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Reference ReportsWelcome to the Reference and Research Library


Reference and Research Library is located on the first floor - accessible by lift.

To become a member of this section of the library photo ID is required.  This membership allows the use of computers (computer use must be booked at the desk or by phone 890 5784).  The material in the Library may also be used but not borrowed.

New members welcome.

The Reference Library holds an extensive range of books on all subjects for use in the library.  Computers must be booked for use of CD Roms e.g. Driving Theory, Mavis Beacon, Learn More English.


 

Services 

Public Access Computers: Free Internet, Printing facility: Book at Reference Desk or by phone 8905784

Photocopier: Photocopying facility available, cards on sale at reference desk

Fax Facility: Faxes can be sent

Printing: Printing is 15 cents per page available in black and white on library paper


 

Reference Books - Wide range of subjects such as music, education, law, science and history

Language Dictionaries - French, Spanish, Italian, German, Portuguese, English, Irish

Colour Atlases - Times atlas of the World, New Oxford Atlas

Road Maps - Ireland and Europe

Yearbooks - Information on companies, state and semi-state bodies. IPA Yearbook, Writers' and Artists' Yearbook, Bord Failte Yearbook

Directories - Thom's Street Directory (Dublin), Kompass Ireland Business Directory, Directory of Ireland Industrial Estates

Telephone Directories/Golden Pages - Covering the Republic of Ireland - Other areas available online

Encyclopaedias - Britannica, Gale and Cambridge


Facilities

Microfilm Readers - Two Microfilm Readers, printing facility available

The Irish Times Newspaper on microfilm from 1859 to the present

Periodicals/Magazines - Over 200 titles available to read in the library

Leisure and hobby titles: Sport, Homes & Gardens, Autocar

Research titles: Business Week, Law Society Gazette, Current Affairs

newspapers

Daily newspapers: Irish Times, Irish Independent, Irish Examiner, London Times

Sunday: newspapers Sunday Business Post, Sunday Times, Sunday Independent, Sunday Tribune

Local newspapers: Northside People, Blanchardstown Gazette, Fingal Independent, Community Voice

 

Managerial Videos - For viewing in the library - 20 Steps to Better Management (BBC), Team Leading, Effective Presentations

Study Areas:

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Government Publications: Government Acts and Bills, Government Department Annual Reports, Statistical Information Irish Trade, Economic and Population Statistics

Multi-Media CD-Roms: Kompass Ireland, Griffith's Valuation, European Intelligence Wire, Irish Statute Book 1922-2001marketdirectcd

Electronic Online Database: Grove Art, Grove Music, Factfinder (Business & Finance), Know Europe

Application Forms: Motor Tax, Passport, Social Welfare, Voters' Register, Driving Test/Licence

Local Studies Department: Material covering Blanchardstown, Mulhuddart, Castleknock, Standard Irish History Textbooks, Historical Periodicals