New Library Resources

Below is a listing of new library resources - you can access these via the A-Z list of library databases and also the relevant subject portals, both from the Library’s Website (http://www2.blogger.com/www.ucd.ie/library):

Derwent Innovations Index (via ISI Web of Knowledge) Derwent Innovations Index combines patent records from Derwent World Patents Index with patent citation information from Patents Citation Index. The merged data set comprises 14.3 million inventions from 41 worldwide patent-issuing authorities.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#derwent

Education Index
475 core international English-language periodicals, yearbooks, and monographic series covering all areas of education from preschool to postgraduate, since 1983. Contains full text.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#eduindex

General Science Index
190 popular and professional science journals published in the United States and Great Britain, and the Science section of The New York Times, since 1984. Contains full text.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#genscindex

Humanities Index
500 English-language periodicals in the areas of archaeology, classical studies, art, performing arts, philosophy, history, music, linguistics, literature, and religion, since 1984. Contains full text.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#humanindex

Social Sciences Index
More than 500 English-language periodicals in the areas of anthropology, criminology, economics, law, geography, policy studies, psychology, sociology, social work, and urban studies, since 1983.
Contains full text.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#socscindex

Wilson Business Index
527 key international English-language business periodicals including Business Week, Forbes, The Wall Street Journal, The New York Times including product reviews, interviews, biographical sketches, corporate profiles, reports of associations, societies and conferences, since 1982. Contains full text.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#wilsonbizindex


Applied Science & Technology Index
400 trade magazines, industry publications, and scholarly publications on the practical aspects of all areas of engineering, technology, and science, since 1983. Contains full text.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#asti


Biological & Agricultural Index Plus
Comprehensive indexing of over 291 key international English-language periodicals in the biological and agricultural sciences, since 1983.
Contains full text.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#bioagindex

Library Literature & Information Science
297 key journals (in English and other languages) in Library and Information Science on current library trends and developments, since 1984. With Full Text.
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/library_databases/index.html#llisindex

First Irish Conference about the potential of Second Life for educators

The 3-D world virtual world Second Life has over four million registered accounts and many univeristies around the world (including Harvard, Stanford, Edinburgh, and MIT) are already active there.

This evening the first Irish conference for educators about Second Life will be held at 19.00 (7pm). The conference discussion will focus on the potential for education in Second Life. It will include an introduction to second life with video demonstrations. It will be co-hosted in audio by a DCU academic and Trinity College key speaker.


In order to attend, simply go to www.secondlife.com and download second life (free). It then only takes a minute to create your account/avatar. (All free) It is advisable to login a while before the event next Tues (before 7pm) to familiarise yourself with the world and 'teleport' to Trinity College Dublin. It will take place in the main courtyard. Follow the signs or go to this address http://slurl.com/secondlife/dublin/147/104/25/

Help us to develop our services and you may win a €100 One4all voucher

The Reader Services Department of UCD Library is currently reviewing our existing services and planning for our future development. To help us to do this we would like to know your views. Please complete this short survey which is open from 19th February until 28th February 2007 and you could win a €100 One4all gift voucher!

Rare Books Group AGM

The AGM of the Rare Books Group of the Library Association of Ireland will take place on Wednesday 28 February at 7.30pm, in Marsh's Library. It will be followed by a lecture from Dr Anthony Malcomson on The Pursuit of the Heiress: Aristocratic Marriage in Ireland 1740 -1840.

More information about the Rare Books Group is available on the LAI's website.

Open Access (OA) and scholarly communication & publishing

The Library has recently added some basic information about the Open Access movement in scholarly publishing to its website. This can be viewed at:
http://www.ucd.ie/library/about/open_access/

A listing of some of the major repositories and search tools for searching collections of both Open Access journals and repositories is provided at:
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/e-lib/oasearch.html

A summary of publishers offering an Open Access publication route is provided at:
http://www.ucd.ie/library/electronic_resources/e-lib/oapublish.html

We would welcome further suggestions for both search tools and OA publishing options which could be added to these listings.

The Minister of State for Overseas Aid, Conor Lenihan, is visiting Development Studies Library on the 28 Feb between 2.15 and 3.15. There will be an opportunity for researchers to meet him but as space is limited please email Sally.Corcoran@ucd.ie or drop in to Development Studies Library and put your name on the list. The meeting room will be Room 130 in the Library from 2.30 to 3.15.