April

April2003
Inside this issue:
Electronic Services
New Journals
New AcQuisitions
Ovenin~ Hol.U'S
CluainMhuire
Welcome Back
New Library
Welcomebackto th~ final tenn. Easter~s been
very late this year and
we areleft with what'
mustbe the shortesttenn
on recordso not much
time left before exams
start.We wish all our
studentsthe very bestof
luck in their examsand
we hopethe library will
be of helpto you in your
[mal preparations.
The shelvesarein place;
detailedpreparationsfor
the electricalfittings arebe- some.time. Moving in
ing installed; studydeskare Junewill meanminimum
assembled;computersare
disruption to our services
being setup. It's beena
as examswill be finished
long time comingbut we
and moststudentswill be
are [mally on the move.
off campus.
Junewill seeusclosethe
We look forward to weldoor on our presentsite and comingyou back in Sepopenin our new state-of -tember to our new locathe-artpremises.The move tion. And to thosestudents
.itself will be a majoroper~- who arefinishing this
tion and one for whichliyear, do call backand
brary staffhitve beenmak- visit. We will be delighted
ing
to showyou around.
Two views of the interior of the-new library
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Electronic Services
In this updatewe will be dealing
with new feattn-eson EI Compendex/EV2,including the availability of IP basedaccess,so usernamesandpasswordsareno longer
neededif accessedfrom within
GMIT. We also have2 new online
productsto publicise,The Cochrane
Library, a healthcareresource,and
INIS, the world's leadinginformation systemon the peacefulusesof
nuclearenergy.
Othernew featuresinclude an
onlinejournal from the Institute of
TechnologyBlancharQstown,
a new
featureaddedto Art Abstractsand a The CochraneLibrary from the
collectionof Elektorcd-roms.
Athens link on the ElectronicSerThe Library's ElectronicResource.s vicespage,using your 'My Athens'
'Electronic News' link provides
usernameandpassword.You will
detailsof anynew item in online or fmd the CochraneLibrary listed
cd format.
amongthe availableAthensreThe Cochrane Library is a new
sources.
resourceavailableto us via Athens, INIS, the InternationalNuclearInwhich documentsreliable and up to formationSystem,is the world's
date informationonthe effectsof
leadingbibliographicdatabaseon
interventionsin healthcare.The Li- nuclearscienceandtechnology.
brary is a collectionof seven sepa- INIS is availableusing IP basedacrate databases
providing coverageof cessfrom within GMrr, simply
evidencebasedmedicineandcurclick on the link from the Library's
rent researchmethodology.Login to ElectronicResourcespage.
DocumentTypes
Engineering .village 2 (EV2) I EI
Compendexhavechangedthe
SearchResults
method of accessfrom within
PersonalAccounts
GMIT, it's now IF-based,so users
CombiningPrevious
logging in on site no longerneedto
Searches
insertthe usernamesandpasswords,
TreatmentCodes
clicking on the link will leaddiRemovingDuplicateRerectly to the CompendexQuick
cords
Searchpage.
ClassificationCodes
The Compendexserviceproviders
have also beenbusycompiling use- All of the aboveareavai1ablefrom
the ElectronicServicesLibrarian,
ful help documentson:
and copiescanbe emailedto anyone
Many of our databaseprovidersare
continuouslyimproving and upgrading their services.
The Art Abstracts databasehas
employedthe use of ~ new documentlocating facility called
BALSA, which connectsendusers
to the most convenientbibliographic
utility which housesthe full text
document.This maybe anotherLibrary or a documentdeliveryservice. To use BALSA, simply click
on the "locate" button at the top of a
displayedrecord, a new browser
window will openup, containinga
summaryof the resourcesavailable
andprovisional results.
ITB Journal: The Institute of
Technology,Blanchardstownpublishesan onlinejournal 'ITB Journal', availableto all via the Internet.
To acceSsfrom GMTT,click on the
link on the ~E-Journals'headingon
the Library's ElectronicResources
page.rIB Journalprovidesa forum
wherebymembersof rIB, visitors
and guestcontributorsfrom all Irish
third level collegescan publish an
article on their researchin a multidisciplinaryjournal. The Editor welcomescontributionsfrom GMIT
patrons,pleaseseerIB Journalfor
his emailaddress.
who so wishes,pleasejust sendan
emailto maura.stephens@~t.ie
statingthe documentsyou require.
Elektor Electronics
Finally a word abouta newcollection of cd-roms. Many of you will
be familiar with the ElektorElectronicsmagazines,which GMIT Library havesubscribedto since 1982.
We now haveavailablethe annual
collectionsof Elektor on cd-rom
backto 1995and up to 2002.The
annualcd containsall editorialarticlesin Adobe Acrobatformat.
