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MTU Kerry Library subscribes to a large number of key online resources to aid you in your study.

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This multidisciplinary database offers a vast collection of full text and peer-reviewed journals covering virtually all key areas of academic research, making it a good starting point for most topics. The database also includes indexing and abstracts for more thousands of journals and other publications including monographs, reports, conference proceedings and more. Contents include PDF content going back as far as 1887, as well as ahead of print content for some titles from select publishers.

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ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) Digital Library is the most extensive collection of full-text articles and bibliographic records covering the fields of computing and information technology in existence today. Content includes the full text of all ACM publications, full text publications from select publishers together with the flagship ACM Guide to Computing Literature bibliographic database, as well as a richly interlinked network of authors, works, institutions, and specialized communities.

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APA PsycArticles is published by the American Psychological Association and provides full-text access to peer-reviewed journal articles from leading psychology journals, including the American Psychologist. The database is updated bi-weekly and covers all aspects of psychology and related fields including: Business, Criminology, Education, Engineering, Marketing, Medicine, Nursing, Public Health and Sports Medicine.

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A resource offering access to more than 2 million images of art from some of the world’s leading museums, photo archives, scholars, and artists in one easily-navigated repository. All images are accompanied by metadata and are rights-cleared for educational use, so you are free to use them for your assignments, presentations, class room instruction and other noncommercial educational and scholarly activities. The resource also includes tools for sharing, curating and downloading images directly to Power Point.

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Provides access to all recent technical documents and journals published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers.

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Bloomsbury Applied Visual Arts (BAVA) provides access to searchable which combine visual inspiration with practical advice on idea generation, research techniques, portfolio development and more. Content also includes practical pedagogy such case studies, leading practitioner interviews, and learning activities. BAVA is an essential resource for students and educators in the fields of fashion and textiles, design and illustration, photography, film and animation, architecture, interiors, marketing and advertising and more.

Subject Guides


MTU library subscribes to the BMJ journals below. To search across all three journals at once, select them from the list in the “Include articles in Journal” box.  Alternatively, click on the link to an individual journal below.


This database is provided by MedicinesComplete and offers health care professionals with independent, authoritative and up-to-date information on prescribing, dispensing and administering medicines.

MedicinesComplete User Guide – Search the British National Formulary


Provided by MecdicinesComplete this database offers practical, evidence-based guidance on the use of medicines in children ranging in ages from neonatal (including pre-term) to adolescent.

MedicinesComplete User Guide – Search the British National Formulary


This database offers full-text and peer-reviewed access to journals covering all aspects of business, including marketing, management, accounting, banking, finance and more. Content also includes indexing and abstracts for the most important scholarly business journals back as far as 1886 and ahead of print publications for select titles from key publishers.

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Access to full-text articles from hundreds of peer-reviewed, academic journals. Subjects covered:Anthropology, Archaeology, Area Studies, Art, Chemistry, Classical Studies, Computer Science, Drama Theatre, Performance Studies, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Economics, Education, Engineering, English Language Teaching, Film, Media and Mass Communication, General Science, Geography, History, Language and Linguistics, Law, Life Sciences, Literature, Management, Material Sciences, Mathematics, Medicine, Music, Nutrition, Philosophy, Physics and Astronomy, Politics and International Relations, Psychiatry, Psychology, Religion, Social Sciences Research Methods, Sociology, Statistics and Probability.

Researcher Guide


CINAHL Ultimate is the new definitive resource for nursing and allied health research, providing full text for more of the most used journals in the CINAHL index than any other database. It covers more than 50 nursing specialties and includes quick lessons, evidence-based care sheets, CEU modules and research instruments.

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An online learning environment providing student nurses with access to core resources and interactive learning tools designed to help them with their studies. Content includes textbooks covering nursing specialties, core Student Midwifery textbooks, thousands of images and study tools to help students prepare for tests. The first time you sign in, ClinicalKey will require you to create a personal account using your name and MTU email address.

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An online training tool for nursing professionals and student nurses, Clinical Skills uses a mixture of illustrations, videos and animations to demonstrate a variety of skills aims. Created by leading academics and reputable nursing practitioners, this resource aims to improve the consistency of clinical practice as well as managing professional training. The resource can be accessed by desktop or mobile device.


