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Student Support Services Library
MIC Library, Limerick is situated centrally on campus in the Áras
an Phiarsaigh building and is the focus of academic life on campus. MIC Library, Thurles is situated on the Thurles campus. Both libraries provide a comprehensive range of information services and resources to support student learning and research. Library staff members are on hand to provide students with high quality on-demand help, and training in finding and using the information that they need
to succeed at college and into their future careers, in a friendly, student centred environment.
MIC library has a collection of over 170,000 printed books, as well as a growing eBook collection, covering a variety of subjects. It holds over 250 current print journal titles
and provides access to more than 50,000 full text journals online. The library on the Limerick campus also houses a primary school textbook collection, an extensive children’s literature collection,
and a realia collection in the Audio Visual Library, all of which are used by our student teachers while on school placement. We also hold
a microfilm collection and an extensive collection of box sets and films on DVD. All our study spaces are powered, and Wi-Fi is available throughout the libraries.
Library facilities and services include:
• Information queries • Bibliography and
reference support
• Self-service returns
and borrowing
• Information skills programmes • Research skills programmes
• Interlibrary loans
• Photocopying.
The library website is www.mic. ie/library where you can access all our electronic resources, see our opening hours, check the catalogue for books, check your account and renew loans. Connect with us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/miclibrary
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Health Promotion Service
MIC is the first third-level institution in Ireland to be designated a ‘Health Promoting College’ and has had this service in place since 1996. The service aims to promote the health and well-being of all members of the College community through policy development, the provision of programmes and activities and the implementation of specific health promotion strategies.
The team includes a Student Health Promotion Officer and we work together with many
of the other services and departments to highlight health- related issues and events.
Students are welcome to drop
in to the office for advice and information on health-related topics such as healthy eating, physical activity, mental health, quitting smoking, sexual health and alcohol and other drugs. We also stock educational resources that may be useful for students planning for teaching practice and work placement. We send out a weekly newsletter and you can find us on facebook (Hpo Mary I) and Twitter (@MIC_HP). Examples of services include: