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Trial Access to AMD’s Eighteenth Century Journals

Posted on 15th December 2016 by Diarmuid Kennedy

QUB staff and students now have trial access to Adam Matthew Digital’s Eighteenth Century Journals (access ends on January 11th 2017).  You can access the database from this link.  Please note that PDF downloading is not available. Bringing together rare … Continue reading →

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McClay Library: Opening Hours: Overnight + Christmas Holidays

Posted on 1st December 2016 by Jacqueline McCurry

24-Hour Opening  The McClay Library will remain open overnight from Sunday morning till Friday night between 04 and 16 December 2016, and again from 03 till 23 January 2017. During these five weeks, study facilities on the upper floors will … Continue reading →

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Incentives to get people to return books 2016 – you said, we did

Posted on 27th September 2016 by Borrower Services

Over the last couple of years we have been talking with student representatives in the Students Union about how to encourage people to return their library books so that they are available for other people. Here are a few changes … Continue reading →

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Standards of Service 2016-17

Posted on 29th August 2016 by Borrower Services

The Library has developed a suite of customer-focused service standards and measures our performance against these standards. Our performance during 2015-16 and targets for the year ahead have now been published. If you have any feedback or comments, please let … Continue reading →

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Documents, DOIs and URLs on Pure: what should I add to be REF-ready?

Posted on 17th August 2016 by Mark Bennett

Are you a researcher recently accepted for publication in a journal or a conference proceedings with an ISSN? If so, you are subject to Research England’s new rules requiring the upload of accepted manuscripts to Pure within 3 months of … Continue reading →

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Trial Access to Guardian and Observer Archive now available

Posted on 24th March 2016 by Diarmuid Kennedy

Trial access is now available to ProQuest’s The Guardian (1821-2003) and The Observer (1791-2003) archive.  Access is available on campus from this link. Access ends on 23 April 2016. The Guardian and The Observer have reputations for fearless reporting and … Continue reading →

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Migration to New Worlds – now available

Posted on 23rd February 2016 by Diarmuid Kennedy

Migration to New Worlds is an Adam Matthew database now available via a JISC agreement. Collection materials include unique primary source material on the ‘Century of Immigration’ (1800-1924). Materials include Colonial Office files on emigration, unique diaries, personal letters, ship logs … Continue reading →

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EXTENDED OPENING – December and January – McClay Library

Posted on 26th November 2015 by Jacqueline McCurry

Twenty-Four-Hour opening will commence at 08:00 on Sunday 06 December and run until 02:00 on Friday 18 December. During 24-Hour opening the McClay Library opens at 08:00 on Sunday mornings and closes at 02:00 on Friday evenings. It then reopens … Continue reading →

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Scopus to cease support of Internet Explorer 8

Posted on 27th August 2015 by wordpress

From 1 Oct 2015, Scopus will no longer support Internet Explorer 8 (IE8). Scopus recommends that users upgrade their browser to Internet Explorer 9 or higher, or use Firefox or Google Chrome to access the database. For further details, please … Continue reading →

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Inspec database subscription ceases on 31 August – access to archive remains available

Posted on 21st August 2015 by wordpress

Access to the Inspec database will cease on 31 August. Owing to significantly reduced use and following a consultation with relevant Schools, the Library will no longer maintain a subscription to current (post 1968) Inspec content. The Inspec archive (1898-1968) … Continue reading →

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