Research Seminar October 20th 2008

Following the highly successful research support seminar, organised by DIT Library Services in October last year, it was decided to make this an annual event. The 2008 Seminar will take place in Room 5-050, Aungier Street, on Monday 20th. October from 10.30am to 12.30pm followed by a light lunch.
Keynote speaker will be Dr. Ellen Hazelkorn, newly appointed Director of Research and Enterprise, who will outline her vision for research support in DIT. Dr John Donovan will speak on managing research information in DIT and Robin Beecroft from Digital Commons will outline developments in research dissemination through e-repositories. There will also be updates by Library staff on the Sconul Access Scheme, Endnote and other library supports for research.
The DIT Research Repository - ARROW - will be formally launched and Yvonne Desmond, Arrow Manager, will demonstrate the system.
It promises to be an interesting morning so please register your attendance before October 16th. by contacting Mary.conlan@dit.ie

Full Text Online Access to the Oxford Reference Collection

The Oxford English Dictionary and the Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection are available for online searching via the DIT library website at
http://0www.oxfordreference.com.ditlib.dit.ie/views/GLOBAL.html?authstatuscode=202

Contents Include:

Bilingual dictionaries: (French, Spanish, German, Irish, Welsh, Latin).
Dictionaries of quotations
Dictionaries of maps and illustrations
Timelines of notable events: arranged by theme, country and time period.
Encyclopaedias: including the world encyclopaedia and a guide to countries of the world.
Subject Reference Dictionaries: This collection includes 186 Full Text Subject Reference Books covering 21 subject areas which include Art & Architecture, Economics & Business, Law, Politics and the Social Sciences.

If you’d like advice on searching these please contact the Library at 4023068 or ainfo.library@dit.ie and we would be happy to assist you.

Accessing Online Examination Papers

There is a new format for accessing the 2007/2008 examination Papers via the Library catalogue.

Examination papers can be accessed by entering “examination papers dit directories” in the subject search field on the Library catalogue or exam papers link. Then by choosing the faculty you require. The exam paper files are further broken down by year, sessional or supplemental, course code and year of course.

http://library.dit.ie/search/d?SEARCH=examination+papers+dit+directories

If you experience any difficulties please contact Ciaran at ext.7166 or
Ciaran.quinn@dit.ie