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Network Outages - Saturday 6th April
There will be some loss of access to the network on Saturday 6th April from 9.00 - 9.30 am.

Got a question? Get Library Help
Got a question about Library services or resources? Library Help is the name of the new online enquiry service.

Disruption to online library services on Sunday
Please note that due to essential upgrades by our external providers some library services will be unavailable on Sunday 24th February between 9:00-10:00am.

Library Search Developments
As part of our continuous efforts to the improve range of services offered by the library, we've been working hard to come up with ways to further develop Library Search to make it easier to use and discover resources.

Library Search Developments
As part of our continuous efforts to the improve range of services offered by the library, we've been working hard to come up with ways to further develop Library Search to make it and easier to use and discover resources.

Goodbye Library catalogue, Hello Library Search
In September 2012 we introduced Library Search, a brand new way to search the library catalogue.

Disruption to services
Essential maintenance is required by one of our vendors between 20:00 on Saturday 11th August and 02:00 on Sunday 12st August. During this period FindIt, A-Z List, e-Journals and Library Search may become unavailable.

Disruption to e-journals and database access, and Find It service
Tuesday, April 24th 2012, 17:00:28 (BST) Access to e-journals, databases and the Find It service is currently unavailable. The respective service providers have been notified and we will continue to monitor the situation.

Potential downtime to the CLA Scanning Database
Due to essential upgrades this service may become unavailable from 9:00-11:00am on Thursday 22nd March 2012. Scanned items on Reading Lists may also be affected. We apologise for any inconvenience caused.

Disruption to Reading List Online and Desktop Delivery Service
Please be aware that due to upgrades and necessary system maintenance there will be a brief disruption to the Reading List Online (RLO) and Desktop Delivery Service (DDS) between 08:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. on Tuesday 14th February 2012 We do apologise for any inconveniences caused.

Desktop Delivery Service
Introducing the new Research Reserve journal article scanning service.

E-journal and database access disruption
E-journal and database access will be "at risk" and therefore potentially unavailable between Saturday January 7th, 10pm and Sunday 8th, 6am.

Open Access Week
24th-28th October is Open Access Week - promoting and broadening awareness and understanding of Open Access with a range of events nationally and internationally.

Web of Knowledge maintenance
Web of Knowledge will be undergoing maintenance this coming Sunday November 21 2010

Royal Society of Chemistry E-Books trial
From 15th Nov to 14th Dec we have full access to all the RSC E-Books.

Springer e-Book Trial
We are currently running an e-book trial with the publisher Springer. The trial gives us access to the full-text of almost 20,000 English-language monographs, textbooks, handbooks, atlases and book series published primarily in the scientific, technical and medical subject areas, between 2005-2010.

Open All@Ncl: Receive funding for open access publication
A pilot fund has been established to support researchers in placing their articles in high-profile open access journals.

Library wins Customer Service Excellence Award
The University Library has received the prestigious Customer Service Excellence award for the quality of its services. After winning five Charter Mark awards, the Library has now achieved the government’s new service standard to confirm its reputation as one of the best in the country.

Wiley Online Library
The Wiley Online Library will be launched on Sunday 8th August. This new resource replaces the Wiley InterScience service.

Writing Development Centre
The Writing Development Centre offers tuition, guidance and feedback on all aspects of academic writing

Potential problem affecting log in to ISI Web of Knowledge
A minority of users may experience problems when trying to log in to ISI Web of Knowledge

Accessing electronic resources
From 1st August 2009 a simpler method of access will be introduced.

New books in the Library
Find out which new books the Library bought last month

Can your research change minds?
The ESRC have released details of 2 exciting social science prizes for early career researchers.

University Publications Protocol
Staff in the Library have recently been testing out the various citation databases that may be used in the forthcoming REF.

RAE2008 - Submissions Published
The content of submissions made to 2008 Research Assessment Exercise (RAE2008) has been published on the RAE2008 web-site.

ticTOCs - New Scholarly Journal Tables of Contents Service
Keep up-to-date with newly published scholarly material by finding, displaying, storing, combining and reusing thousands of journal tables of contents from multiple publishers.

University Library is an Investor in People
The Library has recently won a second Investors in People (IiP) award

Accessing online resources from halls of residence
Follow these simple steps if you are having difficulties accessing online resources from halls of residence

Improved Services and new Research Space in the Robinson Library
A bright new look for the Library offers a welcome for students and researchers

Open Access On The Up at Newcastle
Newcastle University Library's e-prints repository is growing rapidly.

UK Research Reserve
The University Library has joined a national project to ensure to ensure the long-term retention of printed research journals

University research now online
You can now view bibliographic details of Newcastle University's submissions for the Research Assessment Exercise (RAE) 2008

Accessing online resources from halls of residence
Updated instructions for connecting to the Find It and Metalib services

New look Library website launches
The new Library website has been redesigned to make finding information much easier, and allows campus users to personalise using 'MyLibrary'

New Library catalogue browser search plugins
Search the Library catalogue from wherever you are on the internet...

New 'Linkit' service launched
Easily link to Library resources with the click of a mouse...