Searchingis by keyword,andusers
may searchthroughmorethan one
year on the most recentcds(1998-).
If you wish to use any of the Elektor
cd-romspleaseaskat the library enquiry desk.All our cd-romsare for
Library useonly.
Here are somenewjournal titles of
Economics
interestto studentsstudyIngconThis title is published8 timesper
struction
year by SpoonPressin th~..IJK.It is
Journal of Construction Engia goodsourcefor studentsand reneering and Management
searcherson all aspectsof cons1ruaThis is publishedbimonthly by the
tion management
and economics.It
American Societyof Civil Engiis a refereedjournal which publishes
neers.It aimsto advancethe science original researchconcerningthe
of constructionengineeringand to
management
and economicsof
further educationand researchin the building and civil engineering.It
area.Topics coveredin thejournal
alsoincludesthe management
of
include constructionmaterialhanbuilt facilities. It is shelvedat
dling, equipment,production
624.05
planning,specifications,quality and InternationalConstruction
cost control andenvironmentalconThis title is publishedmonthly by
cerns.The journal is availableat
JamesKing. It features world news,
624.05.
projectreports,interviewsproduct
Construction Managementand
informationand new equipment.
It is shelvedat 624.05
The book coversall the major
aspectsof this importantclassof
vertebratesincluding ecology,feeding, reproduction,fisheries,aquaculture,geneticsandpublic health
Issues.
We congratulateDr. Gosling on the
achievementof producingthis major work and wish her everysuccess
with it.
New book by GMIT Lecturer
We are delightedto welcomethe
publicationof GMrr lecturerDr.
ElizabethGosling's newbook,
"Bivalve Molluscs Biology, Ecology and Culture". The book is published by FishingNewBooks,animprint of Blackwell Scienceand was
launchedherein GMrr on April
2nd by the Director, Ms. Marion
Coy.
the library.
RTE production "SevenAges -a
Story of the Irish State".
It includesinterviewswith senior
politicians,historians,journalists
andeconomists.Theseare linked by
fascinatingarchivefilm footageof
historicaleventsfrom the 1916Rising, the War of Independence,
the
Civil War and up to the Ireland of
the 1980s.This is availableas a
boxed setof 3 videos or on dvd and
canbe viewedin the main library.
You might like to checkout a new
Careers Information
The library, in conjunctionwith the
CareersOffice, hasa wide selection
of careersmaterialavailablefor students.This rangesfrom graduate
careersdjrectories,books onfurther
educationcoursesin Irelandand
abroad,information onvolunteer
work abroadto leafletsandfree
publicationson specificjob areas.
So if you areinterestedin checking
out careeroptions or looking for
more information on a specificcareer, do look at the careersstandsin
the library. They are locatedon the
right as you ~ter the library, be- i
sidethe newspapertables.
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MOD -Thurs
Contact
Opening
9.00am -lO.OOpm
Friday
9.00 -9.0Opm
Saturday
lO.OOam -1.OOpm
MoB -Thurs
9.30am -9.2Opm
Friday
9.30am -8.5Opm
Bernie,Catherineor Maura
For further information on any of
burservices
Phone:091-742215
Fax: 091-742115
Emai1:11brary@gmit.ie
Saturday
Art
Library
News
Welcome back to each and everyone after the Easter Holidays.
The Theses for Diploma and Degree students have now been submitted and the students are.very
busy working on their Exhibition
pieces for their show on the 7th.
June, we wish them well and look
forward to seeing wonderful Art
which the show produces each
year.
Last Term we had our fIrst Arts
and Culture Week in Cluain
:rvIl1uire,Our Director Marion Coy
officially opened it on Tuesday
18th. March. This is an exciting
new initiative that the students
10.00am -12.5Opm
havedevelopedand deservesthe
supportof all. Studentsfrom various
disciplines,Paint,Print, Sculpture,
Ceramics,T.V. andFilm all played
their part in ma~g the week
memorable.Eachdaybeganwith a
theme,suchas Spanishandthere
was SalsaandFlamencodancing
workshopson and Spanishfood in
the canteen.Along the corridors
were displaysof PrintsandPaintings in which BrendanCrehan's
Celtic Art tookpride of place.
Therewere manyother events
throughoutthe week including slide
showsand Live Art Painting.
On Wednesdayour own JohnTunney,Headof Humanitieswas in fine
voice with a mixture of stories,
seannos singingandstorytelling,
includingstoriesof his late father
therenownedtraditional singer
Paddy-Tunney,authorof ""Stone
Fiddle"
ill the Library too on Thursdaywe
had a PerformancePiece
from AmandaCoogan, one of Irelandsleading performanceartists
with help from our own4th. Year
SculpturestudentKatriona GollespIe.
SIan 0 Cluain Mhuire.
TeresaKeane.
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