Author Archives: John Knowles

Acoustic testing (McClay Library) Wednesday morning, 18th October.

As part of a project to extend the McClay Library, acoustic testing will be carried out between 8.00 am  and 10.00 am on Wednesday 18 October 2017. There will be serious noise disruption throughout the building during this time. We … Continue reading

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Library Closed – Monday 16th October

In light of updated information from the Met Office on Hurricane Ophelia, Queen’s will close today from 12 noon (including the Library and all public facing student services). The University plans to re-open tomorrow morning as usual, however, further updates will … Continue reading

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Student filestore (Q Drive) – full access restored

Full access to the student filestore (Q Drive)  has now been restored.  The restore process completed around 6 pm  Thursday evening (14th September).

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Queen’s Wi-Fi not available Thursday 20th April

Maintenance work on the Queen’s Wi-Fi network on Thursday 20th of April means that the service is likely to be unavailable between 8.00 am and 11.00 am. There is also low risk of interruption on Wednesday 19th April and later … Continue reading

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Cambridge University Press e-books added to the Library catalogue for 2017

Records for close to 17,000 Cambridge University Press e-books have now been added to the Library catalogue. The books are published from 2012 onwards and will be available in full text e-book versions from CUP throughout 2017. The titles available … Continue reading

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New international law sources from the Library

The Library subscription to the Oxford Reports on International Law now includes the following new modules:  International Criminal Law, International Human Rights Law, International Trade Law, and International Courts of General Jurisdiction. Select Oxford Public International Law under ‘Product Selector’ on the … Continue reading

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Full text access to selected e-books – Edward Elgar Publishing

Queen’s currently has full text access for books published 2012-2014 on the Edward Elgar Online site. The Queen’s trial link provides access both on and off campus. The selected full text will be available during November and December. 660 books … Continue reading

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Royalties Sampling Exercise

You  may have noticed yellow collection boxes appearing beside printer/copiers in schools and libraries this week. The Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd (CLA) has chosen Queen’s for a royalties sampling exercise taking place during October and is asking anyone photocopying copyright … Continue reading

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Trial access to RILM Music Encyclopedias

Trial access to the RILM Music Encyclopedias database is available until 12th February. The database is a full-text compilation of 41  titles published from 1775 to the present, comprising nearly 80,000 print pages, the majority of which are not available … Continue reading

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Module reading lists requested

Library subject teams are now gathering information on books recommended in module readings lists for Semester 1. All readings lists will be checked for book availability whenever received by the Library. Please note, however, that for lists to be checked … Continue reading

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