Wednesday 30 January 2008

EndNote - Reminder

Aungier Street library will be running an introductory Endnote training session on Thursday 31st January from 1.15 - 1.45. The venue is the library training room. The session will cover:· Introduction to Endnote· Creating an Endnote Library· Manually adding references to an Endnote library· Selecting a reference type and style· Inserting references into a Word document.· Deleting a reference from a Word document.

To book a place, please contact Ciaran Quinn at 402 7166 or email at ciaran.quinn@dit.ie. Places are limited so they are offered on a first come first served basis. This session is for staff and PG students only.

Tuesday 29 January 2008

DIT Library Services has set up a DIT - wide subscription to the recently launched Irish Times Digital Archive.

The Irish Times Digital Archive 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.

To log on to the archive, click on the link to the "Irish Times" on our Library Databases A-Z page: http://www.dit.ie/DIT/library/resources/databases/index.html, and select the link to the "Digital Archive" from the right-hand side of the screen.

The archive is also accessible under "archive search" on the left-hand side of the screen.

Wednesday 9 January 2008

E-Books on the Web

More and more E-books are now becoming freely available on the web. Take a look at http://manybooks.net – with nearly 20,000 e-books available, in multiple languages and all free to download to PC, Ipod, palm reader etc.

Another interesting site is http://www.justfreebooks.info. This engine searches the content of more than 450 web sites to find public domain texts, open books, free audio books, ad-supported books and more. Use the search box to enter the book, author or theme you are interested in.

Adobe Reader will read downloads from both of these sites on your computer. Free E-book reader software is available for use with Ipods and other media.

Search for Video

If you are interested in finding film or video on the web - take a look at www.searchforvideo.com – a video search engine which searches video clips from thousands of content sources. The site is updated daily.

Updates to Taxfind

The following content has been updated on TaxFind Online; you can accessTaxFind Online at<http://www.taxireland.ie/> Please contact the Library for password details.
  • Seminar and Conference Papers
  • Irish Tax Review
  • TaxFax
  • Revenue Material
  • UK Material
  • British Tax Case Archive
  • British Tax Legislation
  • Inland Revenue Manuals
  • British Tax Reporter