Database trial - Biomedical & Life Sciences - audio visual talks - trial ends 2 May 2008

We have organized trial access to the Biomedical and Life Sciences Collection of Henry Stewart Talks seminar style audio visual presentationss by leading world experts. All the talks can be accessed directly at http://www.hstalks.com/trial/ or from the Trial Databases http://booleweb.ucc.ie/databases/trials.htm page on our website (from where you can also access any other current library database trial).

This Collection contains over 700 seminar style talks designed to meet the needs of researchers, postgraduates and the more advanced undergraduate.

It is suggested you start by watching the short introductory presentation View Intro Talk http://hst.streamuk.com/bsr/index.asp?chk=1 and then searching the database to find talks matching your particular research interests.

Feedback on the value of the database would be most welcome. Please complete the "Recommend to your Librarian" form accessible from within the trial website or contact me direct: c.kerrigan@ucc.ie / Ext. 1527.

Library Survey 2008 closes Fri 14 March - last five days!!

The Library is currently running a rigorously tested web-based survey called LibQUAL.

It will give you the chance to tell us what you think about our services, and where the Library services need improvement. As a staff member or student, your feedback is very important.
The library is running the survey until Friday 14 March.

Please take 10 minutes to complete it.

There are prizes which have been generously sponsored by suppliers.

You can take the survey at http://survey.libqual.org/index.cfm?ID=757091

September Opening Hours for Brookfield Library

BROOKFIELD HEALTH SCIENCES LIBRARY – SEPTEMBER 2007

Monday – Friday Open from 9a.m. – 10:15p.m. Service from 9:15a.m. – 4:15p.m.

Saturday and Sunday Open from 10a.m. – 5p.m. Service Desk Closed

Opening Times - Monday 6 Aug 2007 - Public Holiday

Monday 6 Aug is a public holiday and UCC Library opening times change as a result:

Brookfield Health Sciences Library: Closed
Cork University Hospital Library: Closed
Boole Library: Closed

Full details of opening hours can be found at:http://booleweb.ucc.ie/Openinghours/opening.htm

Database Trial: MIDIRS

UCC has a tial of the Maternity and Infant Care Database (MIDIRS) This database trial for up to 4 simultaneous users is available until 28th June 2007.


MIDIRS is a bibliographic database for midwifery. Its aim is to provide maternity health professionals with an overview of key midwifery and medical research to inform their practice. The information is gathered from over 550 international journals and original articles are commissioned on the hot topics being discussed by the midwifery profession.



As our decision whether or not to subscribe to these titles will be based on feedback received during the trial, we would welcome any comments you may have – to send your comment just click on Comments below.

eBooks Trial 21 May - 1 September 2007

UCC Library has trial access to over 500 eBooks on ScienceDirect & can be accessed online via ScienceDirect - we'll be happy to help if you have any queries or problems.

A complete title list <http://info.sciencedirect.com/content/books/docs/ebooks_triallistSD.xls> is available for your review. In addition, links to the full text on ScienceDirect have been included.


There are 315 Medicine & Health related titles under the following subject headings:
Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology 156 titles
Immunology and Microbiology 37 titles
Medicine and Dentistry 36 titles
Neuroscience 50 titles
Pharmacology, Toxicology and Pharmaceutical Science 13 titles
Psychology 33 titles

As our decision whether or not to subscribe to these titles will be based on feedback received during the trial, we would welcome any comments you may have – to send your comment just click on Comments below.

Eating, Drinking and Carousing in Library

The Library at the Mercy University Hospital is located in what was originally the Mansion House, former residence of the Mayors of Cork. The building was designed in an Italianate style by the architect Davis Ducart and no expense was spared on its construction and fitting out. The magnificent stucco work, carried out in an elaborate Rococo style by Patrick Osborne of Waterford, remains remarkably intact. The building was completed around 1767. From early on the Mansion House became renowned for its magnificent balls, receptions and banquets, which were both lavish and frequent. But as the economy of the city declined in the early 19th century, the Corporation realised that it could no longer afford to subsidise such excess. The Mayor was relocated to a more humble abode and the Mansion House was handed over to the Church. The Mercy Hospital opened for business on St. Patrick’s Day 1857.

As part of our 150th anniversary celebrations, it was decided to hold two celebratory banquets in the hospital. And what more appropriate place to hold them than in the Library, which was the original dining room of the Mansion House? Mary Dunnion, Director of Nursing, hosted the first banquet to coincide with the inaugural National Nursing Conference and Professor Gerry O’Sullivan, current President of the Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland, hosted the other.

The Library received a total makeover for both occasions. The room was lit by large antique candelabras. To enter the Library was to take a step back in time to a more elegant age. And for once food was eaten and drink imbibed without any admonishment from Library staff, and not a single ssssshhhhhh was heard all evening.