Index to Theses – Full text online theses on the way.

Index to Theses has now launched an important enhancement to its web-based service that identifies and links to the full text availability of theses online (ETD - Electronic Theses and Dissertations).

For the majority of entries, where an ETD is not yet available, the new Index will describe alternative routes for obtaining the full text of theses including specific reference to the British Library’s British Theses Service.

Index to Theses has identified some 3000 full text doctoral ETDs to date and this figure is estimated to be growing at around 100 per month. This growth is expected to increase significantly to represent an important percentage of the 1500 theses processed by Index to Theses each month.

Digitisation of theses covered by Index to Theses in the past will also yield full-text links and records will be regularly updated throughout the subscription year, reflecting current ETD availability. With some 517,000 entries - and growing at an annual rate of 18,000 - Index to Theses remains the most comprehensive listing of theses accepted for higher degrees by British and Irish universities.

Access via the library A-Z listing of databases at www.dit.ie/library

The European Information Association

The European Information Association (EIA) is an international body of information specialists whose aim is to develop, co-ordinate and improve access to EU information.
Their website is at http://www.eia.org.uk, the information is easily digested and you can set yourself up to get weekly email reminders of their news roundups.

This week, for example, the news update covers:

- moves to allow use of mobile phones in-flight

- growth of .eu

- calls for an EU-wide missing child alert

- a European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training

- the 'Education and Training 2010' work programme

Multi-cultural Ireland

• AIB customers made almost 6000 payments to Poland in 2003. By 2005 this had risen to around 60,000 payments.



• Contrary to many expectations, 2006 data from the CSO indicates that the majority of non-nationals are working in managerial, professional and skilled jobs.



• Non-nationals accounted for 13% of ROI population in 2007.
  

Read all about it in the new Mintel report on Multi-cultural Ireland. Access Mintel Irish Reports via the A-Z list of databases on the library website at http://www.dit.ie/library

Database Trial - track grant opportunities.

DIT Library Services has arranged a free trial of the COS Research Support Suite of databases. The trial will be an opportunity to view a product which aims to provide a comprehensive approach to managing the business of research. The following databases are included:

• COS Funding Opportunities: ( tracks grant opportunities and applications in all disciplines)
• COS Scholar Universe: (Information about more than 1.3 million scholars and organizations worldwide)

The trial will last from 1st April to 30th April 2008