Friday 23 January 2009
British Biographical Archive Online and Saur’s World Biographical Information System
British Biographical Archive Online (BBA) is now part of Saur’s World Biographical Information System (WBIS).
Wednesday 21 January 2009
Endnote training
EndNote is a bibliographic reference software that can help you to store, manage, organise and format bibliographic references for use in your research papers and publications. It enables the automatic creation and formatting of citations and bibliographies.
A number of 2-hour training sessions entitled, "A Beginners Guide to EndNote XI for PC" is scheduled. Places are allocated on a first-come basis and are limited to 18 participants per session. Participants are expected to have basic IT skills and knowledge of using Word and databases.
Location: South Training Room, Berkeley Basement, Berkeley Library.
A schedule of sessions is available here, at registration.
When registering, follow these steps.
1. Log in, or create a login if this is your first visit (please note, your tcd username and password is not valid on this site)
2. Choose from schedule which course you wish to attend.
3. Register and fill in all details.
4. Now reserve a place on the course.
5. If the reservation has been successful, you will receive a confirmation e-mail.
6. 1 day before the course you will be sent a reminder.
Trainers:
Jessica Eustace, (SFI Research Librarian); David MacNaughton, Subject Librarian (Sciences & Health Sciences); David Mockler (Medical Librarian);J ohn McManus (Collection Management); Lorna Flannery, Subject Librarian (Engineering & Computing, Maths & Statistics); Greg Sheaf, Subject Librarian (Nursing and Midwifery); Geraldine Fitzgerald, Subject Librarian ( Education); Sean Hughes, Subject Librarian (History); Christoph Schmidt-Supprian (Collection Management).
Should you wish to cancel a booking, please notify the Endnote Course Administrator, Jessica Eustace. Please provide a minimum of 24 hours notice to allow other to attend in your place.
A number of 2-hour training sessions entitled, "A Beginners Guide to EndNote XI for PC" is scheduled. Places are allocated on a first-come basis and are limited to 18 participants per session. Participants are expected to have basic IT skills and knowledge of using Word and databases.
Location: South Training Room, Berkeley Basement, Berkeley Library.
A schedule of sessions is available here, at registration.
When registering, follow these steps.
1. Log in, or create a login if this is your first visit (please note, your tcd username and password is not valid on this site)
2. Choose from schedule which course you wish to attend.
3. Register and fill in all details.
4. Now reserve a place on the course.
5. If the reservation has been successful, you will receive a confirmation e-mail.
6. 1 day before the course you will be sent a reminder.
Trainers:
Jessica Eustace, (SFI Research Librarian); David MacNaughton, Subject Librarian (Sciences & Health Sciences); David Mockler (Medical Librarian);J ohn McManus (Collection Management); Lorna Flannery, Subject Librarian (Engineering & Computing, Maths & Statistics); Greg Sheaf, Subject Librarian (Nursing and Midwifery); Geraldine Fitzgerald, Subject Librarian ( Education); Sean Hughes, Subject Librarian (History); Christoph Schmidt-Supprian (Collection Management).
Should you wish to cancel a booking, please notify the Endnote Course Administrator, Jessica Eustace. Please provide a minimum of 24 hours notice to allow other to attend in your place.
Friday 9 January 2009
IReL and eResources
TCD Library eResources are funded from different sources. A portion is nationally funded through the IReL consortium.
IReL is the Irish Research eLibrary, an electronic research library. Its aim is to support researchers in Biotechnology and Information Technology and researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The IReL consortium includes all the Irish Universities apart from QUB and UU.
IReL provides peer-reviewed, online research publications: journals, databases, index and abstracting services and ebooks.
A list of IReL-funded resources is to be found on the IReL website.
If you are off campus you must link to these resources via TCD Library’s website so as to gain access.
All TCD Library eResources (IReL and all others) are to be found in the information resources section of the Library's website.
IReL is the Irish Research eLibrary, an electronic research library. Its aim is to support researchers in Biotechnology and Information Technology and researchers in the Humanities and Social Sciences. The IReL consortium includes all the Irish Universities apart from QUB and UU.
