Cork City Libraries.ie

Services and Programmes

The Reference Library provides in-house passworded access to the following electronic databases and journals:           

Business and Finance  — A business magazine providing coverage and analysis of key business stories of national and global interest.  www.businessandfinance.ie

Census 2011 -  http://www.cso.ie/en/census/census2011reports/    This is the first of a series of reports covering the 2011 census results that are due for publication throughout 2012. In addition to hard copy publication each of these reports will also be available online as they are published and will be accompanied by an extensive range of interactive web tables which can be searched and downloaded.

Dictionary of Irish Biography Online ---- Cork City Libraries provides free in-house access in all of our libraries. http://dib.cambridge.org/ 

This comprehensive and authoritative biographical dictionary for Ireland contains over 9,000 signed biographical articles which describe and assess the careers of subjects in all fields of endeavour, including politics, law, religion, literature, journalism, architecture, painting, music, the stage, science, medicine, engineering, entertainment and sport.  42 lives were added to the DIB Online in December 2010.  Most of the new subjects died in 2003 and 2004.

The Economist  — Provides information on international politics, current affairs and business.    www.economist.com

FACTfinder     — Provides full text of articles, links to PDF images of articles, abstracts, and citations on Irish business, from newspapers and magazines published since1991.   www.factfinder.ie             

History Ireland  — Illustrated Irish history magazine, featuring articles from all periods of history, books reviews, news and events.  www.historyireland.com 

Ireland's Historical Mapping Archive - Providing access to historical Ordnance Survey maps of Ireland online.  http://www.osi.ie/en/alist/irish-historic-maps.aspx

Irish Health -  Medical and health care information.  www.irishhealth.com

Irish Times digital archive -  The archive contains the entire Irish Times from its first edition in 1859 to the present.  www.askaboutireland.com 

JSTOR  —   An online archive of academic journals and other scholarly content. Cork City Libraries provides free in-house access to JSTOR's Ireland Collection of almost 100 journals within JSTOR.     

KeesingsA world news archive from 1931 to present.  www.keesings.com

Journal of Music in Ireland  — Music magazine discussing musical life in Ireland.   www.thejmi.com

Public affairs Ireland  — A guide to legislative, regulatory and public affairs issues in Ireland. www.publicaffairsireland.com

Times Literary Supplement Provides reviews of books and other cultural events. www.the-tls.co.uk

 

Registered members of Cork City Libraries can access Encyclopedia Britannica Online by entering their current membership barcode.

Encyclopedia Britannica Online
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