Free trial of content from CNKI

TU Dublin now has access both on and off campus to a free trial of content from CNKI who provide English language versions of Chinese journals, as well as other content:

China Academic Journals Full-text Database is the largest academic journal full-text database in the world, updated continuously. It collects over 7000 academic journals published in China, including nearly 2700 titles of core journals and journals collected by significant evaluation databases. The content covers natural science, engineering and technology, agriculture, philosophy, medicine, social science and so on. The total article amount is more than 54 million.

 

Also included in the trial is:

China Data Insights

Academic Focus

Journals Translations Project

 http://oversea.cnki.net/Marketing/OnlineActivities/UKIreland/index.html 

 

The trial will run until December 28th. 

Free trial of 2 New York Times databases

TU Dublin users now have access to the following free trial until January 16th :

nytimes.com (on-campus only) gives access to today's newspaper. Click on the magnifying glass at the top left of the screen to enter a different date or range of dates if you want to search back issues of the newspaper (post 1980).

nytimesineducation.com (on-campus only) gives access to the InEducation tool for browsing and searching globally relevant content across more than 15 sections, including business and the arts.

October Bank Holiday Weekend

Grangegorman Library will be Closed

Saturday, October 26 - Monday, October 28

due to the October bank holiday weekend.

The Library will reopen for normal term hours on

Tuesday, October 29.

Have a great weekend.

Cambridge Journals Digital Archive

TU Dublin Libraries are pleased to offer perpetual access to the Cambridge University Press journals digital archive, as part of IReL: the Irish Research e-Library. The collection provides full access to more than 450 journals, including 1.2 million articles, from their first issues (volume 1, issue 1) up to the date the journals were first published online.

To access this resource, select it from the list on the A-Z Database page.

Evening Opening Begins

Starting Monday, September 16, 2019,

Grangegorman Library will be open evenings Monday - Thursday.

In term we are open 9:30 - 9:30 Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday.

 

Fridays remain 9:30 - 5:15.

August Bank Holiday

Grangegorman Library will be closed Monday, August 5, 2019 due to the bank holiday.

Normal summer hours (Monday - Friday: 9:30 - 17:15) resume August 6th.

Emerald Insight New Digital Platform

Emerald Insight are launching their new digital platform on Thursday July 4th 2019. 

Emerald have updated their platform, "...to create a much better experience for the showcasing, broad dissemination and visibility of social science research for authors, readers, students, researchers and librarians. We have built the platform in partnership with our customers and users, and your needs are at the heart of the project."

The Emerald team have put together an FAQ document in relation to the update.

You can access the Emerald database via the Databases A-Z page or the Business Subject Guide

If you have any issues accessing or using the new platform please get in touch with the Library directly 01 402 4108 / grg.library@dit.ie.

(by Sarah-Anne Kennedy)