The Cochrane Library is a collection of databases that contain different types of up-to-date, high-quality, independent evidence to inform healthcare decision-making

How to search the Cochrane Library


The Coronavirus Research Database is a collection of journal articles, preprints, conference proceedings, dissertations and more related to COVID-19 and other coronaviruses. It includes comprehensive research background coverage of past pandemics and epidemics, like MERS and SARS, to give researchers and students context around the current global crisis.

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Bloomsbury’s Drama Online is an award winning digital library for students and educators in the fields of drama and literature. It includes a combination playtexts, filmed live performances, audio play and scholarly books from leading theatre publishers and companies, offering a complete multimedia experience of theatre.

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By focusing on the essential anatomy of each species, this well-established book details information directly applicable to the care of dogs, cats, horses, cows, pigs, sheep, goats, birds, and camelids — and points out similarities and differences among species. Each chapter includes a conceptual overview that describes the structure and function of an anatomic region, and new diagrams facilitate comprehension of bodily functions. 5th Edition.

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ProQuest’s Ebook Central is an award winning, accessible ebook platform for research, teaching and learning. It includes access to Academic Complete, a multi-disciplinary collection of hundreds of thousands of ebooks covering a wide range of subjects including: agriculture, engineering, manufacturing, business, management, computing, education, travel, tourism and hospitality, social sciences, psychology, general sciences, nursing, pharmacology, anatomy and physiology, botany and zoology. The EBook Central platform is designed with mobile in mind, so you can access the site from your tablet or phone, and download ebooks for offline reading.

Search for a Book | Ebook Central Bookshelf | Online Reader and Tools | Book Details Page


The library has purchased a small number of ebooks from EBSCO. To see the full list of titles owned by the library, enter * in the search box and click Search.

Reading EBSCO eBooks | Downloading EBSCO eBooks


Search across all the EBSCOhost databases the library subscribes to at the same time or select individual databases from the list.  When you have made your selection, click Continue at the top of the page to go to the search page.

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Emerald Insight contains full-text and peer reviewed articles and abstracts covering a broad range of subjects including: business, marketing, management, human resources, quality, engineering, tourism and hospitality management, health Education & Training and nutrition and food science.

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A database covering all aspects of human impact to the environment, including global warming, green building, pollution, sustainable agriculture, renewable energy, recycling and more. While GreenFILE is an indexing and abstracts database, content also includes open access full text for thousands of records

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Health Research Premium Collection brings together in one place a broad collection of journals, evidence-based resources, full-text dissertations, grey literature and more. The collection includes the following top ProQuest health and medical databases. To search the complete collection, click on the link to Health Research Premium Collection above. To limit your search to an individual database, click on the name of the database below:

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A medical database with a particularly strong focus on nursing and allied health. Content includes hundreds of scholarly, full text journals as well as abstract and indexing for hundreds more. In addition, this database includes AHFS Consumer Medication Information, which includes Drug information monographs written in lay language for consumers.

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The IEEE Xplore digital library provides access to millions of highly-cited scientific and technical full-text documents published by the IEEE (Institute of Electrical and Electroncis Engineers) and its publishing partners. Content includes journals, conference papers, standards, books and course hours.

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A comprehensive online tool to quickly access current regulations, construction standards, technical advice, health and safety information and industry news on the building, engineering, design and construction processes in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland. Content includes BSI Standards, Regulatory and Advisory documents for the UK & Ireland in the area of Construction & Building Products.

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The online newspaper archives provides a fast and easy way to access newspapers from 1738 all the way up to current day.
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ISURV is designed to specifically meet the information needs of surveyors, the surveying profession and the surveying industry. It is a one-stop-shop for best practice and the easiest way to access RICS official guidance online. It contains extensive expert practical commentary, legislative guidance, thousands of relevant case summaries and hundreds of ready to use standard letters and forms. Regularly updated, the information is the most current that is available from the RICS and contains the latest editions of all relevant RICS guidance notes. Topics covered include: building defects, building surveying, commercial property, construction, construction contracts, environment, estate agency, legal aspects, planning and valuation.

