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Focus on… ProQuest Social Science Premium

By |2023-04-13T10:51:44+01:00March 27th, 2023|Tags: , , |

ATU Library is delighted to have access to this collection via IReL, the consortium of Irish research libraries. The Social Science Database offers indexing and full text for hundreds of academic journals, providing extensive coverage across a wide range of social science disciplines including anthropology, criminology, economics, education, political science, psychology, social work, sociology, library [...]

New Library Study Pods now available!

By |2023-03-27T10:53:34+01:00March 23rd, 2023|Tags: , , |

The library is delighted to unveil two new library study pods on the Dublin Road campus. The Library pods are located on the Lower Ground Floor outside the library near Room 903. >> Book a Pod Today! << Bookings are for one hour per person per day. This applies to both pods and study rooms, [...]

New eResources and IReL phase 1 agreements

By |2023-05-24T15:14:53+01:00March 10th, 2023|Tags: , , , , |

ATU Library is delighted to announce that the following databases are now fully accessible across the ATU community: Bloomsbury Professional Ireland (new to Galway Mayo & Sligo) CINAHL Complete (expanded) EBSCO eBooks (expanded) Hospitality Tourism Complete (new to Sligo & Donegal) i2i Standards (new to Donegal) IEEE (new to Galway Mayo) Lexis Nexis (new to [...]

International Women’s Day 2023

By |2023-03-08T14:56:29+00:00March 8th, 2023|Tags: , |

Happy International Women's Day, let’s celebrate the amazing contributions of women locally, nationally, and internationally. From inspirational biographies and feminist reads to award-winning authors and women's histories and stories, there's something for everyone to read at #ATULibrary. Celebrated every year on March 8, the event theme for 2023 is all about embracing equality #ATUHere4U #IWD2023 #EmbraceEquity [...]

Grove Art Online – Free Trial

By |2023-03-01T16:51:42+00:00March 1st, 2023|Tags: , |

ATU Library is pleased to announce access to the Grove Art Online on a trial basis. Grove Art features entries on artists, architects, craftsmen, patrons, movements, locations, and periods, as well as bibliographies for further research and thousands of searchable images made available through Oxford’s partnerships with museums, galleries, and other outstanding arts organizations. Key [...]

Launch of a new collection of poetry

By |2023-02-22T13:31:17+00:00February 22nd, 2023|Tags: , |

The Library was delighted to host the launch of a new collection of poetry by library staff member Celeste Auge, titled I Imagine Myself. The event took place in the ATU Galway City Library, Dublin Road, on Thursday 16th of January at lunchtime. Tea/coffee was served and staff, students and visitors were treated to a [...]

Radical Newspaper Archive – Free Trial

By |2023-01-31T10:37:19+00:00January 31st, 2023|Tags: , , , |

We are pleased to announce that Radical Newspaper Archive content is now available via the Irish Newspaper Archive. The Library now has access to the Radical Newspaper Archive on a trial basis. With content from the revolutionary period in Ireland, including more than 100 titles covering an extensive range of nationalist, republican, feminist, and socialist [...]

Launch of a new collection of books covering themes of equality, diversity and inclusion

By |2023-01-26T12:29:31+00:00January 24th, 2023|Tags: , , , , , |

The EDI Office and Library were delighted to launch a new collection of books covering themes of equality, diversity and inclusion. This collection of almost 100 books and eBooks on all aspects of diversity has been funded by the EDI Office and covers fiction and non-fiction on the themes of race, gender, ethnicity, LGBTQ and [...]

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