Searcher - a one stop shop for accelerated full text results

Searcher allows DIT users to accelerate your searching across up to 16 DIT library databases at once, with more databases to be added in the next few weeks. A list of the databases covered is available on the Advanced Search page.

• Results can be emailed or downloaded to a citation reader.
• Searcher removes duplicate results, and then weighs the relevance of each result.
• Define your search using including specific phrases and complex Boolean operators.
• Advanced search - search for the precise details needed, like an author name or a publication date.

See for yourselves  from the Library Services Homepage (half way down, left hand side).

We welcome your feedback



DIT library available on your smart phone!

DIT is the first HEI in Ireland to release a  free Smartphone app.

Search the library catalogue and our fulltext databases using your library PIN, check DIT e-mail, view webcourses and stay in touch with news and events happening on campus.


Watch the app in action.  I'ts available for the iPhone, iTouch and android smartphones. Downloaded from the relevant app store / android market. Simply search for “DIT”.

The app will also be available on the Bada platform (Samsung apps) thanks to the support of Samsung Ireland.

MyRI Project- Measuring your research impact

DIT Library & Partners Win Funding for Bibliometrics Research
Introducing the MyRI project - Measuring Your Research Impact

This is a collaboration between four academic libraries
and two academic units: UCD Library (project lead); DCU Library; DIT Library; the library at NUI Maynooth; the School of Computer Science & Informatics at UCD; the Department of Geography at Maynooth.

Bibliometrics is used to measure research publications and is one key approach being used to assess research impact. This project will lay the ground for collaborations between the six partners to make best use of expertise, to maximise our research impact.


A successful bid was made for project funding from the NDLR LInCS (National Digital Learning Resources - Learning Innovation Community Support) 2010 programme with the materials available at the end of the year and showcased in the annual NDLR event. We are very pleased with the success of this proposal given the strength of the competition this year - only 12 of 41 submissions were accepted.

EndNote Desktop: Cancellation

DIT Library Services has decided to end its DIT wide subscription to the EndNote Desktop Bibliographic Management Software. The cancellation will take effect from April 30th 2010.

EndNote Web will continue to be available to all users through our subscription to the Web of Science database.

DIT will continue to use the EndNote Desktop software we have already.

The latest version x3 will be rolled out to libraries and laboratories over the next two weeks.

Contact Fiachra at Aungier Street Library (402 7176) if you would like to upgrade.

New Database - Politico.ie

Library Services has taken a subscription to Politico.ie - a new website service on social and political issues. The subscription period is for one year only and feedback on how useful this site is would be appreciated. Access to Politico is via the database page on the library website.

New Database - IPA Source

Library Services now subscribes to IPA Source. IPA Source is the web's largest library of International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) transcriptions and literal translations of opera arias and art song texts. It contains over 4400 texts including 714 aria texts and is available through the library database page.

New Zetoc! now with added RSS

Zetoc is the service DIT uses to access monthly table of contents information for your most important journal resources.

Now Zetoc RSS enables you to set up RSS feeds for your chosen journals in Zetoc.

An RSS button is provided for each individual journal.
Find out more about RSS and about setting up Zetoc RSS feeds.

Zetoc provides access to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents of around 20,000 current journals and around 16,000 conference proceedings published per year. The database covers 1993 to date, and is updated on a daily basis.

Endnote X2 Upgrade

Endnote X2 Upgrade

Endnote is a bibliographic software program which helps you store and organise references from books and journal articles. These references can be inserted in a Word document and a bibliography can be automatically created at the end of that document.

Our Endnote webpages hold a wealth of information to get you started – with a list of contacts for assistance when needed.

Change of Venue - Web of Knowledge Training April 30th

Guillaume Rivalle - customer trainer from Thomson Reuters will present a training session on Web of Knowledge in Lecture Theatre Room 4079 on April 30th, starting at 9.30am. Training will cover Journal Citation Reports as well as searching across the 3 citation indexes - Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities and Science. Training is open to academic and library staff as well as research students and will include specific training for researchers on citation impact factors, how to improve them, the h-index etc.

If you would like to attend, please e-mail:-
anne.ambrose@dit.ie Places are still available.

Web of Knowledge Training April 30th

Guillaume Rivalle - customer trainer from Thomson Reuters will present a training session on Web of Knowledge in Training Room 1, Aungier Street Library on April 30th starting at 9.30am. Training will cover Journal Citation Reports as well as searching across the 3 citation indexes - Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities and Science. Training is open to academic and library staff as well as research students and will include specific training for researchers on citation impact factors, how to improve them, the h-index etc.

If you would like to attend, please e-mail:- anne.ambrose@dit.ie as places are limited.