TaxFind seamless access restored

Seamless access for the TaxFind database has been restored for users accessing the database from within DIT's network.

Users accessing TaxFind from outside DIT's network will still need to log in with a username and password.

Call the library at 402-3068 or use the Ask a Librarian service if you have any questions about using TaxFind.

New Reports from Mintel

Mintel has issued a number of new reports in the last 6 months that may be of interest. These include:

The impact of cross border shopping - July 2009
Capitalising on the short breaks market in Ireland - July 2009
Evaluating the commercial benefits of Online social networking - September 2009
Online Banking - December 2009
Expansion of non-food items in supermarkets - December 2009
Redefining the lifestyle of the 55+ Irish consumer - December 2009.

Plans for 2010 include reports on Online Shopping, Ready Meals, Food to go, Convenience Retailing, Own label brands, Reaction to the recession - changes in shopping behaviour, new media and the Irish consumer as well as the annual Irish Lifestyles report - the theme of which has yet to be decided.
Access via the library website under Databases.

More on Budget 2010

The Department of Finance's Budget 2010 website provides access to the full text of the Minister's speech, the Summary of Budget Measures and the Annexes to the Summary of Budget Measures, which include illustrative examples of the impact of Budget 2010 on different categories of income earners.

Minister for Finance's Budget Speech December 9th 2009

The full text of today's Budget Speech is available on the Irish Times website at http://www.irishtimes.com/indepth/budget2010/speech/, where you can peruse it at your leisure!

WARC - Advertising & Marketing information

WARC (World Advertising Research Centre)

Did you know that WARC (World Advertising Research Centre), one of the Databases from the Library, is loaded with information in the form of Articles, Case Studies and Reports covering Advertising, Marketing, Media, Brands and much more? WARC is updated on a regular basis so you are assured of getting something of interest should you take a look at what WARC has to offer. Have a moment to spare? Why don’t you take a look at WARC where you can easily set up an alert service which will notify you by e-mail each time something new is added to your area of interest.

US Legal Cases & journals on Google Scholar

Google Scholar now has access to full text legal opinions from U.S. federal and state district, appellate and supreme courts. You can find these opinions by searching for cases (like Planned Parenthood v. Casey), or by topics (like desegregation) or other queries that you are interested in. Click on the "Legal opinions and journals" radio button and type in what you are interested in –for example try the query separate but equal. Your search results will include links to many cases on this, cases such as Plessy v. Ferguson and Brown v. Board of Education, which explore the acceptability of "separate but equal" facilities for citizens at two different points in the history of the U.S. Search results will also include opinions from cases that might not have made the headlines but which nevertheless played an important role in establishing precedents that guided the rulings of many other judges in similar cases.

Project Muse - trial subscription

The library has taken out a trial subscription to Project Muse - a joint product from John Hopkins University and a number of non-profit scholarly publishers including university presses and societies. Muse includes over 100 journals in a wide variety of humanities and social science subjects. The complete journal content, including charts, graphs, and images is included. The producers guarantee permanent content that does not move or disappear. The trial lasts until January 8th 2010. Access at http://muse.jhu.edu or directly HERE

TaxFind Username and Password

TaxFind has moved to a new platform. As a result, our seamless access (via IP recognition) is not working at the moment. We can, however, log in with a username and password.

Please contact the library at 402-3068 or aungier.info@dit.ie for details of the username and password.

IP access should be restored shortly.

Learning to Share

Interesting article in the Times Higher Education Supplement (November 12th) on open access to research. Titled Learning to Share Zoë Corbyn and Matthew Reisz look at the issues involved. Open Access campaigners want free, immediate and permanently available research results for all. Unsurprisingly, the subscription publishers disagree. What are the ramifications for journal publishing? How will books fare? More HERE.

Politico.ie - new online database of Social and Political issues.

Media staff/students and all those with an interest in current affairs should take a look at our latest subscription to Politico.ie - a new website service on social and political issues. As well as specially commissioned articles, Politico also includes the full text of Magill Magazine from 1977-98, Nusight from 1968-1970 and Village from 2004-2008. 'Tonight with Vincent Browne' is available on video as well as 'Vincent's Blog' on current affairs. The Library subscription is for one year only and feedback on how useful this site is would be appreciated. Access to Politico is via the Databases List on the Library website.