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WARC, Westlaw and Moodle

2012-02-02T11:08:00.000Z

One upon a time two of our electronic resources, Warc and Westlaw were available to students through Moodle. Then they weren't. Now they are back on Moodle, hopefully to stay. I offer sincere apologies for the length of time this has taken.

Another Zotero Update

2012-01-31T15:48:00.004Z

Crickey, you wait months for a blog posts and then a number greater than one come along practically simultaneously. I'm bored writing about JSTOR (I'm not really), so I'll write about Zotero, as there are two interesting developments on that front. The first is the release of ZotPad, which is the more astute of you will have correctly deduced is an app that brings Zotero functionality to your

JSTOR Ireland Collection

2012-01-31T11:01:00.002Z

See, I said, I'd write another post about JSTOR. I am very pleased to write that we now have access to JSTOR's Ireland Collection, an interdisciplinary collection of material covering the arts, humanities,and sciences. The Ireland Collection contains around 75 journals, including some current journals and some that stopped publication in the 18th, 19th and 20th centuries. There may also be the

JSTOR Trial

2012-01-30T10:05:00.001Z

Happy New Year! Gosh, we've been quiet recently. I like to think that is because the Library is a well-oiled machine that does not require much input. You, of course, may have a different view. Anyway, this is a short post to say that we have a trial of more JSTOR material. For the next two weeks we will have access to JSTOR Arts and Sciences collections IX and X. These will be available

Emerald Reading ListAssist

2011-11-18T16:18:00.001Z

Here's an interesting new service from Emerald. Reading ListAssist draws together articles from Emerald's journal and book content in over 50 subject-specific reading lists. I doubt many of you are interested in the engineering reading lists, but you may find some interesting articles in the Business, Management & Economics, Library & Information Science and Social Sciences themed reading

Netlibrary ebook & audiobook trial

2011-11-16T15:23:00.001Z

Stop me if you've heard this one before, but the nice people at EBSCO have given us trial access to their Netlibrary ebook and audiobook platform. Take it away EBSCO! Containing around 500 of the 350,000 eBook/eAudiobook titles, this trial will allow you to view the functionality and features of subscribing to eBooks/eAudiobooks via EBSCOhost, including: • Cross-searching databases and

Winter exams Sunday opening / Christmas break

2011-11-08T13:56:00.001Z

To facilitate your winter exam revisions, Aungier St. and Dame St. libraries will be open on the following SUndays: - 11th Dec. 2011 - 11.00-17.00 - 18th Dec. 2011 - 11.00-17.00 - 8th Jan. 2012 - 11.00-17.00 For Christmas, all DBS buildings will be closed from Fri. 23rd Dec. 2011 until Monday 2nd Jan. 2012 inclusive. Library services will resume on Tues. 3rd Jan. 2012 at 9am.

Mobile Apps for Zotero

2011-11-04T13:04:00.000Z

This post is the motherlode as it's about two things I'm interested in, Zotero and mobile apps . If you've read this blog before, you'll know that we plug Zotero, which is a free reference management software. By reference management, I mean keeping track of your bibliographies and plugging the citations into your assignments and dissertations. Until recently Zotero was only available as a

NEW Library, Careers and Student Services Newsletter

2011-11-03T10:48:00.001Z

The latest edition of the Library, Careers & Students Services (LCSS) Newsletter is now out and you can find it here. This month issue includes contributions from Library, Careers and Student Services staff and a special article about the Library at the Centre Culturel Irlandais in Paris, by our library intern Jane Fehily. Features include book reviews, staff quiz, DVD recommendations, info about

Athens

2011-11-02T16:30:00.000Z

I've spoken before about how to access the library's electronic resources. Having looked at it, you may think, correctly, that it's a little complicated and that's fair enough. A simpler way to access the library's resources is to get an Athens account. Athens is an access management system that provides seamless, one-click access to the library's electronic resources. To acquire an account,

Library Newsletter - November

2011-11-02T14:21:00.001Z

The latest edition of the ever-popular library newsletter is now available for your edification and entertainment. This month’s issue includes contributions from Jane Buggle, Joan Colvin, Fiona Cashell, Carol Clifford, David Hughes, Emilie Jost, Alex Kouker, Louise Butler Norris, Alanah O’Reilly, Caitriona McGrattan, Tony Peoples and a special article about the Library at the Centre Culturel

iPhone and Android Apps for EBSCO

2011-11-01T12:34:00.001Z

There's an App for practically everything these days, so it's no surprise to see database vendors get in on the act. EBSCO have recently come up with Apps for the iPhone and Android phones. The free App (it has to be free really, doesn't it?) will allow users to search premium EBSCOhost database content. The App allows users to: Choose which databases to search Limit results to full text or

Halloween - Bank holiday closure

2011-10-26T11:05:00.003+01:00

For the October/Halloween bank holiday, please be aware that both libraries will be closed on Monday October 31st 2011. DBS buildings will be open as follow: Castle House: Open Saturday 29th, Sunday 30th and Monday 31st 8:00 to 18:00 Aungier Street: Open Saturday 29th 8:00 to 18:00 Closed Sunday 30th and Monday 31st Dame Street: Open Saturday 29th 9:00 to 17:

