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Easter weekend opening hours:  The library will be closed on Friday the 18th April, and open 10am-5pm on Monday the 21st. We will be open Saturday the 19th as normal. See here for full details.

New Library Resources:  The library has subscribed to two new resources which students and staff may find useful, Bloomsbury Professional Online, which has been added to our list of databases following a trial period last month, and the ProQuest Mental Health and Wellbeing eBook collection. For full details including descriptions of these resources and instructions for how to access them, see here.

Opening Hours Update:  Until further notice, the library will be open from 8am to 10pm Monday - Friday, and 10am - 5pm on Saturdays. For full details see here.

Spencer Dock Study Rooms: The library has 8 dedicated rooms for group study and there are also an additional two rooms on the 1st floor of the Spencer Dock building which may be booked for group study, for more information and to book these rooms, click here.

Printing Outside Library Opening Hours: See our FAQ on how to print outside of the library here.

NCI library is located on the 4th and 5th floors of the Spencer Dock campus. We look forward to welcoming new and returning students and staff in the new semester! You can contact the library through the LibChat icon on the bottom right of the page.

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  • Easter weekend opening hoursThis link opens in a new window Our opening hours over the Easter weekend are as follows: Friday 18/04/2025: Library CLOSED Saturday 19/04/2025: Library open 10:00-17:00 Sunday 20/04/2025: Library CLOSED Monday 21/04/2025: Library open 10:00-17:00 During this time, LibChat will be available 10:00-13:00 and 14:00-16:30 Saturday and Monday only, and our online resources are available to you at any time. See here for full details of library opening hours. Enjoy the break! Apr 8, 2025
  • New Library databasesThis link opens in a new window The library has subscribed to some new databases/collections which students and staff may find useful: The first is Bloomsbury Professional Online, covering Irish legal subjects such as taxation, commercial and employment law. Following our trial period last month, this has now been added to our list of library databases.  We have subscriptions to the following three eBook collections through this database:  Irish employment law Irish intellectual property and IT law Irish company and commercial law. To log in to this database, please select Sign in to your personal account, then choose Login with Institutional access, and then type in National College of Ireland. This will allow you to log in with either your student or staff email address. For more information on how to use this database, please see here.  The second is the ProQuest Mental Health and Wellbeing Collection, containing over 4,800 eBooks covering key topics related to the study of psychology (Social Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Psychotherapy, Neuropsychology) and student wellbeing (Stress Management, Meditation, Emotions, Personal Growth). This collection can be accessed via ProQuest Ebook Central's Advanced Search function, where under "Collection", the "Mental Health & Wellbeing Ebook Subscription" can be selected.  More information about this collection may be found here. Make sure to keep an eye on our A-Z Databases webpage for information about the full range of databases you have access to as an NCI student or staff member. Happy reading! Jan 27, 2025
  • Changes to Past Exam Papers DatabaseThis link opens in a new window For the month of January 2025, NCI past exam papers may be accessed via a Sharepoint site at the following link: https://studentncirl.sharepoint.com/sites/ExamPapersArchive/Past%20exam%20papers/Forms/AllItems.aspx Students and staff will need to log in to access these papers, and the login info will match your NCI Single Sign-On credentials. Get in touch with any questions, and best of luck with the exams! Jan 2, 2025
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