Recommend a Book for purchase by the Library

The Library has set up an item request form on the website called Recommend an Item for Purchase. Click HERE for details.
There is also a link to the form from the Library A-Z section under book purchase and on the WebOpac at MyAccount.

Business Information Centre

Many DIT students have become familiar over the years with the excellent Dublin City Public Libraries Business Information Centre in the ILAC Shopping Centre off Henry Street. Get further details of the services on offer, collections, events, opening hours and much more on their website here.
[Click on Business Information on the left.]

New E-Books available

Check out the 15+ new full text e-books recently added to the Bookboon collection. Interesting titles include:

>The Accounting Cycle
>Current Assets within Accounting
>Classes in Java Applications
>C Programming in Linux
>Managing the Human Resource in the 21st Century
>Project Management

Access the ebook collection on the Library website or Link Here

2008 Data for Journal Citation Reports Now Available

The 2008 data for the Science and Social Sciences editions of Journal Citation Reports (JCR) is now available. The new 2008 data ensures that you continue to have the most current information available to determine a publication's impact and influence in the global research community.

JCR is available from the library's databases page. Select Journal Citation Reports from the alphabetical list displayed.

Bringing the Library to YOU! Summer services from DIT Library, Aungier Street.

Aungier Street Library will open from 9.30am to 5.30pm Monday to Friday only over the summer months. We recognise that this will cause difficulty for students with dissertation or assignment deadlines who cannot visit the library during office hours. As a result we have put together a package of services, which will continue until September 4th aimed at bringing the library straight to you.

These include:

Book Postal Scheme: Register with our Book Postal Scheme, use the online library catalogue to identify what books you need and we will send them to your home address. For further information contact: Anne Ambrose at 01- 4023067.

Book Return Bin: This is located just outside of the library door. The Aungier Street building opens from 8.00am to 7.00pm. If it suits, simply drop in your books to the “Blue Bin” and we will look after things from there.

OnLine Reference Service: Need help with sourcing information for your dissertation? Want to know how to use a particular database or e-journal. Contact our Ask a Librarian service. Queries can often be answered straight away but you are guaranteed an answer by the next working day. Our aim is to assist you in any way we can.

Hard-copy Journal Articles: If the article you need is not available online but is in our hardcopy collection – we will make every effort to get it for you.

Electronic Resources: DIT Library Service now subscribes to over 30,000 electronic journals and to all of the leading academic databases. Set yourself up with an access PIN and this vast library is available to you from your home PC. Simply login to the library website to get started. Online guides are available for most databases. If you need assistance in getting set up or in using any of our electronic resources please contact us via the Ask a Librarian service or by ringing us at 01-4023068.

Inter Library Loans: If the items you need– books, journal articles, conference papers, reports - are not available in our collection, we can request them on interlibrary loan on your behalf. Requests should be sent to the InterLibrary Loans Dept., DIT Library, Aungier Street, Dublin 2. This is a fee based service and some books may only be read on the premises. Email astill@dit.ie or ring 01-4023068 for further details.

ALCID Cards and Letters of Introduction: If you are a post-graduate student studying at Masters level or higher, we can provide you with an ALCID card. This will enable you to use any or all of the university libraries in Dublin and nation wide for study and reference purposes. We can also provide undergraduate students with letters of introduction to colleges nationwide. For further details and an ALCID application form click HERE. To request a letter of introduction contact the library at 4023068 or email via Ask a Librarian.

SCONUL Access Scheme: DIT Staff and Research postgrads (i.e., MPhil and PhD students) can also avail of the SCONUL Access Scheme. This allows you to visit, study in, research and BORROW from 180 participating member libraries throughout Ireland and the UK. All Irish University libraries, with the exception of Trinity College Dublin, are members of the scheme .Application Forms for SCONUL Access cards are available at the Main Library Desk. Further details of the scheme are available on the SCONUL Access website, or ring the Library at 4023068.

Enterprise in Dublin City

A Guide to Enterprise in Dublin City was launched by Dublin City Council and the Dublin City Enterprise Board on Monday, 15th of June.

The guide provides a wealth of information for those thinking about starting their own business or who have recently done so.

The first part of the guide advises on setting up and expanding your own small business. There are sections on advice and information, finance and grants, training and networking.

The second part provides a directory of many of the agencies and organisations that can offer services and help to make sure that your business idea will succeed.

The guide is available in hardcopy in the library or online at

http://www.dcebenterpriseguide.com/

Free Academic E-Books

The Dutch publishing company Ventus ApS now provide a free, fulltext E-books service at their Bookboon website.
Subject areas include Accounting, Business, Finance, Economics, Management, Marketing, Law, Languages and more. The books are written by UK and European academics, published by Ventus and financed by in-book advertisements. Definitely worth a look for students - as well as being an interesting business model

ARROW hits 1,000!

ARROW@DIT - the DIT online research repository now hosts just over 1,000 DIT research papers online. This is an amazing achievement for a project that is less than one year old. Managed by DIT Library Services, ARROW has had 19,217 full text downloads since it began. Content includes articles, conference papers, theses, case studies, datasets and reports. Images can also be catered for. All uploads are mediated by library staff to ensure that copyright is not infringed.

For further details link to http://arrow.dit.ie

Research Zone on Emerald Management Xtra

Check out the Research Zone on Emerald Management Xtra. This area is designed to offer practical assistance and advice to research faculty in the business and management areas. The Zone includes details of research awards for doctoral and case study research in management; Information on winning research funding; "How to Guides" on designing, developing and presenting your research. Upload your own profile into Research Connections to meet like minded research professionals online and try Conference Central for links to international conferences and events from around the globe.

There is also a Learning Zone for students and a Teaching Zone which aims to provide support and ideas for faculty involved in teaching business and management.

To access all of the above select Emerald Management Extra from the A-Z list of databases on the library website at www.dit.ie/library.

Open Access Scholarly Journals on the Web

Take a look at the Directory of Open Access Journals at http://www.doaj.org.
Here you will find a huge collection of free, full text, quality controlled scholarly journals openly available to all. There are currently 83 business and economics titles as well as journals in Law and Political Science, Languages and Literature and Social Sciences. The directory now lists 4178 journal titles across the board and 1532 of these are searchable at article level.