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JSTOR Art and Sciences Collections provide full-text and peer-reviewed articles across the Arts, Humanities, Sciences and Social Sciences disciplines. Content includes top peer-reviewed scholarly journals as well as respected literary journals, academic monographs, research reports from trusted institutes, and diverse primary sources. Collections 1 – VII included. Subjects covered include: Art and Art History, Business, Economics, Education, Film Studies, History, Music, Performing Arts, Politic Sciences, Psychology, Sociology. The JSTOR homepage defaults to searching all subscribed databases. Search all JSTOR collections subscribed to by the library from the home page or click Browse, then Subject to limit your search to a specific Subject

Researcher Guide


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A full-text, multidisciplinary database of journals and other resources across the arts, humanities, and sciences in disciplines. Content is international in scope but with a rich focus on Ireland. Subjects covered include: music, art, history, literature, archaeology, mathematics, and biology.

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JSTOR Life Sciences Collection provides provides full-text and peer-reviewed articles in the Biological Sciences, Health and General Science fields. Content includes high quality, full-text, peer-reviewed journal articles. Coverage includes:Botany, Conservation, Ecology, General Science, Health Science,Ornithology,Plant Sciences and Zoology. Search all JSTOR collections subscribed to by the library from the home page or click Browse, then Subject to limit your search to a specific Subject

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A free research database for library and information science studies. Library and Information Science and Technology Abstracts (LISTA) provides indexing and abstracting for hundreds of key journals, books and research reports. Subjects covered include: bibliometrics, cataloging, classification, information management, librarianship and online information retrieval.

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Published by the American Mathematical Society (AMS), MathSciNet is an easily searchable database of reviews, abstracts and bibliographic information for mathematical sciences literature.

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medici.tv is the world’s premier resource for classical music. Medici.tv’s library featuring the largest on demand library of classic music and includes programs, original works, concerts and archived historical concerts, operas, ballets, documentaries, master classes and artist portraits and educational programs. Many live events are broadcast each year, in partnership with the world’s most prestigious venues, opera houses, festivals and competitions. medici.tv is available on all screens: PC, Mac, mobiles, tablets (iOs and Android) and television via AirPlay or Chromecast.

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MEDLINE Complete includes a large collection of full-text online journals as well as MeSH (Medical Subject Headings) for thousands of current biomedical journals. Coverage dates back to 1916 and subjects covered include: Behavioral sciences, Bioengineering, Biomedicine, Dentistry, Health policy development, Life science, Pre-clinical sciences and Veterinary medicine.

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Nexis Uni is a full-text news, business, and legal database with access to a huge collection of sources. The resource includes most of the world’s major English-language newspapers from around the world. It also includes many non-English language newspaper titles, as well as scholarly journals, trade journals, popular magazines. News coverage includes deep backfiles and up-to-the-minute stories in national and regional newspapers, wire services, broadcast transcripts, international news, news blogs and non-English language sources

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Nursing Standard is published by the Royal College of Nursing (RCNi). The journal provides up to the minute, peer-reviewed articles and in-depth analysis of current nursing news and practice. Content also includes articles on the history of nursing best practice going back to 1987, as well as an archive of practice clinical and continuing professional development (CPD) articles. Some Ahead of Print clinical articles are also available.

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A multidisciplinary database covering many subjects, including art, education, humanities, law, social sciences and technology. OmniFile also provides topical coverage on ethnic studies, women’s studies and history. In addition to full text, this database provides indexing and abstracts for thousands of publications..

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Full-text access to journals published by Oxford University Press and covering a diverse range of disciplines such as: Arts, Humanities, Law, Mathematics, Medicine, Physics, Science, Social Sciences and Technical Sciences.

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Project MUSE is a leading provider of digital humanities and social science content for the scholarly community around the world.


Search across all the ProQuest databases the library subscribes to. Click on the Change Databases link to limit your searching to an individual resource.

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This database brings together or links to full-text of freely available, scholarly content from a number of trusted sources from around the world. Subjects covered include Health & Medical, Science & Technology, Social Sciences, Psychology, Finance, Business, Education, Woman’s Studies and Music.

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A comprehensive, encyclopaedic database providing full text coverage of the most important fields and subject areas of historical musicology, ethnomusicology, and theory. Content dates from 1175 to the present day, with topics ranging from popular music and rock, opera, instruments, and blues and gospel to recorded music and women composers.

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SAGE’s online collection of business cases provides educators and students with unlimited access to thousands of trusted cases from around the world. Content includes cases on in-demand subjects such as entrepreneurship, accounting, healthcare management, leadership, social enterprise and more.

