MA Handbook 2011-12 (1) - Queen's University Belfast

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Information on Facilities for Postgraduate Taught Students The McClay Library Library opening hours are available on the library’s home-‐page: www.qub.ac.uk/lib. These vary across the year, according to teaching and assessment schedules. In assessment weeks (weeks 13-‐15 of semesters 1 and 2), 24-‐hour opening is usually available. Details of books and journals held in the library can be accessed through the electronic Library catalogue (QCat). PCs and printing facilities are available on the ground and first floors and the wireless network is fully operational throughout the building, apart from the cafe area. Laptops may also be borrowed from the main enquiries desk on the ground floor. Self issue facilities (for borrowing and returning books) are available on all floors. The following services are in operation in the McClay library: • Borrower Services Desk • Information and Enquiry Desks • Special Collections • Law and Official Publications • Computer Help Desk There are other important research resources within Belfast. The Public Record Office of Northern Ireland is located in the ‘Titanic Quarter’; the Newspaper Library, the Belfast Public Library and the Linen Hall Library are all in the City Centre. Queen's has reciprocal borrowing rights with the University of Ulster. Further afield, the Robinson Library in Armagh and the Derry and Raphoe Diocesan library in Derry / Londonderry contain a number of early printed books and are particularly valuable resources for people working on early literature. Trinity College, Dublin and the National Library of Ireland can also be easily visited from Belfast. Theses and Dissertations The School has archived copies of dissertations and theses written over the last forty years under research supervision in the School in the Exams Office and external examiners’ consultation room. A comprehensive list of past PhD theses (since 1990) is available on-‐line: see http://www.qub.ac.uk/schools/SchoolofEnglish/Research/CompletedPhDsintheSchoolofEnglishsince19 90/. Most of these theses are available for consultation in the McClay library. 40
Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry: Reading Room The School has a resources room affiliated with the Seamus Heaney Centre for Poetry: The Reading Room. Room 1002 is located on the first floor of 46/48 University Road. It contains a number of essential reference works, as well as an ample and growing selection of several thousand books related to modern and contemporary poetry, poetics and criticism. It also has a web-‐linked computer to expedite cross-‐checking and cross-‐searching for materials. You need to get the permission of the Heaney Centre secretary, Gerry Hellawell, in order to gain admission to this locked room. The Heaney Centre is an important resource for postgraduate students not only on the MA and PhD programmes in Creative Writing but also across the board. Many of its rooms, especially on the ground and first floors, provide important workplaces and social space for the literary research and creative writing cultures of the School. The International and Postgraduate Student Centre (IPSC) Located close to The McClay Library, the Centre provides dedicated support to, and is a hub for many aspects of information, advice and guidance for international and postgraduate students. Students have the opportunity to meet and socialise with their peers from other Schools and disciplines and wireless access to the University network is provided throughout the Centre. The Postgraduate Student Centre located on the first and second floors serves as a focal point for the postgraduate community, where all postgraduate students can access tailored information and advice on a range of postgraduate issues. The second floor of the building provides dedicated study and social space for postgraduates. This includes a computer facility offering 50 networked computers with black and white and colour printing, scanning and photocopying facilities. The second floor also houses the Postgraduate Students’ Association (PGSA), which represents the interests of all postgraduate students in the University and co-‐ordinates a number of research-‐related and social events throughout the year. Opening hours for postgraduate students are 9:00am–10:00pm Monday–Friday. Postgraduate Centre International and Postgraduate Student Centre T: 028 9097 2585 E: pg.office@qub.ac.uk http://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/sgc/aboutus/ipsc 41
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