IReL provides peer-reviewed, online research publications: journals, databases, index and abstracting services and ebooks.
A list of IReL-funded resources is to be found on the IReL website.
If you are off campus you must link to these resources via TCD Library’s website so as to gain access.
All TCD Library eResources (IReL and all others) are to be found in the information resources section of the Library's website.
Thursday 8 January 2009
CIG training
The CIG group now includes Proquest, CSA, Chadwyck Healey, COS, Factiva, Safari, and Serials Solutions products.
CIG run regular online presentation webinars on the full range of products and these are open to anyone to attend at no cost. These are run globally, largely from the US, but also 10 a month from the UK to cover a different range of time zones.
Training calendar of online webinars
CIG run regular online presentation webinars on the full range of products and these are open to anyone to attend at no cost. These are run globally, largely from the US, but also 10 a month from the UK to cover a different range of time zones.
Training calendar of online webinars
Irish Times Historical Archive available via Proquest Historical Newspapers platform
IReL has funded access to the Irish Times Historical Archive via the Proquest Historical Newspapers platform.
The Historical Irish Times (1859-2007) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue of both the Irish Times (1859-2006) and the Weekly Irish Times (1876-1958).
Access via the Proquest interface makes the database easier to use: stories that originally spanned multiple pages of a newspaper now appear as one continuous image. Each newspaper page is zoned into article images; each newspaper image is supported with searchable ASCII text. Combined, these two features mean faster, more effective searches.
Researchers can sort their results by oldest, most recent, or most relevant. Users can view and download articles, front pages, photos, display ads, and more in PDF format. The “My Research” summary feature can be used to save articles, email documents, create a bibliography and export citations.
The Irish Times can also be cross-searched with The Observer and The Guardian.
Finally, off-campus access to the Irish Times will now be possible without the need for a special Irish Times login anymore.
The Historical Irish Times (1859-2007) offers full page and article images with searchable full text back to the first issue of both the Irish Times (1859-2006) and the Weekly Irish Times (1876-1958).
Access via the Proquest interface makes the database easier to use: stories that originally spanned multiple pages of a newspaper now appear as one continuous image. Each newspaper page is zoned into article images; each newspaper image is supported with searchable ASCII text. Combined, these two features mean faster, more effective searches.
Researchers can sort their results by oldest, most recent, or most relevant. Users can view and download articles, front pages, photos, display ads, and more in PDF format. The “My Research” summary feature can be used to save articles, email documents, create a bibliography and export citations.
The Irish Times can also be cross-searched with The Observer and The Guardian.
Finally, off-campus access to the Irish Times will now be possible without the need for a special Irish Times login anymore.
FAME and AMADEUS database training
What: Training session on the company information databases, FAME and AMADEUS.
When: Wednesday 14th January 2009 at 9.30am. (1 hour duration)
Where: North Training Room, Berkeley Library, TCD.
Who: Trainer: member of provider company, Bureau van Dijk.
Open to members of Library staff, academics and other interested parties
Please contact Arlene if you wish to attend this session.
Details of databases:
FAME provides access to company accounts, ratios, activities, ownership and management for the largest 2.4 million UK and Irish companies. It also provides summary information for a further 950,000 smaller businesses.
AMADEUS is a comprehensive, pan-European database containing financial information on 11 million public and private companies in 41 European countries. It combines data from over 30 specialist regional information providers (IPs).
When: Wednesday 14th January 2009 at 9.30am. (1 hour duration)
Where: North Training Room, Berkeley Library, TCD.
Who: Trainer: member of provider company, Bureau van Dijk.
Open to members of Library staff, academics and other interested parties
Please contact Arlene if you wish to attend this session.
Details of databases:
FAME provides access to company accounts, ratios, activities, ownership and management for the largest 2.4 million UK and Irish companies. It also provides summary information for a further 950,000 smaller businesses.
AMADEUS is a comprehensive, pan-European database containing financial information on 11 million public and private companies in 41 European countries. It combines data from over 30 specialist regional information providers (IPs).
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