Irish Times Digital Archive: off campus access

There is a difference in how the Irish Times Digital Archive may be accessed off campus to the way most databases are reached. The instructions on how to do this are on the Library Website, Information Resources, Off-campus access page, see the relevant FAQ. You will need to input your username and password to see these instructions.

Another database which requires special instructions is Westlaw UK. These instructions are also to be found on the Off-campus access page.

The reason for this is that the databases mentioned are not compatible with EZproxy. EZproxy is not a server but a proxy-like system. It alters the URL and these databases cannot support this system.

EZproxy and access off campus: help page

Off campus access to TCD Library resources.

There is a list of frequently asked questions and their answers here.

These cover issues such as:
going via Google searches to accessing Library-subscribed full-text journals;
saving links in Favorites or Bookmarks to use off campus;
restoring links to Favorites or Bookmarks which haven't worked since the changeover to EZproxy.

EZproxy and Library Staff page

Message from Mark Brennan about accessing local staff pages:

We’ve had some queries from staff regarding access to the LStaff pages from home since the EZProxy system was introduced : click on this new link when Off-Campus:

http://www.tcd.ie/Library/LocalStaff/

Then use current username and network password, as with other EZProxy controlled pages.

If you want to bookmark this link (or put it in your Favorites) you must save the link BEFORE clicking on it.*

*Saving a link to Favorites or Bookmarks before opening link:

Internet Explorer
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Right-hand click on the link and select "Add to Favorites". Opposite the label:
"Create in", select "Favorites" or one of your own folders from the drop down menu. Click "Add".

Firefox
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Right-hand click on the link and select "Bookmark this Link ". Opposite the label:
"Folder", select "Unsorted Bookmarks" or one of your own folders from the drop down menu. Click "Done".

Top Ten most used MyiLibrary ebooks, Jan-Sept 2008

100 Medical Emergencies for Finals ; Radcliffe Publishing ; 9781857757477
No. of times consulted: 114

British Interventions in Early Modern Ireland ; Cambridge University Press ; 9780511121722
No. of times consulted: 108

Critical Thinking: A Concise Guide ; Taylor & Francis ; 9780203482889
No. of times consulted: 77

Good Research Guide, The: For Small Scale Social Research Projects. Open UP Study Skills.
Open University Press ; 9780335229680
No. of times consulted: 75

Greek Sacred Law: A Collection of New Documents (NGSL) ; BRILL ; 9789004139596
No. of times consulted: 56

Handbook of Child Psychology, Volume Four: Child Psychology in Practice ; Wiley ; 9780470050552
No. of times consulted: 41

How to Get a PhD: A Handboook for students and their supervisors ; Open University Press ; 9780335227457
No. of times consulted: 40

How to Write a Thesis ; Open University Press ; 9780335226597
No. of times consulted: 35

Mayes’ Midwifery: A Textbook for Midwives ; Elsevier Publishing ; 9780702026164
No. of times consulted: 34

PhD Application Handbook. The ; Open University Press ; 9780335224241
No. of times consulted: 31.


The following have been consulted once only between Jan-Oct 2008:

Accessing Kant: A Relaxed Introduction to the Critique of Pure Reason
Analytic Philosophy and History of Philosophy
Applied Statistics: Using SPSS, STATISTICA, MATLAB and R
Art of Crime, The: Plays and Films of Harold Pinter and David Mamet
Birth of the Clinic, The: An Archaeology of Medical Perception
Companion to Contemporary Art since 1945, A. Blackwell Companions to Art History.
Companion to the Philosophy of Education, A
Ethics, Law and Society: Volume III
Greek Mysteries: The Archaeology and Ritual of Ancient Greek Secret Cults
Handbook of Psychology: Volume 10, Assessment Psychology
Handbook of Psychology: Volume 3, Biological Psychology
Handbook of Psychology: Volume 4, Experimental Psychology
Handbook of Psychology: Volume 5, Personality and Social Psychology
Handbook of Psychology: Volume 6, Developmental Psychology
Handbook of Psychology: Volume 8, Clinical Psychology
Human Identity and Bioethics
Midwives Book, The: Or the Whole Art of Midwifry Discovered
Reconceiving the Renaissance
Reflective Practice: A Guide for Nurses and Midwives

ARTstor help wiki page

From September 2008 you can find Digital Library and OIV help documentation, as well as training materials and video demos all in one place — the ARTstor Help Wiki.

EZproxy and off campus access

Off campus access to the Irish Times Digital Archive is temporarily unavailable as the Irish Times system doesn't support EZproxy. We will have a work-around soon.
Newly purchased resources will be added to EZproxy as they arrive. Irish Newspaper Archive is to be added soon.
There is a list of FAQs on the Library website which deals with issues arising from the installation of the EZproxy middleware.
For example, details on how to access Westlaw UK are to be found here.
If you receive a query which isn't covered here, can you forward it either to me or Arlene for resolution? Thank you.

Ebooks and GEAC, Library OPAC

Ebook packages which HAVE MARC records for each title in the Library catalogue:
ACLS Humanities ebooks,
ECCO
Hein
LexisNexis
LWW Nursing
MOML
MyiLibrary
Past Masters

Ebook packages which DON’T have MARC records for the individual titles in GEAC (although there is a general record for the package in the catalogue):
LION
SAFARI
ORO (Oxford Reference Online) 250 books
SourceOECD
WWO (There may be title access for some of these via EEBO although the format of the EEBO ebook will be different to that in WWO.)

*New resources (record loading to be advised):
RSC (Royal Society of Chemistry) 800 titles.
MEMSO (Medieval and Early Modern Sources Online) 500 titles