Emerald launches 12 new Journals

The Emerald publishing company has just announced the launch of 12 new journals in 2011. These include:
* China Finance Review International
* Journal of Accounting in Emerging Economies
* Journal of Family Business Management
* Journal of Agribusiness in Developing and Emerging Economies
* Grey Systems: Theory and Application
* Arts Marketing: an International Journal
* Journal of Social Marketing
* Journal of Humanitarian Logistics and Supply Chain Management
* Higher Education, Skills and Work-based Learning
* Built Environment Project and Asset Management
* Journal of Cultural Heritage Management and Sustainable Development.

For further information about these titles, which will be available as they come on stream through the Library subscription to Emerald Management Xtra, please visit www.emeraldinsight.com/launches

Plagiarism - still a hot topic

Is plagiarism on the increase? Does technology offer solutions? Is detection alone the solution? These issues are discussed by Ferdinand von Prondzynski in his latest blog posting on the issue.

The posting also links to a THE article on technological tweaks students can use in order to avoid being caught by tools such as Turnitin.

EndNote Update

The Endnote web pages on the library website have now been updated. As well as easy to follow guides to EndNote Web, there are also starter and more advanced guides to EndNote versions X2 and X3. A series of online tutorials are available as well as a FAQ section. For further assistance please contact Allison at 3266 or Israel at 7167.

Coursewise at DIT

Did you know that you can now access online details of all programmes and modules offered at DIT? The Coursewise website allows users to browse programme details and then go deeper into the detail of the modules associated with the programme of choice including reading lists, contact hours, module co-ordinators etc. Take a look HERE

Statutes of the United Parliament Donation

Aungier Street Library has received a donation of an almost complete set of public general statutes passed by the Parliament of Great Britain and Ireland between 1838 and 1900. The Statutes were donated by Mr. Fergal Mawe and will be known as the Mawe Collection. They are shelved to the right of the main service point in the Library.

High demand Laurie Mullins e-book available

Laurie Mullins, Management and Organisational Behaviour is in high demand and lots of students are looking for the 2010 9th edition before the exams. Don't panic!! This book is available as an e-book and can be accessed at any time both internally in DIT and remotely from your own laptop or PC. Search as usual in the library catalogue and select the copy with the Digital Media link. It takes just a few minutes for the book to load and you can start at the beginning or just go into selected chapters. Please contact the library Service Point at 4023068 if you have any problems accessing this title.

Pre-exam Opening Hours at Aungier Street Library

Happy New Year to all of our returning staff and students. Library opening hours have been extended to include late opening on Thursday evenings coming up to and including the exams period.
From January 10th 2011, the Library will be open from 9.30 am to 9.30pm from Monday through to Thursday inclusive. Closing time on Friday is 5.30 and Saturday hours remain at 10.00am to 5.00 pm. Please check this blog, notice boards and plasma screens for further updates.

Consumers react to the Recession

Mintel, as part of their Ireland Horizons Series, has released a new report entitled Reaction to the Recession: Changes in Shopping Behaviour - Ireland. The report shows that the recession has had a profound impact on Irish consumer spending and shopping habits. Only 29% of NI and 23% of ROI consumers claim that their spending habits have NOT changed to any great degree over the past 12 months. In particular, consumers have reduced their discretionary spending and opted for discount retailers far more than previously. Related reports in the Horizons series include Irish Lifestyles 2010, Personal Loans - Ireland, Savings - Ireland, Domestic vs Overseas Holidays - Ireland and In-home Entertainment - Ireland. All are available by selecting Mintel from the A-Z listing of databases on the library website at www.dit.ie/library/databases/

Feedback on Searcher

We asked users for feedback on using Searcher to search across multiple databases all in one go. Fiona - a 4th year Marketing student sent us the following:-

"I'm a final year Marketing student in Aungier Street and I'd just like to give you some VERY positive feedback on your new subscription to Searcher the cross-resource searching tool. We have a 20,000 word dissertation to write and I cannot tell you how long I have spent clicking in and out of databases searching for articles. But now thankfully Searcher has answered my prayers and has significantly lowered the time I am spending searching for articles and has also revealed databases that are helpful to me that I was not previously aware of! So thank you very very much for this new aid, it's made this year a little easier!"

Give it a try and let us know how you get on. Business, Law and Media students can search across Academic Source Premier, Business Source Premier, Communications and Mass Media Complete, Social Sciences Index, Hospitality and Tourism Complete, Science Direct, Lexis and Sage Criminology. Access HERE or from the Searcher link on the main library web page.