The Library – Supporting Your Research Achievement

NUI Galway Library Services is committed to supporting the excellence of teaching, learning, research and clinical practice by providing a high quality and innovative service.  Whether you have decided to pursue a taught programme or a research degree, the Library, located at the heart of the campus provide a wealth of first-class services and facilities to support your research.   

Core Services and Facilities

• Two dedicated Research Support Librarians whose primary role is to work with research staff and students to ensure relevant, timely and high-quality support across all disciplines

• A team of subject specific Information Librarians available to support you in discovering and getting the most from the resources.

• Excellent training & research skills opportunities, including a research specific workshop series, online research skills courseware and advisory services (see below).

• An extensive multidisciplinary print and electronic information resource base including almost ½ million books, 27,440 electronic and 1,671 print journal titles as well as an extensive collection of full text and bibliographic databases, ebooks and more available anytime, any place (see below for more information).

• Access to the University’s rich Archives and Special Collections including the Douglas Hyde Manuscripts, Galway's Municipal Records, the Delargy Collection, significant Theatre Archives, the McGahern literary archive, a substantial photographic archive as well as access to a wealth of national and international research libraries.   The Library is a Copyright Library for Irish published materials and is also a designated European Documentation Centre.

• Lending, reference, photocopying and scanning services.

• Dedicated Individual and group study spaces.

• Interlibrary Loan and electronic document delivery services. 

• Wireless networking is available across the Libraries with access to a large number of public PC workstations and Laptop ports.

• Extensive opening hours.

Access the Core Research Literature – any time, any place

The Library provides access to an extensive portfolio of online resources enabling you to fully exploit the research literature in your area 24/7, with many resources provided via the national Irish Research eLibrary, visit this link for more information on online collection available at NUI Galway: electronic resources.  

Dedicated Postgraduate Skills Training Programme

We are committed to ensuring that research students are given full and rounded training – whether you wish to progress into an academic career or transfer your skills into the commercial or public sector.

Flexible training opportunities include the Researcher Workshop Series offering an extensive range of hands-on workshops, run throughout the academic year, which all research students are eligible to attend.  Combined with online research skills courseware and advisory services there is a host of flexible opportunities to develop your research skill portfolio.

Workshop topics in the series include:

• Effective Literature Searching
• Managing your Research Information Using Endnote
• Keeping up to Date with New Research
• Getting Published and Making an Impact

The Library – Your Space

The James Hardiman Library is at the heart of the campus and houses the principal research collections for the College of Arts, Social Sciences & Celtic Studies, the College of Business, Social Policy & Law, the College of Engineering & Informatics, and the College of Science.  There is a separate medical library located in the Clinical Science Institute at University College Hospital and a separate Nursing Studies library, both of which primarily serve researchers in the College of Medicine, Nursing & Health Sciences.  A new Nursing Library adjoining the James-Hardiman Library is due to open in Summer 2009 and construction of a state-of-the-art Humanities and Social Sciences Research Library is due to commence shortly with opening scheduled for 2010.

Find Out More!

For more information:

• Go to http://www.library.nuiglaway.ie/ and visit the Research Information Gateway.
  
• Download a brief brochure on core research support services via the Library.

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