire International de Litterature Musicale, New York, contains records in over 100 languages; entries include original-lanugage titles, title translations in English, full bibliographical information and abastracts in English as well as author, journal and in-depth subject indexes. RILM currently contains nearly 500,000 entries. This trial is available on the EBSCO platform. Click here.

Oxford Language Dictionaries Online: Trial

2008-04-21T09:43:00.002+01:00

The innovative Oxford Language Dictionaries Online site offers essential language resources never before available online: fully searchable, completely comprehensive bilingual dictionaries, and unique study materials that provide extra help with learning and using an expanding range of languages. Trial access to this database is available until 30th April 2008. Click here.

Extended Opening in the Library

2008-04-11T15:56:00.003+01:00

From Monday, April 14th 2008, there will be extended opening hours in the Library. The Quadrangle Reading Room on the Q (ground) floor will now be open after the library building closes (up to 1.45am). This is a study area only and there will be no access to books, photocopying or PCs. The room is self-contained with its own toilets and swipe access door. There are 88 reader spaces in the room and these will be allocated on a first come first serve basis. The room will be monitored by an invigilator who will have hotline access to Campus security.
The procedure for use of this room is that room will have to be vacated and all personal items removed when the Library closes. All library material will be removed from the room and entrances to the main library will be locked. Students can then re-enter through the external swipe access door. For security reasons all users of this room must also sign in with the invigilator.

To find out more, click here.

Multimedia Area Q+3: Some Images

2008-03-28T10:51:00.005Z

2008-03-28T10:49:00.005Z

Image above shows desk set-up consisting of Sony Bravia TV, Sony Blu-ray player and Dell PC

Classical Music Library Trial

2008-03-11T10:18:00.003Z

Classical Music Library is a multi-label database of Classical music recordings with a particular focus on content that meets the needs of educators and students. Classical Music Library is a growing collection of 50,000-plus tracks for listening and searching, supplemented by extensive reference materials and backed by a suite of tools designed to support learning. Trial access to this database will expire on the 6th April 2008. Access from the trials page on Booleweb or click here.

New Web Pages for Multimedia

2008-03-06T11:23:00.003Z

New web pages are now available on Booleweb with web guides for film, music, art/image and general multimedia resources, both on the web and in the Library collection. Click here to have a look. Feedback is welcome.

Library Survey 2008

2008-02-27T14:17:00.002Z

The Library is currently running a rigorously tested web-based survey called LibQUAL.
It will give you the chance to tell us what you think about our services, and where the Library services need improvement. As a staff member or student, your feedback is very important.
The library is running the survey over the next 3 weeks. Please take 10 minutes to complete it. There are prizes which have been generously sponsored by suppliers.You can take the survey on our Library website.

'LibraryThing' on the Library Catalogue

2008-02-25T11:07:00.004Z

As part of our OPAC redesign project, we have now rolled out a new enhancement feature. LibraryThing for Libraries is a social cataloguing web application which draws on the extensive LibraryThing database for tags, suggestions for similar titles and details of other editions and translations.For an example of the links see “The architecture of happiness” by Alan De Botton.You will see a list of “Similar Books” and a “tag cloud” at the bottom of the page.If you click on one of the tags at the bottom of the screen, it will open a tag browser which will show books in our collections with that LibraryThing tag.In the same way, the “Similar Books” list is linked through the tags. All links are to other books in our collections.

Multimedia Area on Q+3

2008-02-14T15:42:00.004Z

The new Multimedia area is now open on Q+3. We have 21 booths. 19 have 26” Bravia LCD TVs, 19 have Dell PCs, 4 have Blu-ray, 6 have multiregional DVD (HDMI), 9 have multiregional DVD/VCR combis. 2 of the booths will have the old audio equipment (for cassettes and vinyl records).

Naxos Music Trial

2008-01-29T15:10:00.000Z

Naxos Music Library is now on trial in UCC (not off-campus). This is world’s largest music listening service with 265,000 tracks from Naxos and other leading independent labels, including Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music. While listening, you can read notes on the works being played as well as biographical information on composers or artists.The trial ends on 29th February 2008.

ARTstor sessions in Library

2008-01-22T11:11:00.000Z

Book a place on an introductory session:
Wednesday 30th January 1pm
Tuesday 5th February 1pm
Wednesday 6th February 1pm
The room is situated in Q-1 in the Library and can hold about 25 at a time.
Please email Ronan (r.madden@ucc.ie) (name and student number and preferred date, with subject: ‘ARTstor training’) if you would like to attend.
N.B. You must book your place if you wish to attend

ARTstor: update

2008-01-11T14:38:00.000Z

ARTstor (containing 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities and social sciences) is now listed on Booleweb on the A-Z list of databases, and on the Arts and Humanities databases list. It is also available off-campus in the usual way i.e. by completing ‘My library record’ details when prompted.

Newsflash: ARTstor at UCC!

2008-01-07T10:33:00.000Z

UCC now has access to ARTstor, a digital library of approximately 550,000 images in the areas of art, architecture, the humanities, and social sciences with a set of tools to view, present, and manage images for research and pedagogical purposes. More information will be posted shortly.

Multimedia on Q+3

2007-12-18T13:22:00.000Z

The new Multimedia area will be on the North East side of the floor (older section).
The furniture has arrived and will be assembled and fixed in position over the coming days. We will have 21 desks/booths, 9 of which will be doubles. In terms of equipment, 19 of the booths will have 26” Bravia LCD TVs, 19 will have Dell PCs, 3 to have Blu-ray, 7 to have multiregional DVD (HDMI), 9 to have multiregional DVD/VCR combis. 2 of the booths will have the old audio equipment (for cassette, records). The new area should be ready to use in late January/early February.

