Author Archives: John Knowles

Book Availability Survey 2015

Posted on 4th June 2015 by John Knowles

Some of you were asked to respond to a book availability survey this Easter – many thanks to those who did. A key availability question,  ‘How often were the books you needed available on the shelf?’ was asked both this … Continue reading →

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Module reading lists

Posted on 12th January 2015 by John Knowles

The Library is currently gathering information on books recommended in module readings lists for semester 2. All readings lists will be checked for book availability whenever received by the Library. Please note, however, that for lists to be checked for … Continue reading →

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Valentine’s All the Law of Northern Ireland now available from the Lexis Library

Posted on 4th December 2014 by John Knowles

Valentine’s All the Law of Northern Ireland is now available through the commentary section of the Lexis Library. The database includes the full annotated text of Acts, Orders, Rules and regulations applying to Northern Ireland, along with a note of … Continue reading →

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Over 6,000 OUP e-books added to to the QCat Library Catalogue

Posted on 16th October 2014 by John Knowles

E-book access to over 6,000 Oxford University Press titles has now been added to the QCat Library Catalogue. The e-books will be available until April 2015 and cover a broad range of subjects in the arts, humanities and social sciences. … Continue reading →

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Changes to Library Catalogue item descriptions

Posted on 15th May 2014 by John Knowles

Queen’s has now implemented new rules for the description of catalogue items. This brings us into line with RDA (Resource Description and Access) cataloguing principles – a revised approach to cataloguing currently being adopted by the library community. The new … Continue reading →

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Current access to an additional 2,600 journals from Queen’s subscriptions

Posted on 24th January 2014 by John Knowles

We have been able to subscribe to a number of publisher collection deals increasing current access by approximately 2,600 titles from January this year. The journal titles are from the publishers Oxford University Press, Springer, Taylor & Francis and Duke … Continue reading →

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