Endnote Training

Introduction to EndNote

Aungier Street library will be running an introductory Endnote training session on Thursday 5th March (2015) from 12 noon - 1pm. The venue is the training room in Aungier Street library. The session will cover:

· Introduction to Endnote
· Creating an Endnote Account
· Adding references to an Endnote Account (Manually and electronically)
· Selecting a reference type and style
· Using Endnote in a Word document.

To book a place, please email astlibrary[AT]dit.ie OR @DITAungierLib . Places are limited so they are offered on a first come first served basis.

Try out Proquest's Historical Newspapers: Irish Times - a possible alternative to the Irish Times Digital Archive

DIT Library Services currently subscribes to the Irish Times Digital Archive, which is a complete reproduction of every page of the Irish Times from 1859 to one week ago, searchable by keyword or date.

Given that the Irish Times has moved to a paid subscription model for its current content, we are also  reviewing our options regarding our access to the Irish Times historical content.

We have organised a trial to ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The Irish Times and the Weekly Irish Times, which is the database the Irish universities use access the Irish Times historical content.

Please try out Proquest Historical Newspapers and let us know how you think it compares to the Irish Times Digital Archive.

Send your feedback to Ask a Librarian or to @DITAungierLib 

Best of both worlds: Bringing Google Scholar and Library Subscriptions Together

One problem with using Google Scholar to try to find academic journal articles is that many of the results aren't freely available online - you have to have a subscription to the journal in order to access the full text of the article.

However, it's really easy to set up Google Scholar to search DIT Library's subscriptions, and to link you quickly into the article you need if it's one the library subscribes to.

To do this, just click on the Settings link in Google Scholar. Choose Library Links and enter Dublin Institute of Technology in the search box.









Click on the Save button and this will add a Find@DIT link to your results lists in Google Scholar.

You'll have to login with the usual Off-Campus Access authentication details, or else use a campus computer in order to access the article via the Find@DIT link. 

Any questions - send us an email via Ask a Librarian.

Accessing ITT and ITB Libraries

 Did you know that all DIT students and staff have access to IT Tallaght's and IT Blanchardstown's libraries? All you need to do is bring your DIT ID card.

You can visit the libraries and use the books and print journals while there. While there, you can also use the Eduroam wifi service to connect to Internet and to access DIT's databases and e-journals remotely. (Due to licencing restrictions, you won't be able to access ITT and ITB's databases and e-journals.) Remember, you must have connected your laptop or mobile device to Eduroam at DIT first before you can use it at ITT or ITB. Eduroam is a wireless service available to third-level students and staff from institutions participating in the Eduroam wireless programme. Most Irish third-level institutions, and many internationally, participate in the Eduroam programme.

DIT students and staff can't borrow books from ITT and ITB libraries at the moment, and the other libraries may have to refuse admission at busy times, such as during exams.

ITT and ITB staff and students have reciprocal rights at DIT libraries.

How to Find a Specific Journal Article

Has your lecturer given you a reading list including specific journal articles? Or have you found references to journal articles that you think would be helpful for your assignment or dissertation? Finding a specific article requires a different approach to finding articles on a topic.

Let's say we want to find the following journal article:

Delany, Ed (2000) Strategic development of the multinational subsidiary through subsidiary initiative-taking, Long Range Planning 33 (2), 220-44.

From the library website, choose SearchAll - Library Resources.

Enter the first few words of the article title, i.e. strategic development of the multinational subsidiary in the search box. A link to the full text of your article should appear in the first few results.

Occasionally SearchAll won't find the article, even when DIT Library Services does subscribe to it.

In that case, enter the title of the journal (not the title of the article) in the search box

on the library's homepage and choose Journal Title from the dropdown box.

 
This will link you to the catalogue record(s) for the journal, which indicates whether the journal is available in print and/or electronically, and provides a link to the electronic version of the journal in which the article you're searching for is published. You can then browse to the specific volume, issue number and page that you're looking for.

Of course, if you're looking for articles on a topic, rather than a specific article, you should use the Library Databases. See the Business Subject Gateway, the Law Subject Gateway, or the Media and Journalism Subject Gateway for information on relevant databases for your subject area.

Scopus - Slides from This Week's Training

If you missed this week’s Scopus training sessions, or if you were there and would like a recap, Michaela Kurschildgen from Elsevier has made her slides available at https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0kOpDYXzX6IUUJyX0R0Mk9zVFk/view?usp=sharing in addition to the following resources:

1.       Latest news, Scopus blog: http://blog.scopus.com/

2.       Scopus Customer support for users: http://help.elsevier.com/app/ask_scopus/p/8150

3.       Resource library: http://www.elsevier.com/online-tools/scopus/resource-library

-          User guides, tutorials etc.

6.       Scopus on Twitter: @Scopus

Scopus is an excellent tool for researchers.  According to Elsevier:

Scopus is the largest abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature: scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. Delivering a comprehensive overview of the world's research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences, and arts and humanities, Scopus features smart tools to track, analyze and visualize research.

Scopus can be accessed on- and off-campus from the library's databases page.