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Irish Studies Librarian: Aedin Clements 631-0497

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The Irish Studies collection is a multi-disciplinary collection which includes books, journals, AV and electronic resources, and covers Irish history, literature, language, music, politics, folklore and sociology. The Rare Books Department holds a number of Irish collections, described here. While books related to Irish Studies may be found throughout the Hesburgh Library, the 4th, 9th and 11th floors have particularly important collections: Irish history (DA900-995), 11th floor; Irish language and literature (PB), 9th floor; Irish literature in English (PR), 4th floor.

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Access to these resources is governed by license agreements which restrict use to the Notre Dame community and to individuals who use the Notre Dame Libraries' facilities. It is the responsibility of each user to ensure that he or she uses these products only for individual, noncommercial use without systematically downloading, distributing, or retaining substantial portions of information. Acceptable use forbids downloading contents of entire issues of a given journal title. The use of software such as scripts, agents, or robots, is generally prohibited and may result in loss of access to these resources for the entire Notre Dame community.

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Recommended Resources (All Resources: 101 databases | 25 e-journals )

Anglo-Irish Identities NEH Summer Seminar, 2007

A selection of Resources at the Hesburgh Library . Primary Sources for the Study of Eighteenth and Nineteenth Century Ireland.
Irish newspaper archive

Searchable and browseable database of Irish newspapers, with both historical and current content.
Irish Resources in the Humanities

A gateway to websites with substantial content in the humanities in the area of Irish Studies, created by Dr. Susan Schreibman at the University of Maryland.
Irish times

Coverage:
Most recent 1 year
JSTOR - Ireland collection
MLA international bibliography

Coverage:
1926-
The MLA International Bibliography of Books and Articles on the Modern Languages and Literatures provides citations of journal articles, books, and dissertations published on modern languages, literatures, folklore, and linguistics. Coverage is international and subjects include literature, language and linguistics, literary theory, dramatic arts, folklore, and film since 1926.
Northern Ireland: A Guide to Research at the Hesburgh Library

A Guide to Resources in NorthernIreland in the Hesburgh Library
PCI full text (see Periodicals archive online) - Full text searchable collection of 350+ journals
Periodicals Archive Online (formerly: PCI Full Text)

Coverage:
Beginning thru 1995.
Full text searchable journal collection of 350+ periodicals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences (a subset of Periodicals index online). See Periodicals index online for more extensive indexing and links to selected full text articles.
Periodicals index online

Coverage:
Beginning thru 1995
Index to millions of articles in over 4,500 periodicals in the arts, humanities, and social sciences published beginning 1770 or subsequently; scope is worldwide, covering major Western languages. Complete PCI Index, including links to selected full text articles. Only the index is searchable.
Selected Resources for Irish Studies

PDF doc. to selected resources for Irish Studies that include, biographies, indexes, bibliographic databases, dictionaries, music, newspapers, encyclopedias, Irish theatre and film.