Intute : Environment - new section created

Intute: is a "free online service providing you with access to the very best Web resources for education and research, evaluated and selected by a network of subject specialists". This service has recently expanded to include a newly devised Environment section.

Of interest to Aungier Street staff may be the sections on Environmental Economics, Environmental Law and Legislation and Environmental Management.

Intute at http://www.intute.ac.uk/sciences/environment/ contains over 3,000 records which describe lecture notes, journals, government publications, non-profit organisation sites, and other websites under a variety of subject headings.

Purchasing a Personal Copy of EndNote

DIT Staff and students can now purchase personal copies of EndNote from the producers, Adept Scientific, at a discounted price as part of the Library subscription package. Application forms are available in the library. This form must be stamped with a library stamp to prove the applicant is a registered staff or student member of DIT. Cost for a personal copy without a manual is €113.97 Euro and with a manual €128.68 Euro.

“Anxiety Society” - New Mintel report on Irish Lifestyles

The 2007 Irish Lifestyles report is now available on Mintel. It portrays a worried generation of Irish people whose top concerns are health, personal finance and crime.
Other 2007 reports include Multiple vs Symbol Group Retailing: cost v convenience; Attitudes to Saving; Male Grooming; Private Medical Insurance; Pensions: can we afford to retire?; Food Retailing Ireland; Irish Dairy Market; White Spirits; Children’s Toys and Games; Holidays: the Irish Abroad; Social Hubs; Women’s Cosmetics.
Access Mintel Irish Reports at Mintel
http://0-academic.mintel.com.ditlib.dit.ie/

Journal Citation Reports Update

The Journal Citation Reports (JCR) database has now been updated with 2006 data. Impact factors are available for almost 8,000 scholarly journals across the sciences, arts and social sciences. Access JCR via the library web pages at http://www.dit.ie/DIT/library/resources/databases/index.html and select JCR from the alphabetical list of databases.

RSS Feed Now Available

RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is an XML-based format for sharing and distributing Web content, such as news headlines. Using an RSS reader, you can view data feeds from various news sources, including headlines, summaries, links to full stories.
To start using RSS, you need a special news reader or aggregator that displays RSS content feeds from Web sites you select. There are many different news readers available, many of which are free of charge. Many are available as desktop software that you download and install on your computer ie Newsgator. Several Web-based news readers such as Google, Bloglines and Yahoo, are available as well. These have the added advantage of not tying you down to using a machine which has the software installed. All you have to do is sign up to an account.
Once you subscribe to a newsreader you will be able to gather information from numerous different websites together in the one place. You can now even add Aungier St. Library News to your RSS reader. Click the link 'subscribe in a reader' on the right sidebar of this page and choose whichever reader you have subscribed to. For example, if you have a Google account just click the 'add to google' icon, follow the instructions and you will have the Library Headlines on your Google homepage or in your Google reader.