Christmas break closure: reminder

DBS Facilities will be closed from Friday 21st Dec. until Tuesday 1st Jan. inclusive but Aungier Street building will be open 9.00-18.00 on Thursday 27th Dec., Fri. 28th Dec. and Mon. 31st Dec.

The two libraries will close on Thursday 20th Dec. at 17.00 and will re-open on Wednesday 2nd Jan. at 9.00 for AS Library, and 9.30 for DS Library.


Note as well that the two libraries will be open 11.00-17.00 on Sudnay 6th January.

Happy Holidays all!
(check the full schedule of opening hours here on the Library website)

Reminder re: Sunday opening

Dear students, remember that we are open this coming Sunday, Dec. 16th 11.00-17.00 and Sunday 6th Jan. 11.00-16.00.
Full opening hours are available here on the Library website.

Dawsonera e-book - outage on Sat. 8th Dec. 2012

On Saturday 8th December 2012, our e-book provider Dawsonera will be performing an essential upgrade on their web service and this will result in an outage between 10am and 6pm that day.

Good luck to our ACCA students!

All the Library Staff wishes the very best of luck to all students taking ACCA exams in the coming days.

Winter exams 2012-2013 timetables

Your Winter exams 2012-2013 timetables are now available via the student intranet, under the ‘Timetable’ section: the 'Exam timetables' page can be displayed by clicking on the link on the left-hand side of the screen at http://www.dbs-students.com/Timetables/Default.aspx

SPSS Session for Business Master Students

Lecturer Nicole Gross is running SPSS/stats sessions over the year and the schedule for the coming weeks (before Christmas) is as follows:

1. SPSS / stats Beginners - Thursday 22nd November 2012 9.00-11.00AM - CH2.2
2. SPSS / stats Beginners - Thursday 13th December 2012 9.00-11.00AM - CH2.2
3. SPSS /stats Advanced - Thursday 6th December 2012  9.00-11.00AM CH2.2
4. SPSS /stats Advanced - Thursday 13th December 2012 12.00-14.00 - CH2.1

There will be more sessions advertised in the new year and you can just turn up to the classroom at the time mentioned.

These are for Business Master students who are doing quantitative research (i.e. surveys/questionnaires).

Sunday Opening & Christmas Closure

Library Sunday opening

To help you with your winter exam revisions, Aungier St. and Dame St. libraries will be open on the following 3 Sundays from 11.00 to 17.00:

• Sunday 9th December
• Sunday 16th December
• Sunday 6th January

Christmas closure

The College will be closed from Friday 21st December until Tuesday 1st January inclusive.


All opening hour details are also available on the Library website under the About the library section, as well as by using the QR code:


 









 
Enjoy the Christmas break and good luck with your exams!

More resource trials

We've gone trial happy here.  Another two to talk about. As ever, they are available on-campus only.

Both come from the nice people at Pro-Quest.  The first is Academic Complete, an award-winning scholarly e-book database, yeah, more ebooks.  You can read these online or download them, either chapters (40 pages maximum) as imaged PDFs (so no cutting and pasting) or as Adobe Digital Editions format documents (for a maximum of 14 days).  You will need to download the free Adobe Digital Editions software before you can use this format.  Oh and you can't read these on your Kindle, but you'll be able to read them on most other devices.  However there's a large number of books to browse (+80,000) and we'll see about adding some of them to the library catalogue temporarily.  Academic Complete is available until the end of the month.

The second is the Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive which is:

The Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive is an archival research resource containing the essential primary sources for studying the history of the film and entertainment industries, from the era of vaudeville and silent movies through to 2000. Includes the core US and UK trade magazines covering film, music, broadcasting and theater are all included, together with film fan magazines and music press titles. Magazines have been scanned cover-to-cover in high-resolution color, with granular indexing of all articles, covers, ads and reviews.

That's sound's good, doesn't it?

All feedback on these resources gratefully accepted. And in case you didn't get the links, here they are again

Academic Complete

Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive

Westlaws

No, it's not a typo, I meant Westlaws (plural).  Let me elaborate:

Westlaw UK:  We have purchased a subscription to this resource, which is like Westlaw.ie but contains UK law material.  A link for on-campus use is available from the e-library page of the library website.  It's also available through Athens.

Westlaw.ie: The good people of Westlaw.ie have seen fit to change its user interface - so it looks pretty much like Westlaw UK.  We have a very complicated way of ensuring that you can see this resource off-campus.  Currently it's available after logging into Moodle or Athens.  Because of the complicated nature of library stuff (please, don't ask), the old interface will still be available through Moodle for a while, but if you login to Athens and click the Westlaw.ie link, you'll be taken to the new interface.  The new interface is available on-campus through IP authentication.  

Halloween Monday bank holiday closure

Please note that on Monday October 29th October (Monday bank holiday) Aungier St. and Dame St. libraries will be closed.

