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.

British Periodicals Trial

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

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

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.