Trial Access to the UNiLibrary

Posted on 22nd April 2016 by Diarmuid Kennedy

logo_unpQUB staff and students can access this trial until 30th June 2016 from the following link: http://queens.ezp1.qub.ac.uk/login?url=http://www.un-ilibrary.org/

The United Nations iLibrary provides a single online destination for seamlessly accessing knowledge products created by the United Nations Secretariat, and it’s funds and programs. The material in the UN iLibrary covers a broad spectrum of subject areas including economic and social development, international trade and finance, environment and climate change, migration, democracy and governance, human rights and refugees, women and gender issues, international law and public health.

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Library Ambassador Vacancies

Posted on 20th April 2016 by Jacqueline McCurry

LIBRARY AMBASSADOR VACANCIES

3 weeks of voluntary work in the McClay Library from 19 September 2016

 

We are recruiting a small number of Library Ambassadors to work in the McClay Library during Welcome Week and the first two weeks of term.

It is a voluntary, unpaid, temporary post for students who would like to help new students find their way around the Library.

The time commitment is 18 hours spread over a three week period. The experience may be used to contribute towards the Degree Plus Award (Category B).

Role of the Library Ambassador

  1. To help and encourage students to use the Library  by showing them the self service facilities, explaining how to print and, showing them how and where to find books etc. etc.
  2.  To provide guided tours of the Library.
  3.  To assist with “Welcome Week” events in the Library.

Requirements

  1.  A Queen’s student who will be re-enrolling in September 2016.
  2. Friendly, approachable, outgoing and reliable
  3.  Interested in library work and keen to help other students.
  4. Available to attend a couple of training sessions. (Provisionally week beginning 12 September 2016
  5. Available to work:-
  • 2 hours per day (between 11am and 4pm) on 3 days during week beginning 19 September
  • 2 hours per day (between 11am and 4pm) on 3 days during week beginning 26 September
  • 2 hours per day (between 11am and 4pm) on 3 days during week beginning 03 October

Applications

Send an A4 page as an email attachment to the library@qub.ac.uk with                                “Library Ambassador Volunteer” in the subject heading.

Include the following information:

  1.  Your name, student number and Queen’s email address.
  2. What you are studying and at what level.
  3. An outline of any relevant experience or aptitude.
  4. The reasons why you want to work as a volunteer in the Library.
  5.  A summary of what you could contribute if selected.

The closing date for applications is Friday 13th May 2016.

 Selection            

On the basis of this application, a small number of students will be invited for an informal chat. (Provisionally 3 June or 6 June).

It will be a chance for you to decide if you are interested in committing and, for us to decide if you would be suitable for the role.

It will also be an opportunity for you to bring forward ideas for supporting new students in the library.

 

 

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BCH-to-RVH Shuttle Bus – New Timetable

Posted on 20th April 2016 by Majella O'Neill

There is a new, extended timetable for the shuttle bus that QUB students and HSC staff can use to travel between Belfast City Hospital and the Royal Victoria Hospital.

For details of the new timetable, click on the image below.

 

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Trial Access to State Papers Online now available

Posted on 18th April 2016 by Diarmuid Kennedy

img_home1QUB staff and students can access Gale’s State Papers Online, 1509-1714 until May 19th 2016 from the following link and select State Papers Online from the list:
http://queens.ezp1.qub.ac.uk/login?url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/default/qubelfast

State Papers Online, 1509-1714 (‘SPO’) offers a completely new working environment to researchers, teachers and students of Early Modern Britain. It offers original historical materials across the widest range of government concern, from high level international politics and diplomacy to the charges against a steward for poisoning a dozen or more people. The correspondence, reports, memoranda, and parliamentary drafts from ambassadors, civil servants and provincial administrators present a full picture of Tudor and Stuart Britain.

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Library sessions for Medicine, Health and Life Sciences Postgraduates

Posted on 13th April 2016 by Majella O'Neill

The Medical Library is running the following course, aimed at Medicine, Health and Life Sciences Postgraduates:

The ‘Big 4’ Databases for Medicine, Health and Life Sciences: MEDLINE, EMBASE, Web of Science and Scopus

To book a place on a session, please click the relevant date to register:

Tuesday, 19th April 2.00pm to 4.00pm

Friday, 6th of May 10.00am to 12.00pm

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Overnight Opening in the McClay Library

Posted on 6th April 2016 by Jacqueline McCurry

Twenty-four hour opening  will begin at 08:00 on  Sunday 17 April and run until 17:30 on Saturday 4 June. 

Only members with a valid Queen’s card will be admitted. Additional security checks will be in place.

During this period …

  • The Library will remain open overnight, right through from 08:00 on Sundays until 02:00 on Friday evenings.
  • On Saturdays, study facilities will be available from 06:00 in the morning, until 02:00 on Saturday evenings.
  • On May Day (Monday 2 May) the McClay Library will be open for study access from 09:00 till 21:00. There will be no staffed services. The Library will close at 02:00 the previous evening and open at 08:00 on Tuesday 3 May.

For full details of our opening hours please see:  http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/InformationServices/TheLibrary/LibraryOpeningHours/

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Dublin Castle Records 1798-1926 – Trial Access now available

Posted on 6th April 2016 by Diarmuid Kennedy

QUB staff and students have trial access to Gale’s Dublin Castle Records 1798-1926 archive until 6th May 2016.  Access is available from the following link: http://queens.ezp1.qub.ac.uk/login?url=http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/qubelfast?db=GDSC

Dublin Castle Records, 1798-1926 contains records of the British administration in Ireland prior to 1922, a crucial period which saw the rise of Parnell and the Land War in 1880 through to the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1921. This collection comprises materials from Series CO 904, The National Archives, Kew, UK.

Please contact Diarmuid Kennedy if you have any questions about this database.  Your feedback is welcome – please complete the following brief survey https://www.surveymonkey.co.uk/r/HRC7RZ9

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Trial Access to Guardian and Observer Archive now available

Posted on 24th March 2016 by Diarmuid Kennedy

image_1Trial 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 controversial opinions.  The Guardian was first published in response to the Peterloo Massacre. Originally known as the Manchester Guardian, it was a Saturday-only paper until the newspaper stamp duty was repealed in 1855.

The Observer, the world’s oldest Sunday paper, was first published in 1791. Thought-provoking writers such as George Orwell, Vita Sackville-West, Clive James, Philip Toynbee, and others were contributors, continuing a tradition of freedom of the press and providing serious coverage of politics and literature.

The library would like to hear your feedback
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Complying with the Open Access Policy for REF

Posted on 24th March 2016 by Open Access Team

The Open Access Policy for the REF applies to papers accepted from the 1st April 2016. Researchers are required to make their journal articles and conference proceedings (with an ISSN) open access in order to be eligible for REF submission.

To help you comply, we’ve created the following online video guide.

 

 

 

If you have any more queries please look at our Open Access LibGuide or contact the Open Access team.

 

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Trial access to SAE Technical Papers

Posted on 23rd March 2016 by wordpress

Trial access to the complete collection of SAE’s Technical Papers is available until 7 April 2016.

During the trial all SAE Technical Papers published from 1906 to the present can be accessed (approximately 125,000 papers). PDFs are available for download.

Please share your feedback on this trial with your subject librarian.

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