- Collections
About Collections
The Library provides access to all sorts of information resources to support your learning and research. You can search all of our collections through the Library Catalogue, or learn more about different types of information resources below.
- Using the Library
Find your way
Find out about what Library services you can avail of, take our 360 degree Library tour and navigate your way around the Library. Each section includes a description of services available and allows you to become familiar with the Library before you visit us.
- We Can Help
We're here to help
Library staff provide support, help, and training to enable you to get to grips with the literature of your subject and the Library's resources.
- Digital Scholarship
Digital Scholarship
The Library welcomes opportunities to advance our Digital Scholarship. Our areas of contribution include content, technology, infrastructure, partnership and the practice-based expertise in our team.
- Open Scholarship
Open Scholarship
The Library supports the practice of research, education and knowledge exchange to enable open collaboration and learning.
- Search
Search
A single search interface to all collections and content, both physical and digital. It's quick, user-friendly, and a personalised discovery experience.
- About
Collections
The Library strives to provide you with excellent and relevant collections to support the teaching, learning and research needs of the University. All our collections are discoverable through the Library Catalogue and by logging in you will be linked seamlessly to online resources and guided to the location of physical resources.
Our Library guide has tips on accessing the Library catalogue and other online Library resources which you may find useful.
Latest News
Staff Publications: display of recently published titles
Thu, 24 Mar 2022 11:09:00 +0000
To highlight research by NUI Galway staff, we have gathered a selection of recently published titles for display on the ground floor of the Library.The displayed titles provide a snapshot of the research currently taking place in the University.The Library aims to acquire a physical copy and e-book (if available) of every publication by NUIGalway academic staff. If you have a new book due to be
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive: trial ends 18th March
Fri, 04 Mar 2022 19:54:00 +0000
The trial of Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive (EIMA) ends on Friday 18th March. Access to the EIMA trial is available here. To assist in evaluating this resource, please complete the trial feedback form available here.EIMA is an archival digital research resource containing the essential primary sources for studying the history of the film and entertainment industries, from the era of
Springwatch : the Birds of NUI Galway Campus
Thu, 03 Mar 2022 11:00:00 +0000
Now that the first days of meteorological Spring are finally here, it is always rewarding to observe the natural world as animals become more active after the winter. To this end we decided to use the Birds of the World database created by the Cornell Lab of Ornithology to show some of the common and less common birds that can be found on the University campus.A lover of water, there is a pair of
Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive: trial now available
Fri, 28 Jan 2022 13:40:00 +0000
A trial of Entertainment Industry Magazine Archive (EIMA) is now available until Friday 18 March. EIMA is an archival digital research resource containing the essential primary sources for studying the history of the film and entertainment industries, from the era of vaudeville and silent movies through to the 21st century. It includes the core US and UK trade magazines, covering film, music,
Radical Newspaper Archive - New Library Subscription
Thu, 27 Jan 2022 17:11:00 +0000
The Library has taken out a subscription to the Radical Newspaper Archives, a collection of over 115 Irish radical and political newspapers, journals, pamphlets and bulletins. This major historical resource spans the Home Rule debates of the 1880s to the beginning of the Second World War, including the 1913 Lockout, the 1916 Rising, the War of Independence, the Civil War and the Economic War of
Academic Staff - Reading List Resources for Semester II
Fri, 10 Dec 2021 13:33:00 +0000
The Library requests that academic staff publish their module reading lists via the Reading List Service for the next semester as soon as possible.This will give us sufficient time to:review the reading listpurchase available e-bookspurchase print copies of new booksprocess the digitisation of requested chapters/articles (up to 10% or 1 chapter) There is a range of short helpful video tutorials