How was marking for you?? Poor quality scripts?

Lack of quality sources quoted?

Over-reliance on Wikipedia and other user-generated web sources?

EVER WONDER WHY?

James Hardiman Library National University of Ireland, Galway www.library.nuigalway.ie

Library eBulletin June 2012

“I would much prefer to spend time reading course material than searching for it in the Library or putting it on hold.” [source: 2012 Libqual Survey; 3rd year Undergrad student, NUI, Galway]

Lecturers on 81% of modules in 2011/12 did not send the class requirements to the Library

Students from at least 1500 modules will have found it impossible to obtain material

For the 2012/13 Academic year the Library will be seeking the assistance of Derren Brown to find out the reading requirements of NUI, Galway students… Or you could just send the Library your module requirements by 30th June to ensure that all your students have access to all the material they need for study success.

What do you need to do? (Hint: Very little!) Send us what you are asking your students to read (in any format– course handouts, links to course websites etc) by June 30th to readinglists@nuigalway.ie with the expected class size and module code

What we do: Ensure sufficient copies are in stock Put items on shorter loan periods if required Purchase e-book edition of all recommended readings if available to maximise access for students Scan chapters for delivery through Blackboard if appropriate

Remember: on average it takes 6 weeks to get new material on the shelves so there is a strict deadline of 30 June for receipt of module requirements.

Library eBulletin

Words and their meanings: An art exhibition by students and staff of NUI, Galway.

Words and their Meanings, an exhibition ar-ranged by the Academic Writing Centre, will take place in the Library from 4-22 June. Words and their Meanings is an EXPLORE staff-student collaboration project. Exploring the role of language in an increasing-ly visual culture, the exhibition draws atten-tion to the importance of words and to the fact that their meanings are historically and culturally conditioned. Working with the Aca-demic Writing Centre, NUIG artists represent-ed in this exhibition (staff, students, and alu-muni), created a visual commentary on the etymological origins and the changing mean-ings of various words.

The official launch

is on 15 June at

3pm in the Library

foyer: all welcome .

RSVP here.

Featured Resources:

SciFinder Scholar contains the full content of Chemi-

cal Abstracts from 1907 to date, plus substance data

from the CAS Registry and information from the

Chemical Reactions database. The web version of

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inorganic and analytical chemistry, geology, medicine

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You must first register to use the service. Please

contact your Subject Librarian for more information.

Note: Training sessions on the use of SciFinder will

take place in the Library on June 20th. Please Book.

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be searched/browsed by title, keyword, series title,

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Irish Books in Print is a database of Irish-published,

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Searching is available by title, author, isbn, date, pub-

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Training:

If you have specific training Requirements, either personal or for groups please get in touch with your Subject Librarian or the Research Support Librarian, Rosie Dunne. There is more information on various training options for Researchers and Academics on the Library website.

Summer Opening Hours: 21st May – 2nd September Monday –Thursday: 08.30 – 22.00 Friday: 08.30 - 17.30 Saturday: 10.00 - 17.00 Sunday: Closed August Bank Holiday (Mon. 6th Aug.): 10.00 – 17.00 Library closed: June Bank Holiday (Mon. 4th June) Saturday May 26th, June 9th & August 25th Library closing at 19.30 Wednesday 1st, Thursday 2nd August

Database Trials

Political Science Complete

Trial Available until 20th June

Containing full text for more than 530 journals, and indexing and abstracts for over 2,900 titles, (including top-ranked scholarly journals), many of which are unique to the product. PSC has a worldwide focus, reflecting the globalization of contemporary political discourse.

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This is the world's most comprehensive and highest-quality sociology research database. Its extensive scope and content provide users with a wealth of in-formation encompassing the broad spectrum of socio-logical study. The database features more than 2.1 million records with subject headings from a 20,000+ term sociological thesaurus designed by subject ex-perts and expert lexicographers.

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Library eBulletin

Thomas Kilroy Archive

43 years ago this week saw the first production of Tom Kilroy’s play “The O’Neil” on the Peacock Stage of the Abbey Theatre. Written in 1966 this was Thomas Kilroy's first stage play. It dramatizes the fate of Hugh O'Neill, Earl of Tyrone (c.1540-1616), whose defeat by the Eng-lish at the Battle of Kinsale in 1601 led to the final disso-lution of the ancient Irish order of government and the Plantation of Ulster. The Thomas Kilroy Archive is held here at the James Har-diman Library and features numerous drafts and ver-sions of the play, a French translation of the play, corre-spondence between Tom Kilroy and numerous individu-als concerning the play including Ernest Blythe, Tomas McAnna, Cyril Cusack, Hilton Edwards and Kilroy’s agent Margaret Ramsay. “The O’Neill” is still considered by many to be one of the most important in Irish theatre with its themes of Anglo-Irish relations under the main focus of Kilroy’s attention. 'What call had you coming here thinking to change us? We have our ways, our laws, and our language, the same as the English have, and we're proud of them . . .' A feature interview with Tom Kilroy, is available on the Library website, as is the full descriptive list of the Kilroy archive.

Check out an interesting article by Fergus Fahey on Open Access on the Library Blog