A-V Material in Open Reserve

2007-12-13T10:40:00.000Z

DVDs and videos that are in high demand can now be placed in the 'Open Reserve' area on the Q floor of the Library. Material held there can be borrowed for up to 4 hours using the self issue/self return unit there. This means that students can access those materials any time the Library is open, not just during service hours.

Trial: Periodicals Index Online (POI)

2007-12-07T16:15:00.000Z

Periodicals Index Online (PIO) is the leading multidisciplinary index to the Arts, Humanities, and the Social Sciences. Over 4,720 journals are included, with an additional one million records from new journals added on an on-going basis. Complete runs of these titles are indexed, from first issue to 1995 or ceased date. This database is available until 13th December 2007.

E-Resource of the Week: Proquest Dissertations & Theses

2007-11-27T12:28:00.000Z

The most comprehensive collection of dissertations and theses in the world. Graduate students customarily consult the database to make sure their proposed thesis or dissertation topics have not already been written about. Students, faculty, and other researchers search it for titles related to their scholarly interests. Many of these provide lenthy previews. Full-text PDF copies may be ordered online. See 'Databases A-Z' on Booleweb, or click here. Off-campus access is available.

Trial: Irish Times Digital Archive

2007-11-13T14:26:00.000Z

The Irish Times Digital Archive is on trial in UCC until the 26th November. It is a fully searchable digital archive containing every page of The Irish Times published since the newspaper's foundation in 1859.

E-resource of the Week: ACLS Humanities E-book

2007-11-13T13:20:00.000Z

Humanities e-Book is an online, fully searchable collection of high-quality books in the Humanities, recommended and reviewed by scholars, providing a digital collection of over 1500 full-text titles offered by the ACLS in collaboration with twelve learned societies, nearly 90 contributing publishers, and librarians at the University of Michigan’s Scholarly Publishing Office. For access check Booleweb, or click here.

Jazz Festival

2007-10-25T10:41:00.000+01:00

This weekend the Guinness Jazz Festival is taking place in Cork. If you haven't a clue about jazz, but need to bluff your way through the weekend, check out the Library's collection of jazz books here!.

Library Orientation Workshop

2007-10-17T12:54:00.000+01:00

As part of the Postgraduate Induction there will be college specific workshops for Research Students: The Humanities session will be held in the Library on: Monday, October 22nd at 11am
To book a place email r.bradfield@ucc.ie

Group Research Room for Film Viewing

2007-10-10T19:35:00.000+01:00

One of the group research rooms on Q+3 is now available for viewing films in groups of 3-6. Enquire at the Q+3 desk or make a booking by calling (021) 4902188

E-resource of the week: Index of Christian Art

2007-10-05T14:40:00.000+01:00

A thematic and iconographic index of early Christian and medieval art objects to 1400. Contains works indexed by the Princeton University archive since 1991. The database is both text and image. It contains 57,000 work of Art records, 28,000 subject records and 37,000 bibliographic records. To access, click here, or find the link on Booleweb. Available on-campus only.

Images of Q+3

2007-09-28T09:55:00.000+01:00

Multimedia on Q+3

2007-09-27T14:11:00.000+01:00

Q+3 is up and running again, but one area still needs to completed: A new Multimedia area is planned and will be available in a few weeks time. In the meantime we have temporary facilities available in the group research rooms on this floor.

Return to Q+3

2007-08-29T11:20:00.000+01:00

The Arts and Humanities collection is moving back to Q+3! The collection will be out of bounds from today until Monday 10th September to facilitate the move. Normal service will then resume.

Q+3 Refurbishment

2007-08-01T13:03:00.000+01:00

The Q+3 floor will be refurbished this August. Collections will be unavailable from Thursday 2nd August to allow for the collections to be moved to Q-1. Collections and the Information Desk service will be based on Q-1 throughout August. Our service will resume there on Friday 10th. Please refer to notices for updates, or ask at the Q+3 Information desk (4902188). Note: We advise you to borrow Q+3 books by Wednesday 1st if required.

Frank O' Connor website

2007-07-27T10:12:00.000+01:00

This authorised website has been commissioned by the Boole Library, University College Cork and is designed to provide accurate information about the life and work of the Irish writer (1903-1966). The site includes samples of his less well-known publications, rare photographs, manuscripts, and video clips including Richard Ford speaking on O' Connor in the RTE documentary 'Lonely Voice'. Access the site here, or through the Library website.

E-resource of the week - Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection

2007-07-20T14:27:00.000+01:00

This resource offers access to over 150 of Oxford University Press' reference titles including an extensive range of language and subject dictionaries, plus access to some General Reference material. Also included are titles from the "Oxford Companion" Series providing informative subject overviews. In all there are over 1 million entries across 25 subject areas, with a wide range of additional material such as maps, illustrations and timelines.View a complete list of contents here. You can also access the resource through the Library web site, on or off-campus. This resource is available to UCC as a result of our participation in IReL.

Information Literacy

2007-07-16T15:01:00.000+01:00

Our Information Literacy web pages have been updated and can be viewed here. You can read about how information literacy is of benefit to students, postgraduates and researchers. There are links to useful guides to writing a literature review and searching the internet. Further guides will be added at a later stage. Updates about information literacy initiaves will also be included.

New Blog For UCC

2007-07-10T12:48:00.000+01:00

This is the new blog for the College of Arts, Celtic Studies & Social Sciences in UCC.