- Collections
About Collections
The Library provides access to all sorts of information resources to support your learning and research. You can search all of the library's collections through the Library Catalogue, or get more information on each type of information resource and how it might be useful to your studies below.
- Using the Library
Find your way
Learn more about the Library as a physical place, find top tips and answers to frequently asked questions (FAQ), find out about the study spaces and services available in the Main, Medical and Nursing & Midwifery Libraries, and if you are not a student or staff member of NUI Galway, you can find out here how to access the Library.
- 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. We have staff with expertise on information resources in your subject area.
Get help from the Library with your studies, research, or teaching
- 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.
- 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
Ask the Librarian
Ask the Librarian
Need Help – Just Ask the Librarian service is open to all students of NUI Galway. The service is available Monday to Friday from 19:30-21:30 and on Saturday from 11:30-12:45, during this time the Librarian will either deliver a training workshop or be on hand to give 2nd level support to students on Library related queries. A monthly calendar of events is published online, the training workshops are open to all, in some cases students may need to attend an introductory workshop in order to attend the advanced training workshop.
The Ask the Librarian service offers support to individual students or small groups who may have questions on how to carry out information searches or web searches or need assistance with a reading list. Whatever the query staff are on hand to offer support. The service is located in the foyer of the Library, adjacent to the Hold Collection Room. Don’t forget if you Need Help – Just Ask!