Monthly Archives: October 2017

24-Hour Opening and Christmas Vacation Hours

A four-week period of Twenty-Four opening will commence, in the McClay Library, on Sunday 19 November 2017. During these weeks, the Library will open its doors at 8 o’clock on Sunday mornings and remain open until late on Friday evenings, … Continue reading

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Database of the Month: Nexis UK

Nexis UK Worldwide newspaper coverage from the past forty years. Newspapers are a rich information source and can also raise the quality of the research in many academic areas. Contemporaneous reports of an incident, reported in a reputable news source … Continue reading

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JustisOne trial

The library has a trial for JustisOne from now until the end of the year Core  content of JustisOne includes the largest collection of UK superior court judgments, Irish cases and Caribbean case available online, alongside extensive coverage from Australia and … Continue reading

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International Open Access Week begins 23rd October 2017

This year’s International Open Access Week kicks off on the 23rd October with the theme “Open in order to…” The theme is an invitation to answer the question of what benefits can be realized by making scholarly outputs openly available. … Continue reading

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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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Literary Print Culture: The Stationers’ Company Archive – Trial Access Now Available

QUB staff and students have trial access to Adam Matthew’s Literary Print Culture: The Stationers’ Company Archive database until 6th November 2017. You can access on-campus via this link: http://www.literaryprintculture.amdigital.co.uk (Please note that PDF download options are not available during … Continue reading

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Science Direct journals – You have entered an invalid username/password combination

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Error contacting your identity provider on Lexis Nexis

If you receive the message Error contacting your identity provider when accessing Lexis / Nexis platforms please clear your browser cache and cookies (see Clear your cache section on http://libguides.qub.ac.uk/eresources/help/troubleshooting) and access again.

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On your reading list? Not in the Library? Let us know!

The Library makes every effort to hold the key texts that are on reading lists. If you are a student, and after checking the Library catalogue, you find the Library does not hold a book title on your reading list then you … Continue reading

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