MTU Library offers scholarly expertise and resources, spaces and technologies to all MTU’s community, regardless of location or mode of learning. Ensuring equality of access to, and full use of, all library resources and facilities is a critical aspect in the role of library services. Physical library facilities are spread across our six campuses and are designed to enhance opportunities for study, research and reflection while housing over 170,000 print items and several key collections of artefacts held in the Special Collections category.
The library materials cover all subject areas represented in MTU and provide access to titles in Science, Engineering, Business, Social Studies Nursing & Health Care and Humanities. The physical library holdings are complemented by a wide range of digital resources, encompassing 100,000+ e-books and a significant collection of both broad-based and specialist e-journal and standards databases..
A variety of over 1,300 well-proportioned, abundantly lit study spaces are available across all MTU libraries, with WIFI access throughout. Libraries offer flexible and inclusive social learning spaces that provide users with comfortable areas for collaborative and group study. In addition to ‘hot desk’ study spaces for short-term occupancy, PC workstations and a number of height adjustable motorised desks, students can avail of bookable group study hubs, and areas with specialized hardware and software.
The MTU Library aims to enhance the quality of academic experience available within the university by providing excellent physical facilities, and by delivering information resources in all formats, in the disciplines and at the levels appropriate to the Institute’s faculty and students. Through building and maintaining collections, and providing access to information sources held elsewhere, the library will support the learning, research, and creative activities of the university and help address the information needs of the region in its economic, industrial, social and cultural development.
- To design and deliver information services to meet changing information needs of a diverse university community in support of learning, teaching, research and creativity
- To promote opportunities for lifelong learning by enabling students to develop the skills needed for creative and critical thinking, and problem-solving, in their chosen careers and in their lives generally.
- To build where appropriate in-house collections in all formats to ensure access to the most critical resources for learning and research
- To ensure access to information resources worldwide, both electronic and print, through enhanced connectivity.
- Through the combination of on site resources and access to resources held elsewhere, to support the full range of MTU programmes and educational activities.
- To develop the MTU's programmes and structures for open and distance learning and e-learning .
- To integrate appropriate technology into all aspects of library services, collections and operations, so as to provide users with the best possible service.
- Enhance access to e-resources
- To further develop Library buildings to assist student learning
- To provide quality facilities which enhance opportunities for learning, and which provide efficient space for the housing of collections, workspace for staff, and the provision of services in a technologically sophisticated environment
- To Promote MTU libraries as a resource for other relevant information providers, and for the local industrial, business and cultural community
- To Liaise effectively with students and academic staff.
- Seek to establish active partnerships with academic departments and programmes in the development of new initiatives.
- Ensure that all academic staff and students are aware of the library’s resources, and that they are able to exploit them efficiently.
- Online Databases are an extremely valuable information source in any modern academic library. The MTU Library subscribes to a number of prestigious academic databases. By virtue of the very fact that these electronic resources are so broad ranging, they are highly complementary to the Library's book-stock.
- A full list of our databases can be accessed here.
MTU Library provides access to over 100,000 eBook titles.
There are many benefits to eBooks including instantaneous online access, the ability to search an entire eBook for a specific word or term, download titles to your personal device or even print sections. Our eBook collection even allows you to set up a virtual bookshelf of favourite titles, highlight sections within chapters and to create virtual notes.
MTU Library subscribes to Ebook Central which can be searched from our MultiSearch Discovery Resource and can be accessed on and off campus.
- As well as having access to thousands of online journals via our database subscriptions, the Library also has an extensive back catalogue of journals and periodicals. These cover all subject areas being taught within the university.
- These are shelved on the first and second floor balconies, and can only be consulted within the Library. More recent hardcopy journals are located on the long curved first floor balconies.
At certain points throughout the academic year students studying different courses may be expected to consult Official Publications (OP) and European Union (EU) material. You can also consult Official Publications online here
The Careers Section is located on the first floor of the library, outside the library conference room. It contains useful information on CV preparation, interview techniques and much more.
Printing facilities can be found in the Open-Access section of the adjoining IT building. However photocopying facilities are also available within the library. Photocopiers are located in the Reference area on the ground floor. Students can print to any photocopier from any computer in the university.
More information on MTU photocopying/printing
Wi-Fi connectivity is also available within the MTU Library. To find out how to connect your mobile device to the library Wi-Fi network, please visit the link below.
Connect to the Eduroam WiFi network
Past Examination Papers can be accessed in electronic document form, but only within the MTU network.