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SAGE journals offer high quality, full-text, peer-reviewed articles covering the Health Sciences, Life and Biomedical Sciences, Materials Science and Engineering, Social Science and Humanities.

SAGE Journals User Guide


SAGE Research Methods provides material to guide users through every step of the research process.It also features a Methods Map to help those less familiar with research methods to find the best technique to use in their research. Content includes reference works, journal articles, instructional videos, books (including the largest collection of qualitative methods books available online from any scholarly publisher) and more.

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The i2i Platform provides accurate and up to date full-text access to thousands of current NSAI Irish Standards: straight IS (Irish Standards) EN (European Norms) and ISO (International Organisation for Standardisation). The i2i platform also lists the bibliographic content hundreds of international standards publishers covering over 1.5 million standards, references and equivalencies.


ScienceDirect provides abstract and full text access to scholarly research in the Physical Sciences and Engineering, Life Sciences, Health Sciences and Social Sciences and Humanity. Subject coverage is broad and includes topics such as business, management, accounting, finance, economics, early childhood, education and tourism.

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Full-text articles from the world’s leading journal of original scientific research, global news, and commentary.


Scopus is a large abstract and citation database of peer-reviewed literature, scientific journals, books and conference proceedings. It provides the most comprehensive overview of the world’s research output in the fields of science, technology, medicine, social sciences and Arts & Humanities. The database also features smart tools help you track, analyze and visualize research.

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The Social Science Premium Collection provides comprehensive subject coverage across the social sciences. Content includes indexing, and full-text coverage of journal articles, books, dissertations and more. Disclipines covered include: Applied Social Sciences, Sociology, Political Science, Criminal Justice, Education, and Linguistics and Language Behaviour.

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SocINDEX with Full Text is often referred to as the world’s most comprehensive database for sociology research. It provides full-text, peer-reviewed sociology journals covering topics such as Criminal Studies, Gender Studies, Ethnic and Racial Studies, Family Studies, Politics, Religion, Rural Sociology, Social Policy, Social Psychology, Social Work, Sociology of Education, Substance Abuse and Urban Studies and many more.

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SPORTDiscus is the leading bibliographic database for sports and sports medicine research. It includes millions of records from leading sports medicine journals, books, dissertations and more. Subjects covered include nutrition, physical therapy, occupational health, exercise physiology kinesiology and more. In addition to journals and monographs, the database includes references to tens of thousands of dissertations and theses.

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Access is limited to eBooks published in 2024


Springer provides access to a comprehensive collection of quality controlled scientific and scholarly journals. Subjects: Biological Sciences, Business and Management, Chemistry, Computer Science, Earth and Environmental Sciences, Health Sciences, Humanities and Social Sciences, Materials Science, Mathematics, Physics and Astronomy, Statistics, Technology and Engineering.

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Access to thousands of high-quality peer-reviewed journal articles from the Social Sciences and Humanities (SSH) Library and Medical Library. The SSH library covers content in the following subject areas : Arts & Humanities, Business, Management & Economics, Criminology & Law, Education, Geography, Planning, Urban & Environment, Library & Information Science, Media, Cultural & Communication Studies, Mental Health & Social Care, Politics, International Relations & Area Studies, Psychology, Sociology & Related Disciplines, Sport, Leisure & Tourism and Strategic, Defense & Security Studies. Key subject areas covered by the Medical Library are: Allied & Public Health, Clinical Psychiatry & Neuroscience, General Medicine & Dentistry, Oncology, Obsterics & Gynaecology, Opthalomology, Orthopedics, Endocrinology, Pharmaceutical Science & Toxicology.

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Teacher Reference Center (TRC) provides indexing and abstracts for nearly 300 peer-reviewed journals. Topics covered include Best Practices, Curriculum Development, Literacy Standards, Pedagogical Research, Instructional Media, Language Arts, Science & Mathematics, School Administration, and more.

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This database covers a wide range of topics of interest to researchers in the UK and Ireland. Each topic also features a Guide to Critical Analysis, which helps the reader evaluate the controversy and enhances students’ ability to read critically, develop their own perspective on the issues and write or debate an effective argument on the topic.

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Westlaw.ie offers instant access to Irish reported and unreported case law, legislation and court rules, journals and legal news.


Access to full-text journal articles across all key academic research areas. Subjects covered include: business, chemistry, computer science, engineering, law, life sciences, mathematic, physics, psychology and social sciences.

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