What do women want?

Mintel’s latest survey might throw some light on this age old, vexed question! See Women’s Changing Lifestyles: What women want (January 2008).

Other new reports include:

• Childrenswear - February 2008
• Online Financial Services: convenience v personal service – December 2007
• Online Shopping: has it reached its potential? – December 2007

Access Mintel from the A-Z list of databases on the library website at www.dit.ie/library

Research Skills for Students

Better Googling & Internet Evaluation:
a guide to better internet searching and how to evaluate content.
Tuesday 19th February 5.45pm - 6.15pm
Thursday 21st February 11.00am - 11.30am (repeat)

For further details contact Ciaran at 402 7166

Lunchtime Sessions for Staff - Reminder

Global Market Information Database - GMID
Tuesday 19th February 1.15pm - 1.45pm
Finding and manipulating global statistics;
market and industry reports.

Contact Allison at ext 3266 for further details.

Dissertation Students - Reminder

Intermediate Level EndNote
11th February: 1.15pm to 1.45pm
12th February: 2.15pm to 2.45pm (repeat)

The Intermediate level session will show you how to export references from Databases into EndNote using Export Filters; import references from the DIT Library Catalogue; print a stand-alone bibliography from your EndNote library; search for references in your EndNote Library.

Classes will be held in the Library Training Room.
Book now by ringing Israel at 402 7167 or call to the Main Library Desk

Lunchtime Sessions for Staff

Please see below for details of 4 short lunchtime training sessions which will take place at Aungier St Library over the next few weeks. All sessions, which are aimed at Academic Staff and Postgrads, will take place in the library training room from 1.15pm-1.45pm. For further details contact Allison at 3266, Ciaran at 7166 or Israel at 7167.

Thursday 14th Feb. - Intermediate Level EndNote
Tuesday 19th Feb. - Global Market Information Database
Thursday 28th Feb. - EndNote for Publishing
Wednesday 5th Mar.- Business Source Premier

Drop in Classes in the Library Training Room - Reminder

Staff and Postgrads:

Monday 4th February: 1.15pm – 1.45pm
Using Communication and Mass Media Complete for Research and Current Awareness

Dissertation and Final Year Students:

Wednesday 6th February: 12.15pm – 12.45pm
Introduction to EndNote
Thursday 7th February: 3.15pm – 3.45 pm
Introduction to EndNote (repeat)

Two New Legal Databases

The library now subscribes to 2 new legal databases – Westlaw UK and Justis Irish Reports. Both can be accessed from the A-Z list of databases on the library website at www.dit.ie.

Westlaw covers all UK legislation, case material and a number of legal journals. Justis contains the Irish Reports series since 1919 as well as a number of other major report series. Authentication for Justis, within the DIT network, is via IP address, so just click on "continue" under the login box.

New Content on Westlaw IE

Westlaw IE is currently adding extra content to the database. This will be added gradually over the first and second quarters of 2008 and includes:-

• Tottel Tax Cases (live)
• Hibernian Law Journal (live)
• Human Rights Law Reports – live - end of January ‘08
• European Human Rights Reports - live end of January ‘08
• Irish Law Times Reports (ILTR) archive back to 1867 to go live instages in the second quarter of 2008
• Monthly updating of consolidated legislation - to go live in quarter one of 2008

Participations: journal of audience and reception studies

Media Studies staff and students may be interested in Participations - an online journal published by the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. The journal was developed to expand the broad field of study of cultural and media audiences. It aims to publish research, encourage debate and collaborations and to provide a focal point for the development of the field. The website provides the full text content of the current issue and past issues dating back to November 2003
Access at http://www.participations.org/