EndNote Training in February

Two EndNote training sessions will take place in February organised by the Staff Development Office and presented by Library Staff.

1)Introduction to Endnote takes place on Wednesday 11th February
2)Getting Even More from EndNote on Wednesday 25th February.

Time: 2.30pm to 4.00pm

Venue: Library Training Room, DIT Aungier Street

Further details are available at the following link:

http://intranet.dit.ie/training/events/february2009.html

To book a place on either course email staff.training@dit.ie or gabrielle.deegan@dit.ie

Academic Search Premier now available

The HEA Irel Project has funded access to the Academic Search Premier database for 2009. It is now available on the library website at http://www.dit.ie/library/databases/
This multi-disciplinary database provides full text for more than 4,500 journals - more than 3,700 of which are peer-reviewed.

This scholarly collection offers information in nearly every area of academic study including computer studies, engineering, physics, chemistry, language and linguistics, art & literature, medical sciences, and ethnic studies. PDF backfiles to 1975 or further are available for well over one hundred journals, and searchable cited references are provided for more than 1,000 titles.

Library Replaces MarketLine with FAME

We continually review our database subscriptions to ensure that we are getting the most out of our (limited) financial resources. This has become even more important given the recent cuts in the library’s budget.

Currently, the library has subscriptions to MarketLine and Business Source Premier, both of which provide access to Datamonitor reports on companies, industries, and countries. (Business Source Premier also provides access to thousands of business journal articles.) Given this duplication in coverage, we have decided to cancel MarketLine and its sister database Reuters Business Insight, which provides market research information.

The money saved by cancelling these databases will allow us to purchase a subscription to FAME, which provides financial information, financial ratios, and reports, including Datamonitor company and industry reports.

We feel that this is a more efficient use of the library’s database budget.

If you would like more information about the background to this decision, please contact anne.ambrose@dit.ie.

Library Trials 6 New Databases

Have a look at the 6 new trials we have been offered by Ebsco Publishers. They include Computers and Applied Sciences Complete; Education Research Complete; Humanities International Complete and SocIndex - all of which could be useful for Business and Media Arts.
Access the trials easily by selecting Business Source Premier from the A-Z list of databases on the library web site. At the main page click on Choose Databases.
Feedback on all or any of these databases would be appreciated - to Allison (3266); Israel (7167) or Ciaran (7166).

New Horizon Report 2009

The 2009 Horizon report is now available at http://connect.educause.edu/Library/ELI/2009HorizonReport/48003

Horizon is a collaborative effort between New Media Consortium and the EDUCAUSE Learning Initiative. Each year the report identifies and describes 6 areas of emerging technology likely to have a significant impact on teaching, learning or creative expression in Higher Education within 3 identified time frames.

2008 Examination Papers

All 2008 examination papers received to date have been loaded onto the Library catalogue for online access.

They are accessible in two ways:

Firstly select the “Exam Papers” link on the library catalogue web page (http://www.dit.ie/) and then search by course code or course title. Papers received from the exams office were added here up until April 2008.

More recently added exam papers are also accessible via the exam papers link and by selecting “Quick Link to Recent Exam Papers”. Choose the faculty you require (e.g. Applied Arts or Business), and then select by, the Year, Course Code, Sessional (regular exams e.g. Winter, Summer) or Supplemental (Autumn Repeats) which brings you to a list of files labelled by course code, year (1st, 2nd, and 3rd) and title(abbreviated). All papers received after April 2008 are added here.

If you can’t find the exam papers you require please contact the library.

Ciaran Quinn at 4027166 or Joanna Dziedzic at 4023068

Or E-Mail at aungier.info@dit.ie