Category Archives: News & Updates

Queen’s University Belfast Submits RCUK Open Access Compliance Report 2014/15

Posted on 6th November 2015 by Open Access Team

The Library’s Open Access Team has submitted, on behalf of the University, an open access compliance report for 2014/15 to the RCUK. Queen’s is one of 108 UK research organisations to receive an annual open access block grant from the … Continue reading →

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New York Times (from ProQuest Historical Newspapers) – Trial Access

Posted on 4th November 2015 by Diarmuid Kennedy

QUB staff and students now have trial access to The New York Times with Index from the following link (on-campus only):  https://trials.proquest.com/trials/trialSummary.action?view=subject&trialBean.token=A10P5SO1B4CABW45S6N8 The trial ends on 02/12/2015.  We would like to hear what you think about this resource – please … Continue reading →

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NAACP (National Association for the Advancement of Colored People) Archives – Trial Access Available

Posted on 3rd November 2015 by Diarmuid Kennedy

Access to ProQuest’s History Vault NAACP Collections is now available on campus from the following link: https://trials.proquest.com/trials/trialSummary.action?view=subject&trialBean.token=WKVHB14IAPR4W3HMHUFE The trial ends on 02/12/2015.  We would like to hear what you think about this resource – please leave your feedback here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3LF658M … Continue reading →

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Trial access to Eighteenth Century Journals until 21/11/2015

Posted on 30th October 2015 by Diarmuid Kennedy

QUB staff and students have trial access to Eighteenth Century Journals until 21/11/2015. Access is available on-campus from this link: www.18thcjournals.amdigital.co.uk [Please note that PDF download options are not available.] We would like to hear what you think of this … Continue reading →

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New Springer Journal Deal Covers Article Processing Charges (APCs)

Posted on 27th October 2015 by Open Access Team

The Library has signed a new agreement with Springer that covers all APCs for articles published in Springer Open Choice journals. See eligible journal list here This means that you do not need to pay Springer an APC to make … Continue reading →

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Forthcoming Library Courses

Posted on 21st October 2015 by Megan Corrigan

There are places available on the following courses: RefWorks for the Engineering and Physical Sciences – Thursday  29th October 10am to 12pm Scopus – Tuesday 3rd November 2pm – 3pm Measuring Research Impact – Wednesday 4th November 10am – 11am … Continue reading →

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Renewal of the Wellcome Trust & Charity Open Access Funding (COAF) Award

Posted on 1st October 2015 by Open Access Team

The University has received another year of funding to cover the cost of article processing charges (APCs) for journal articles that are outcomes of projects funded by the Wellcome Trust and COAF. Parkinson’s UK has joined the COAF for the first … Continue reading →

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Change to Opening Hours for Medical and Biomedical Libraries

Posted on 28th September 2015 by 3041187

The Medical Library and Biomedical Library have made a change to their opening hours. Please note the hours have changed on Saturdays to open at 9.30am and close at 1.00pm. Please check the Library Opening Hours table for further details: … Continue reading →

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How much can I borrow? – You Said, We Did!

Posted on 21st September 2015 by 3041187

Last semester as part of the Book Availability Survey 2015, we asked you about the number of books you could borrow how long you could borrow them for the number of times you could renew your books 1 week loans … Continue reading →

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Short Loan – NEW Loan Periods NEW Fine Rates [ You said, We did ]

Posted on 17th September 2015 by Jacqueline McCurry

Student Short Loan Survey 2015               The Outcome Last Semester we carried out a major survey to find out what students think about the Short Loan Collection in The McClay Library. We got a huge … Continue reading →

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