Opening Hours

Both Aungier St. and Dame St. Libraries will open from 9am, Monday - Friday, for the first two weeks of December.

Weekend opening hours are:
Saturday: 9:30am - 5pm
Sunday (2nd & 9th Dec) - 11am - 5pm

Laptop lending service

The laptop lending service at Aungier Street is being discontinued due to difficulties encountered while operating the scheme. Assignment and Internet Pcs are available in the meantime.

Plagiarism & Referencing Class in Postgraduate Library

A class on Plagiarism & Academic referencing will be held on Friday 30th November in Dame st room 3.1 at 1.30.

The class will cover
· Defining plagiarism (and consequences of plagiarism for postgrad students)
· Ways to avoid plagiarism (Paraphrasing, summarising)
· How to cite sources
· Harvard Referencing style

All postgraduate students who are unsure about plagiarism and correct referencing are welcome to attend however MBA International students are particularly encouraged to attend and reminded that they must attend a class on plagiarism before laptops can be borrowed.

APA Referencing & Essay Writing Class

Friday 23/11/2007 - 2pm
APA Referencing & Essay Writing

To book a place, please email/phone the library or contact a member of staff for more information.

Library I.T. Services

There may be some disruption to I.T. services in the library over the coming few weeks due to a significant upgrade of the computer services in the college. This work is being carried out to ensure that high quality and stable computer services are provided to students. The improvements include upgrading of the cabling in the Aungier St and Dame St buildings, as well as a review of the wireless network in Aungier Street to improve speed and connectivity.


We apologise for any inconvenience caused to students in the interim.

New Information Point at Main Issue Desk

A new Information Point has been set up at the Main Issue Desk in Aungier Street Library to facilitate students with queries relating to all aspects of library services, including databases, researching and library classes. The Information Point is located at the right hand side of the issue desk.

New Database Trials

Three new databases are accessible through EBSCO for a trial period:

Computers & Applied Sciences Complete
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text
Communication & Mass Media Complete

To access the databases, please log on to EBSCO in the usual way (see the DBS Library Off Campus databases web page for more information) and click on the 'Trial Access...' link in the list of available databases.

Library Classes Next Week

Monday 19th November - 11am-12pm
Essay Writing and Harvard Referencing
Location: AS1.2


Wednesday 21st November - 4-5pm
Essay Writing and Harvard Referencing
Location: AS1.5


To book a place please ring/email the library or ask a member of staff

New Acquisitions - October 2007

Please click here for a list of new titles acquired by the Library in October 2007.

Library Classes - 5/11 - 09/11

The following classes will be held next week:

Monday 05/11/2007
4-5PM - Harvard Referencing / Essay writing - Room AS 1.5

Tuesday 06/11/2007
4-5PM - Harvard Referencing / Essay writing - Room AS 1.4

Wednesday 07/11/2007
4-5PM - APA Referencing / Essay writing - Room AS 1.5

Thursday 08/11/2007
4-5PM - APA Referencing / Essay writing - Room AS 1.5

Friday 09/11/2007
4-5PM - Harvard Referencing / Essay writing - Room AS 1.5


To book a place please phone or email the library, or ask a member of staff for details.