Literary Encyclopedia – Trial Access

Posted on 20th March 2014 by Diarmuid Kennedy

The library has set up a trial for the Literary Encyclopedia.

The Literary Encyclopedia was founded in 1998 to provide a reliable scholarly online literary reference work for English-language readers in higher education.  It takes world literature as its field and publishes biographies of major and minor writers, and scholarly descriptions of all interesting texts, including those often neglected. It provides an understanding of the social contexts in which this writing was produced.

In QUB  you may access the site here:  http://www.litencyc.com/index.php. This has been enabled until June 1 and anyone with a qub.ac.uk email address wishing to access the resource off campus can set up a personal account via email verification.

Please let us know what you think of the resource by filling in the online survey here: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/KB28HRD.

 

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Library Ambassadors – volunteers sought!

Posted on 14th March 2014 by Jacqueline McCurry

LIBRARY AMBASSADORS  –  A CHANCE TO WORK IN THE McCLAY LIBRARY !

Tee ShirtAre you interested in library work ?

Would you like to help other students ?

Are you friendly, approachable, outgoing and reliable ?

We are recruiting a small number of student volunteers to work in the McClay Library at the beginning of the next academic year.

What is a Library Ambassador ?

As a Library Ambassador your role would be to help other students who are new to the University. For example: –

*    Helping them to use the self service facilities

*    Giving them a guided tour of the building

*   Showing them how to locate resources

*    Explaining how to photocopy and print

*    Providing roving, practical support and help

*    Being an additional point of contact for basic enquiries

Who can apply ?             

Queen’s students who will be re-enrolling for the 2014-15 academic year

+       Available to attend several Library Ambassador training sessions in June and September.

+       Willing to work for 6 hours per week for three weeks from 22 September till 10 October 2014.

 How to apply …

There is no formal application form. Just 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 4th April 2014.

 Who will be selected ?   

On the basis of this application a small number of students will be invited for an informal chat a few weeks after the closing date.

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.

It will also be an opportunity for you to bring forward ideas for supporting other students in their use of library services and facilities.

Please Note !

This is voluntary work so it is unpaid.

You may be able to use this experience to contribute towards the Degree Plus Award (Category B).

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Trial Access to Cambridge Companions

Posted on 11th March 2014 by Diarmuid Kennedy

QUB staff and students have on-campus trial access to Cambridge Companions until 01/05/2014.  Access is from the following URL:
http://universitypublishingonline.org/cambridge/companions/

Feedback on this resource would be appreciated, please complete the very brief survey at: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/36CLFPC

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Trial access to Dublin Castle Records

Posted on 11th March 2014 by Diarmuid Kennedy

FetchThe Library has trial access to Dublin Castle Records until 27th March.

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.

On-campus access has been set up here: http://infotrac.galegroup.com/itweb/qubelfast?db=GDSC For those not on-campus, please contact e.blee@qub.ac.uk.

We could appreciate your feedback on this resource. Please complete the following survey: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/QWPBGYW

 

 

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Creative Arts Featured Database March 2014 : JISC Media Hub

Posted on 7th March 2014 by Diarmuid Kennedy

jisc-mediahubWhat’s it about?

JISC MediaHub enables cross-searching and exploration of TV news, documentary films, still images and classical music from the following archives:

Digital Images for Education including:  AP Archive, Getty Images, ITN, Design Council Archives, Imperial War Museum, Royal Geographical Society, and PYMCA.

NewsFilm Online  including: the complete Gaumont and Paramount newsreels, from 1910 and 1934 respectively.

Film & Sound Online including: the Wellcome Library and the Biochemical Society. The archive also includes over 50 hours of classical music recording from the Culverhouse collection.

JISC MediaHub also enables users to search and link out to external media collections such as the Open Video Project, Wellcome Images, ADS and ARKive.

How to search it?

JISC MediaHub is available on LibGuides for Creative Arts and also on QCat. Log in using your usual username and password.

The site can be searched by keyword and advanced search. You can also narrow down according to video, image or audio.

Simply Explore!

You can explore JISC MediaHub by Collection, Subject, Place and Time. Explore by Collection contains many well known media collections such as ITN, Getty Images and Reuters but there is also a wealth of obscure collections available.