DBS buildings will be open as follow:

• Castle House: Open Saturday 27th, Sunday 28th and Monday 29th 8:00 to 18:00
• Aungier Street: Open Saturday 27th 8:00 to 18:00 - Closed Sunday 28th and Monday 29th
• Dame Street: Open Saturday 27th 9:00 to 17:00 - Closed Sunday 28th and Monday 29th
• Balfe Street: Closed
• Bow Lane: Closed

Happy Halloween!!

Resource Trial: Henry Stewart Talks Marketing and Management Collection

Until the end of the year we are trialing the Henry Stewart Talks Ltd. Marketing and Management Collection. This is a collection of over over 600 specially prepared audio-visual lectures, organised into 59 comprehensive series and delivered by a) principals, managers and advisors from the business world and b) leading academics. It makes available a wide range of detailed, practical knowledge on subjects as diverse as Change Management, Strategy as Practice, Organizational Behaviour, Business Ethics, Information Technology, Bargaining and Negotiations, Business Continuity and Risk Management, Data Mining, Branding and Product Specialisation in Hotels, Retail Marketing, Bayesian Analysis, Sport Marketing, Practical Pricing and Revenue Management, Pharmaceutical Marketing, Supply Chain Management and Export Marketing to name just a few series.
We've added each of the lectures to our catalogue, so you can find details of all the talks here Alternatively to search for specific themes or topics, in the advanced search, find and tick 'E-Stream Recording' in the drop-down Media type menu and enter your terms in the the 'Search terms' box. The talks also come with printable slide handouts in PDF format.

Freshers' Week

And now for something a little different: take it away Student Services! DBS Student Services are delighted to present Freshers’ Week 2012, which begins next Monday, Oct 1st. This week-long celebration will introduce our new and returning students to all that College-Life in DBS has to offer. Here’s an overview of what we have planned for the week; Monday, October 1st Companies Promotions Day (including reps from Ulster Bank, Student Travelcard, Swan Leisure Centre and the old reliable, goodie bags!) Location: Aungier Street Reception Time: 11am-3pm Tuesday, October 2nd Sports & Societies Sign-Up day Location: Castle House 4th Floor Time: 12pm-3pm ‘Big Famous Quiz Bingo Night’ Location: Delaney’s Pub (Aungier St.) Time: 7.30pm Wednesday 3rd October Go-Karting & Paintball (Limited tickets available, Sign-up in student Services, €15 p.p, bus provided) Location: The Zone Centre, Navan Time: Bus departs Aungier Street at 10.30am and returns to Aungier Street at 5.30pm ‘Note to Self’ with Reachout.com Location: Aungier St Reception Time: 11.30am-3.30pm Thursday 4th October Poster day Location: Castle House Time: 10am- 4pm Free on Campus Coffee Location: Coffee Dock (CH) & Canteen (AS) Time: 11am- 2pm Freshers’ Ball 2012 Location: Sin Nightclub (Temple Bar) Time: From 9.00pm Please encourage your students to get involved in the week’s festivities. We look forward to seeing staff at the events too!  Have a great weekend! Kind Regards, The Student Services’ Team

Resource Trial: BBC College of Journalism

We have, for the next month a trial of the BBC College of Journalism.  I copy and paste from the BBC website (as an aside, note that this isn't plagiarism because I'm linking to the original source and indenting copied text.  Were this an assignment or dissertation I would provide a reference to the BBC webpage  at the end of this post))

The College of Journalism, part of the BBC Academy, oversees training for the BBC’s entire editorial staff.
This website focuses on best practice in core editorial skills, and offers an overview of specialist areas as well as legal and ethical issues.
It is a site about BBC journalism for BBC journalists, but is available to everyone

It is available to DBS staff and students until 24th October and is available on-campus only.

2012-2013 Opening Hours

We all hope you had a great summer and are ready for this new academic year!

The two libraries will open again 72 hours per week starting on the week of Sept. 24th so check our AS and DS library opening hour calendars available on the Library website at: http://library.dbs.ie/AboutLibrary/Opening-Hours.htm or pick up a bookmark in the Library.

Early closure of Aungier Street Library

On Wed. 12th Sept. Aungier Street Library will exceptionally close at 12noon to facilitate the Open Day event for DBS staff.

Dame Street Library will remain open until 10pm as usual.

Farewell to Ft.com...

As of the end of the month, we will be no longer subscribing to Ft.com, the online home of the Financial Times.  Fear not however, Financial Times content is still available through Lexis Nexis.  Content is included in the default search source "All English Language News", or you can narrow your specifically to the Financial Times by clicking the 'Sources' tab, entering 'financial times' in the 'Find a Source' box on the right of the page like below



  
On the next page, select 'Financial Times (London)'  (or, 'Financial Tines Deutschland' if you're so inclined) and click 'OK Continue'.






 You will now be specifically searching Financial Times content.