Your MyCard is your library card and once it is active, you have a library account.
You can borrow, reserve, receive alerts for orders and more using your MyCard.
If you have any queries about your MU Library account, please contact us and we'll be happy to assist you.
2021: Welcome to MU Library 21/22: a quick guide for staff new to MU - In 31 mins, find out about the services, resources and collections that will be of use to you and your work in MU.
2021: Working remotely and using online content from MU Library - In 30 minutes, find out how to search, refine and link to relevant full-text content available from MU Library (and Google Scholar).
Every department has a dedicated information space for students and staff on the MU Library webpages. These are called Subject Guides and they contain lots of useful, subject-specific information on e-Journals, databases, books, study tips and more.
These guides can be tailored to your needs so if you have suggestions for additions or changes, please contact me.
Visit the library homepage and click on Guides and Tutorials to find and view your Department's LibGuide.
Watch the short tutorial below on Finding your Subject Guide on the library website
We can arrange access for you to other academic libraries through the following schemes:
For further details please visit the Access to Other Libraries page or contact us here, tel: +353 1 708 3928.
Print off this infographic (September 2023 version) in A4 / colour, and pin it on your bulletin board for easy reference:
Choose from a selection of our virtual tours of MU Library here including library layout and our makerspace.
MU Library is an interesting blend of the original library from 1984, with a major, award-winning new extension built and opened in 2013.
If you'd like a tour of the library, I'd love to welcome you to MU Library and show you around. I can point out the resources and services that will support you and your students. Email me to request a tour.
This is the process that is in place, at present:
Access is for reading only. If borrowing is required, please contact us.
If a visiting lecturer only wants to use e-resources, and not access the library, they just use their MU login details.
Arrange a quick meeting with me (via Teams or in person) if you're new to MU by email or phone (+353-1-7083897) and we can:
I act as a liaison between you, your department, and MU Library, by working in the following areas:
Keeping informed of your academic work in MU, facilitating connections between academics and MU Library teams
Promoting the work of MU Library to faculty
Advocate on behalf of your department on library-related issues, to senior management in MU Library on decisions relevant to your departmental needs, such as the need for new subscriptions to databases, e-Journals etc.
Providing information and guidance to faculty on resources, management of budgets and subscriptions
Linking faculty up with library staff to arrange trials, training, cancellations and subscriptions to academic resources
Linking faculty to the range of MU Library services available: copyright information, teaching & learning, collection development, research support, digital services, and more
Meeting Library Reps regularly and keeping in touch about new developments
Arrange a meeting with me if you're new to MU by email or phone (+353-1-7083897) and we can discuss more.
We currently offer a free Inter-Library Loan service. Please see our Inter-Library Loan page for further details.
You will probably be producing a resource list or reading list for your module. Try to order in all the print or e-book items on the reading list, if we don't already stock them. Try to link to full-text online material, using LibrarySearch to locate it, where you can. To ensure your students have access to the physical material on your reading list, you will need to:
In MU, this is a manual process. Make sure you have registered with the library before ordering. If you need to do that now, the online form is here. Without registration, we will be unable to send you an alert when your book order arrives.
You can check your reading list material using LibrarySearch (MU Library's online catalogue).
Your students can request the order of up to 5 books per academic year, see here for more details.
Once you have found the article, book or ebook from your reading list, click the Permanent Link option (the icon that looks like 2 links in a chain) to get a stable link to the resource that you can add to your reading list (see image above). This link can be added to your Word document, email, or uploaded to Moodle. If you want to link directly to the full-text content and upload the link to Moodle, email me and I can send you on the steps involved.
Every department has a Library Rep; a designated member of staff that sends in book & e-book orders, and liaises with MU Library.
For contact details for your Department's Library Rep, email me. If you can't reach your Rep, or your have a query about ordering material, email me.