- 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
Order a Book
Order a Book
All new book orders should be placed via the online book order form. Each discipline (old academic departments) has a single username and password to access this system. This is to facilitate monitoring of overall spending within the discipline. The username and password is available from Neil O'Brien, Acquisitions Librarian. Please note there is currently an issue with accessing the online ordering form off-campus. However it is fully working when accessing on-campus. This matter is under active investigation with ISS.
Please ensure that you check the Library Catalogue for existing holdings of the title you are recommending. If we have existing holdings and you would like to increase the number of copies we have, please indicate that this is an 'additional copy'. Please note however that a maximum of 10 copies of any title will be acquired by the Library.
If you are preparing a reading list for a module you are teaching, you don't need to order the books yourself. Simply submit your reading list via our Reading List Support Service. This will ensure that these titles are given top priority, that sufficient copies are acquired for the class size and that the books are made available with the most appropriate loan status.
Hugo Kelly and Niamh Walsh (Collection Development Librarians) are available for advice on collection weaknesses, student needs and new publications of interest in the various subject areas.
If you have a query about a specific order please do not hesitate to get in touch with the Acquisitions staff - Geraldine Clarke, Rioghna Moggan, Teresa Brett and Deirdre Garvey.

O'Brien, Neil
Acquisitions, Subscriptions & Budgets
Email: neil.obrien@nuigalway.ie
Tel: +353 91493338

Moggan, Rioghna
Book Acquisitions & Administration
Email: rioghna.moggan@nuigalway.ie
Tel: +353 91495103/2593