Fáilte!

The Library welcomes all new staff and students for 2012/13.

We'll be running inductions for all incoming students at the beginning of term and our handy Library Guide is available at the Information Desk (or you can download it in pdf format here).

If you have any questions or problems with anything in the Library do let us know - we are here to help!

Afraid to Ask? Watch and Learn

We're always here to help in the Library, but for those of you who don't make it so far as our Information Desk we've made some short "movies" showing some basic functions on our Catalogue and website.

As Library productions of course they're silent (shhh...), and we won't be packing for the Oscars just yet, but we hope they'll be of assistance to some users.

For starters we've covered the following areas

(if they're too small to follow just click on the full screen option on the bottom-right of each window)

How to renew a loan


How to reserve a book that's out on loan


How to find and read an ebook on the Catalogue


How to search, copy and print with an ebook


These clips can also be found on our website by clicking on Online Tutorials in the Online Resources page.

They were made using free software so if you think you'd like more of the same (for other tasks) let us know at info.library@spd.dcu.ie and we'll see if we can get Spielberg in again...

2010/11 Library Guides Now Available

Our new Library Guides are now available at our Information Desk. We've squashed all the essential information about our Library and Information Service into a handy super-slim A5 guide.

Great for those starting out in Pat's - we will also be providing them at our Library Inductions. Also for those who've been here a while but need a refresher, it's got (almost) everything you wanted to know about us but were afraid to ask...

New Library Guides

Hot off the press 2009/10 Library Guides are now available to collect from beside the Information Desk.

They've got all the ins and outs and dos and don'ts of the Library in a couple of pages, whether you're a nervous fresher or just a forgetful postgrad.

And this year's guide is in a new A5 size so it'll fit snugly in your schoolbag, handbag or manbag. What more do you want?

Library Tours for New Postgrads

The Library would like to welcome our incoming students undertaking the Postgraduate Diploma in Education.

You will be assigned a time-slot over the next couple of weeks for a Library Tour, depending on what group you are in.

If you have any questions about the Library in the meantime please ask a member of Library staff for help, or take one of our Library Guides from beside the Information Desk.

Library Guides

If you're a new arrival at St. Patrick's College you should make sure to pick up one of our new Library Guides which are fresh off the press and contain all you need to know as a library newbie. They are free to take and can be picked up from beside our Information Desk at the entrance to the main library.