Royal Irish Academy Exhibition

The Yeats Library, Institute of Technology, Sligo is delighted to

host The Royal Irish Academy Library’s successful exhibition, ‘Mapping Urban Ireland’.

The exhibition has been planned in association with the Irish Historic Towns Atlas project at the Royal Irish Academy and is of particular interest, as the ‘Irish historic towns atlas’ was published in 2012 for Sligo.

You are invited to view the exhibition which will be held on the Info Zone of the Yeats Library from Wednesday 14th November until the end of the month.  The historic maps of Sligo will also be on display during this period.

Library Week 2012

Library Week 2012 runs from November 12th-18th and this year the theme is the role of libraries, librarians and information professionals in the promotion and support of literacy and learning.

Check out the Study Skills page on the Yeats Library website to learn more on information literacy, web literacy and useful information tools to help you with your study.

Also, see the Yeats Library Moodle site topics- Thinking and Researching and Writing and Referencing for informaion on researching, writing and presenting techniques.

Graduation

Congratulations to all those who graduated at the IT, Sligo
conferring cermonies yesterday and today.

Well done and best of luck with your chosen careers and/or further studies.

From the Yeats Library Staff.

EndNote Web

EndNote Web Available at IT Sligo

EndNote Web is a referencing product which allows you to effectively  store and manage your references while undertaking research or assigment work. Once you create an EndNote Web account you can:

1. add and store your references
2. insert them into a Word document using the 'Cite While You Write' option
3. create a bibliography in your chosen referenceing style at the end of the document.

Endnote Web is provided by Thomson Reuters and available via the library database Web of Science. For more details on how to get started with EndNote Web click here

Wifi and IT Queries

Wifi is available on all three levels of the Library building. Check out  IT Services Wifi Guides  on how to connect to the Wireless network service.

For printing queries contact printing@itsligo.ie

For log in/access or any other IT queries contact a member of the IT Services Staff at the IT Helpdesk, currently situated in Seminar Room 3, Library Soical Zone from 10am-11am and 2pm-3pm, Monday-Friday.

Library Opening Hours

Term time opening hours for the Library are:

 

Monday-Thursday  09.00-21.00

Friday                       09.00-17.00

Saturday                  10.00-14.00

The information desk opens at 10.00 each morning, Monday - Saturday.

New Database! North South Child Protection Hub

The North South Child Protection Hub is the first dedicated child protection resource of it's kind. The aim of this hub is to provide and share information with daily updates, among professional bodies north and south of the border.

Click on the blue tab for Databases on the library home page and scroll down the list (under Academic Search Premier) for North South Child Protection Hub. You will need your student/staff ID and library password to access this database.

New Database! Montie Health and Safety

New to Yeats Library - Montie provides access to a comprehensive library of Workplace Health & Safety and Skills Training dvds and videos.

Click on the blue tab for Databases on the library home page and scroll down the list (under Academic Search Premier) for Montie. You will need your student/staff ID and library password to access this database.

The Late Maeve Binchy

Maeve Binchy, one of Ireland's most popular
writers and journalists has passed away at the age of 72.
She was an international bestselling author, publishing 16 novels and several short story collections and sold over 40 million books throughout her career.
Some of her novels were made into films such as 'The Lilac Bus' and 'Circle of Friends'.

 

Summer Opening Hours

Out of term opening hours this Summer are:

Monday - Friday

9.00-13.00 and 14.00-17.00

Closed Saturdays.