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Happy 200th Birthday Charles Dickens!

ebrary contains over 71,000 ebooks on all subject areas including Art and Architecture, Business & Finance, Computers & IT, Engineering and Technology, History, Language and Literature, Law, Health Sciences, Physical Sciences, Social Sciences and much more. WIT Libraries are delighted to bring you access to up-to-date ebooks from publishers such as Open University Press, Oxford Publishing, and others.

Accessing ebrary ebook titles

There are two ways to discover and find any ebook in WIT Libraries.

The first is through the Library OPAC. When you’re searching for books in the library on the OPAC, you’ll almost certainly discover some ebook titles among your search. Follow the links to open the full-text ebook on your machine.

The second method of finding and reading ebooks is through the ebrary database itself. From the library database page, choose ebrary from the list (on-campus and off-campus links supplied). Here you can search by title, author, subject terms, etc, to find the ebooks you need. ebrary users can also find titles by using the Advanced Search options.

Reading, Saving and Printing ebrary ebook titles

Most users will access ebrary ebook titles by “streaming” access (i.e. reading/browsing on screen). To declutter the reading area of your browser, choose the ebrary Reader icon.

You can also download a copy of the ebook for 14 days, but you need to register and login for a personal bookshelf to do this. You also need to download and install Adobe Digital Editions onto your machine to download the ebook for 14 days. Please talk to a member of library staff to discuss the option to download ebook titles.

You can also print from ebrary. Just choose the print option from the InfoTools icon. Please note, there’s a copyright printing limit of 40 pages per boook.

Do you have a SMART phone? Tablet Device? Or ereader? There are also a number of options to access ebrary ebook titles on your device.

Project Gutenberg

WIT Libraries has added almost 40,000 ebook titles from Project Gutenberg into the library OPAC. Project Gutenberg is a collection of free and out-of-copyright books availabe digitally. You can access Project Gutenberg titles through the library OPAC. Follow the links to access the ebook and other download options.
If you have any queries about ebooks in WIT Libraries, please contact a member of library staff, or contact libinfo@wit.ie.

Details of new additions to the collections of both Luke Wadding Library and College Street Library for the month of December are now available.

To view this updated list, please see Latest Additions & Special Collections, accessible through OPAC, our library catalogue.

Also, feel free to visit  http://library.wit.ie/LibraryServices/BooksJournals/LatestLibraryAcquisitions/ to browse WIT Libraries’ library circular highlighting selections of our monthly acquisitions.

If you think that there are any books that would benefit our collections during 2012, get in touch!!  We would be delighted to hear any suggestions.  Mail us with details at libinfo@wit.ie

Our opening times:

Luke Wadding Library

Monday-Thursday: 08.30-21.00

Friday: 08.30-17.00

Saturday: 08.30-16.30

College Street Campus Library

Monday-Thursday: 9.15-21.00

Friday: 9.15-17.00

Saturday: 9.15-16.30

Remember you can always access library online resources 24/7  through the library website. Don’t forget to check out our twitter and facebook accounts for all the latest from WIT Libraries.

Begin Again  Brendan Kennelly

Begin again to the summoning birds
to the sight of light at the window,
begin to the roar of summoning traffic
all along Pembroke Road.

Every beginning is a promise
born in light and dying in dark determination
and exaltation of springtime
flowering the way to work.
Begin to the pageant of queuing girls
the arrogant loneliness of swans in the canal
bridges linking the past and the future
old friends passing though with us still.

Begin to the loneliness that cannot end
since it perhaps is what makes us begin,
begin to wonder at unknown faces,
at crying birds in the sudden rain
at branches stark in the willing sunlight
at seagulls foraging for bread
at couples sharing a sunny secret
alone together while making good.

Though we live in a world that dreams of ending
that always seems about to give in
something that will not acknowledge conclusion
insists that we forever begin.

We are closing at 1pm on Friday Dec 23rd and will be open again from Tuesday Jan 3rd 2012.

To view this updated list, please see Latest Additions & Special Collections, accessible through OPAC, our library catalogue.

Also, feel free to visit  http://library.wit.ie/LibraryServices/BooksJournals/LatestLibraryAcquisitions/ to browse WIT Libraries’ library circular highlighting selections of our monthly acquisitions.

If you think that there are any books that would benefit our collections,  don’t be shy!!  We would be delighted to hear any suggestions.  Mail us at libinfo@wit.ie with details.

Did you know we are extending our opening hours for the Christmas exam period – Mon Nov 28th to Thurs Dec 22nd (incl.)

Mon-Thurs: 08:30-22:00
Friday: 08:30-19:00
Saturday: 08:30-16:30

See the library website for full details of library opening hours.

To view this updated list, please see Latest Additions & Special Collections, accessible through OPAC, our library catalogue.

Also, feel free to visit  http://library.wit.ie/LibraryServices/BooksJournals/LatestLibraryAcquisitions/ to browse WIT Libraries’ library circular highlighting selections of our monthly acquisitions.

If you think that there are any books that would benefit our collections,  don’t be shy!!  We would be delighted to hear any Mail us at libinfo@wit.ie with details.