Aungier St library closure

2011-10-25T11:53:00.001+01:00

There's been a wee spot of rain in the last while. This has caused some water damage to the Aungier St library. Nothing major, but it has necessitated closure of the library while we clean up. The Dame St. library remains open however. Also, because there's been a wee bit of disruption to road and rail transport, we have changed the due date of all books due back today and yesterday to the

Classes for Springboard Students

2011-10-10T16:26:00.001+01:00

In addition to the regularly scheduled library classes, which are thoroughly recommended to all our students, we will be running some special classes specifically aimed at our new Springboard students. Classes will be run twice weekly every week on Mondays and Thursdays between 1 and 2pm. The Monday class, Aungier Street Room 1.2 will deal with academic writing and referencing (we can't stress

Dawsonera again

2011-10-10T14:36:00.000+01:00

On-campus, students don't need to login to Dawsonera to see e-books. You do however have to login to print, download or save to favourites. Don't get confused with login details! Below is the login screen: To login with an Athens account, click the link next to Athens users. To login with a Shibboleth account, click the link next to Shibboleth users (there are no DBS Shibboleth

Freud and PEP Archive

2011-10-03T10:53:00.000+01:00

In the spirit of "Reduce Reuse Recycle!", here's a classic posting from 2009. Here's a tip from Marie, our Acquistions librarian, on finding Freud standard editions in PEP Archive: When I was looking for a volume of Freud’s standard edition on EBSCO recently I found a way to find all the chapters for a particular volume of Freud’s complete works together in one search. Just select

Accessing electronic resources and e-books

2011-09-29T11:44:00.000+01:00

Following up from chatting about passwords, I'll briefly talk about how to access electronic resources via the library website - and e-books The library pays a lot of money to purchase licences for electronic resources. These resources provide access to bibliographic data and full-text for journal articles, newspaper articles, books, company, market sector and country reports and so on. Our

Passwords

2011-09-28T11:38:00.000+01:00

Hello and welcome everyone to a new academic year. For new students this can be a daunting experience (though we have an *excellent* student services department - if you are having any problems call into to see Caitriona), not made any easier by the number of passwords that you have to remember. Here follows a list of usernames and passwords that you need. Moodle, College PCs and checking

Welcoming ...Esource!

2011-09-21T16:42:00.001+01:00

Here follows a guest post by Alex Kouker, our Digitisation librarian. Take it away Alex... DBS Esource is our recently launched library online service hosting full content materials produced by Dublin Business School staff and students. It contains the full text of articles, theses, conference papers, book chapters and more. DBS Esource is an open access repository, with the aim of making all

Academic year 2011/2012 - Library opening hours

2011-09-09T16:57:00.005+01:00

The new academic is about to start and we hope you had a great summer and feel ready for a new academic year and here are our opening hours to help you with your studies:Aungier Street Library(01-4177572)Monday 9.00-22.00Tuesday 9.00-22.00Wednesday 9.00-22.00Thursday 9.00-22.00Friday 9.00-21.00Saturday 9.30-17.00CLOSED on Sunday and Bank Holiday*Dame Street(01-4178745)Monday 9.00-22.00Tuesday

Free Journal of the Week from Emerald

2011-09-09T14:25:00.003+01:00

Emerald are now offering free access for a week to two of their journals... every week. Their new Journal of the Week feature provides free weekly access to two of Emerald's high quality journals.Check the list on this page to see which journals will be featured over the coming months. You will be able to access, free of charge, content from the featured journals, for one week only.Click on the

Another post enthusing about Zotero

2011-09-01T15:48:00.002+01:00

Now and then We blather about Zotero, but that's because we love it so much. Here are two more reasons to love it. 1) Zotero 3.0 beta Zotero 3.0 (beta) is now available to download. Unlike previous versions, Zotero 3.0 is standalone; it no longer runs in your browser and does not require Firefox. Hence if your objection to using Zotero was having to use Firefox as your browser, that objection

Auniger Library Closure Wenesday 7th September

2011-09-01T10:32:00.002+01:00

On Wednesday 7th September the Aungier St. library will close at midday to facilitate a Library, Careers and Student Services open day for DBS staff. The Dame St. library will be open as normal until 10pm, so hopefully any inconvenience will be minimised.

Access Free Sample Books on Project MUSE Beta Site

2011-08-30T11:35:00.003+01:00

Project MUSE is very similar to JSTOR, so I shouldn't need to explain what it is. Anyway, they're redesigning their site, and until it goes live, on 1st Jan 2012 they're making available for free 300 e-books. There may be some books of interest to DBS students; happy browsing! PS On campus, you may see the legend "Access provided by Dublin Business School", but don't expect to see anything

Free Emerald Resource: Research in the News

2011-08-29T14:14:00.003+01:00

I've been on holiday (it's great, I recommend holidays) and have lots of emails to catch up on. One such email is from Emerald and tells me about a new free resource: Research in the News Rather than use my own words to obfuscate, here's Emerald's very own description: This new online resource highlights research that has direct impact or implication in the real world. Featuring a monthly

A to Z journal list

2011-08-29T14:05:00.003+01:00

Our A-to-Z journal listing interface has changed. EBSCO, our suppliers have changed the look and feel (can a website have a "feel"?) of the site to more resemble EBSCOHost databases interfaces. You should be very familiar with the look of these databases as we subscribe to quite a few of them. It certainly has a cleaner look to to it, but I don't think there'http://www.blogger.com/img/

August bank holiday closure

2011-07-25T12:28:00.003+01:00