Monday, November 08, 2010

New book and accessing Springer e-books trial until end January 2011

New paper book in stock, order via dislib@ul.ie :

Oral health in equidae, Dale Jeffrey, shelved at 636.108976/JEF.

Also e-book trial offered by Springer until end January 2011, access via databases on library homepage (login from home first).

See Onliine Access post below for more details.

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Friday, May 14, 2010

UL Library - renew books

If you need to renew library materials out of term:

LOG IN: www.ul.ie/library (Choose library catalogue and 'my account' to renew items and check account details)

CALL IN: Use self-service machines in library foyer OR
In person to the service desk on the ground floor

PHONE IN: To renew materials - 061 202158 / 202163
OR General enquiries - 061 202166

UL Library opening hours Summer 2010

Library Summer Opening Hours 2010
(full details and any changes to below can be found on the library website www.ul.ie/library )

May 17th – July 2nd
Mon - Fri
Weekends (up to June 26/27th only)
09:00 - 23:00
Sat: 10:00 – 19:00 & Sun 11:00 – 18:00

July 5th – Sept 5th
Mon – Fri*
Weekends
09:00 – 17:00
Closed
*The Library will also be open until 20:00hrs on the following Thursdays: Aug 12th, 19th, 26th & Sept 2nd

Tuesday, May 11, 2010

New title - Academic Horse Training

New titles in library -


  1. Academic Horse Training by Andrew McLean and Manuela McLean, shelf no. 636.10835/MCL (DVD format also available)

  2. The Welfare of horses by Natalie Waraw, shelf no. 636.10832/WAR

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

Undergraduate students - access to other libraries during vacation

Undergraduate students are permitted reference facilities in CONUL libraries during summer vacations only.

CONUL
CONUL (Committee of National and University Libraries (Ireland)) offers reading access in these college libraries: DCU, NUIM, NUIG, TCD, UCD, UCC and UL.
Materials cannot be borrowed.
Undergraduate students are permitted reference facilities in CONUL libraries during summer vacations only.
Contact the Library Information Desk to apply for a CONUL vacation reading card.

Dialog Free Files of the Month for August: CAB Abstracts and Global Health

Dialog Free Files of the Month for August: CAB Abstracts and Global HealthEach month, Dialog offers you an opportunity to try out new or unfamiliar sources by providing $100 of free* searching (either DialUnits or connect time) in specific files. For the month of August, we invite you to explore the following two resources on Dialog up to $100 each for free:
CAB Abstracts (File 50), a leading source of agricultural and related sciences literature
Global Health (File 162), a comprehensive global public health database
Read more about these databases and the other subjects they cover in the July/August issue of The Chronolog. You can also review the list of upcoming free files, or visit the archive of free file database modules, at http://www.dialog.com/freefile/.
Dialog Finder Files As a reminder, Company Name Finder™ (File 416), Journal Name Finder™ (File 414) and Product Code Finder™ (File 413) are free EVERY month and are always a great place to start when your query has a company, journal or product name.

Wednesday, May 27, 2009

New Science Books To Be Available Free Online

New Science Books To Be Available Free Online

fm6 writes "Bloomsbury Publishing, best known for the Harry Potter books, has announced a new series of science books that will be available for free online. Bloomsbury thinks they can make enough money off of hard-copy sales to turn a 'small profit.' The online version will be covered by a Creative Commons license which allows free non-commercial use. They've already had some success with the one book they've published this way, Larry Lessig's 'Remix: Making Art and Commerce thrive in the Hybrid Economy.' The series, 'Science, Ethics and Innovation,' will be edited by Sir John Sulston, Nobel prize winner and one of the architects of the Human Genome Project