Amber Films

Documentaries and feature films from a remarkable film-making collective established in the north-east of England in 1968.

Design Archives

Material from the University of Brighton Design Archives, including images of exhibitions, posters, products, and retail space design dating from 1945 to 1985.

Royal Mail Film Classics

One of the finest British collections of documentary, public information, animation and industrial film, covering subjects ranging across transport and communications in Britain and abroad, the Home Front during the Second World War, British industries from fishing to mining, the nation’s health – and developments in the Post Office service itself.

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive

The First World War Poetry Digital Archive is an online repository of text, images, audio, and video for teaching, learning, and research.

Tobar an Dualchais

Tobar an Dualchais contains a wealth of material such as folklore, songs, music, history, poetry, traditions, stories and other information. The material has been collected from all over Scotland and beyond from the 1930s onwards.

Check out JISC Media Hub today.  You won’t be disappointed!

 

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Scopus Training Course

Posted on 6th March 2014 by wordpress

Tuesday 25 March 2014
10 am to 11.30 am
Auditorium, the McClay Library

Scopus is the world’s largest bibliographic and citation database and the source of the citation data used by some of the Research Excellence Framework (REF) assessment panels.

The course is aimed at staff and research postgraduate students who wish to develop their knowledge of the content and functionality of Scopus.

Participants will learn how to:

  • access and search Scopus
  • manage search results
  • view citation counts
  • assess journal quality using the journal analyzer feature

Please use Queen’s Online to book a place.

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RefWorks Training Courses

Posted on 3rd March 2014 by wordpress

RefWorks is a reference management service that enables you to create a personal database of references, automatically format citations and compile instant bibliographies. This can save you hours spent interpreting citing and referencing styles and typing citations and references.

This introductory course, which is aimed at staff and postgraduate students, will include demonstrations and practical work.

Content

  • Creating an account
  • Importing references from databases
  • Creating folders
  • Deleting duplicate records
  • Producing a bibliography in a Microsoft Word document

Dates and Times

  • Wednesday 12 March 2014, 10am to 12 noon (NB – for staff and PhD students, both book through QOL)
  • Wednesday 19 March 2014, 10 am to 12 noon (NB – for staff and PhD students, both book through QOL)
  • Thursday 20 March 2014, 10 am to 12 noon (NB – for taught postgrad students, book via the International and Postgraduate Student Centre)

Location

  • Auditorium, The McClay Library

Bookings

Subject-specific training sessions will also run during the year. Please contact your subject librarian for more information.

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New Biological Sciences E-Journal Subscriptions

Posted on 3rd March 2014 by Majella O'Neill

This year, the Library has subscribed to over 2,500 new electronic journals. Click here for a list of new e-journals that are likely to be of interest to biological sciences students and staff.

If you have any questions about accessing these e-journals, please email Subject Librarian Paula Younger (p.younger@qub.ac.uk).

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Survey on Student Induction to the McClay Library 2013 – You Said, We Did!

Posted on 3rd March 2014 by Borrower Services

During September 2013 almost 4,000 new students participated in induction talks and library tours. In order to evaluate the impact of these sessions and identify any potential adjustments required to the format, an online survey was carried out in November 2013. Feedback confirms that students continue to find the induction process and the library tours in particular, helpful. As a result of feedback received, some specific steps will be taken in advance of the 2014 induction session:

  • General tours of the McClay Library will be offered at the start of Semester 1.
  • An integrated set of new video clips to reflect major areas of service (IT and Library) as a supplement to induction talks and tours will be created.
  • We will try to eliminate unnecessary duplication between the induction talk and the Library tour and standardise the content of the Library tour as much as possible.
  • We will produce guidelines for Student Mentors taking library tours and attempt to integrate student-led and library tours into a single programme.
  • Following the success of the Library Ambassadors programme in 2013, we will seek to recruit a larger group of students to work with us in 2014.
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New Medical and Life Science E-Journal Subscriptions

Posted on 3rd March 2014 by Majella O'Neill

This year, the Library has subscribed to over 2,500 new electronic journals. Click here for a list of new e-journals that are likely to be of interest to health and life science students and staff.

If you have any questions about accessing these e-journals, please email Subject Librarians Paula Younger (p.younger@qub.ac.uk) or Richard Fallis (r.fallis@qub.ac.uk).

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