Friday 26 September 2014

Swets error message can be ignored

Some of you have reported receiving security-related error messages when trying to access electronic journals provided by Swets (see the journal Journalism - Theory Practice and Criticism, for example).
We hope to have this fixed early next week, but in the meantime it is safe to click through the error messages to access the article/e-journal you're looking for.
If you've any questions, please contact us.

Friday 19 September 2014

Off-Campus Access to E-Books, E-Journals, and Databases

Remember, you can access the library's e-books, electronic journals and academic databases from off-campus once you have a library account. (Your library account is created the next working day after your student card is printed.)

Our Off-Campus Access guide explains the authentication methods used to access the library's electronic resources. If you need help, give us a call at 01-402-3068 or send us an email via Ask a Librarian.


Wednesday 17 September 2014

Manage your library account online with MyLibrary

Remember you can always
  • Check when your books are due
  • Renew your books online
  • Put a hold on a book that's currently out on loan to another library user 
 
by logging in to your MyLibrary account.
 
See our guide to setting up your Library PIN for instructions on how to create your library PIN and for what to do if you've forgotten your PIN.

Monday 15 September 2014

Print, Copy & Scan with Datapac

A representative from Datapac will be in the print room in Aungier St Library each day this week from 3.00pm-4.00pm. He can help you with all queries about printing, photocopying and scanning, so please drop in to see him.

Thursday 11 September 2014

Tuesday 2 September 2014

Emerald Database -- Remote Access

During the past 2 weeks, we have had problems with remote access to Emerald. For these 2 weeks, We had to come up with a workaround and this did the job for us. Good news -- the usual way of getting into Emerald has been restored: Your DIT email login details is what you need.

Monday 1 September 2014

Remote Access to Emerald & WARC


Emerald

Remote access to Emerald is now restored. Please login in with your Student ID Number and your Library PIN. See here for details.

WARC (World Advertising Research Center)

We got the Message below from WARC

"We're having some issues with our search engine at the moment, which is sometimes slow-to-run or results in an error. These problems are intermittent so, if you experience them, please try your search again. We are working hard to fix things -- in the meantime, thanks for your patience"