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General Information
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Learning Supports
Student Learning Development
Student Learning Development provides learning support to help
students reach their academic potential. The supports include:
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Individual learning support sessions and self-help literature
on many learning and study strategies.
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Free workshops throughout the year on a variety of topics for
students from all departments, including undergraduate and
postgraduate students.
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A website with a range of resources including podcasts,
downloads and interactive workshops that provide academic
support to students. Topics include time management, study
skills, exams, academic writing, presentation skills and more.
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For more information please visit
http://student-learning.
tcd.ie
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Other supports for learning in College include:
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The Maths Help Room, which provides informal help
from Trinity students. It is located in the Maths Seminar
Room, 2nd Floor, 18 Westland Row and is open on
Monday-Friday, from 1-2pm.
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The Programming Support Centre is available to all
computer science and engineering students taking
programming courses. See
www.scss.tcd.ie/misc/psc
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Peer Learning is available in several of the modern language
departments. It involves working with other students to get
the most from your course to improve performance. E-mail
us for further information:
student.learning@tcd.ie
Library
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Trinity College’s library is the largest research library in
Ireland, with collections built up since the University’s
foundation in the sixteenth century and supplemented by
Legal Deposit for UK and Irish publications for over 200
years.
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The collections include 4.5 million printed volumes, almost
300,000 electronic books and journals and an extensive
collection of literary, historical and political manuscripts,
including the Book of Kells. The library has the country’s
largest collection of maps and printed music.
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All of the library’s collections are accessible by Trinity
College’s students, providing an unparalleled resource for
courses as well as for personal research and interests.
Library staff offer programmes of tours, seminars and
workshops as well as a reference service for individuals
seeking specific advice.
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The library’s reading rooms are in a number of buildings,
many of which are architecturally distinctive in their own
right. All have access to the College wireless network.
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The Berkeley/Lecky/Ussher library complex contains the
collections for arts, humanities, social sciences, geography,
geology, and nursing, together with the Map Library.
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The Hamilton Science Library holds the collections for
engineering, mathematics, science and some health
sciences.
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Clinical health science material is held at the John Stearne
Medical Library at St. James’s Hospital and in the hospital
library at the AMNCH Hospital, Tallaght.
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The Old Library (1732) is one of Ireland’s greatest buildings,
and the Long Room is one of the most famous library spaces
in the world (see inside back cover). It contains the reading
rooms for manuscripts and for early printed books, as well
as providing a public exhibition space with the Book of Kells
(entrance is free for Trinity College students).
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An increasing range of library resources is delivered
electronically and students can access this on campus or
from home.
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Find out more about the Library at
www.tcd.ie/Library
IT services for students
Undergraduate students at TCD are provided with access to a
wide range of computer facilities and services provided by the
Information System Services department. These include:
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Access to hundreds of personal computers located in over
twenty student computer rooms across the campus. Many
of these rooms are open on a 24 hour, 7 day week basis.
In addition to the standard software packages such as MS
Office, some computer rooms have specialist software to
support particular courses or projects. Dedicated e-mail/
web stations located close to large lecture theatres enable
students to check their e-mail and to use the web between
lectures.
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All student residences are networked to provide a fast
broadband service. In addition, some residences, and many
areas of the campus, have Wi-Fi access to the College
network. Students register their computers to gain access
to this network which is designed to the highest security
standards.
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At registration each student is issued with a Trinity College
e-mail account, together with a range of other applications,
hosted by Google. Students retain this account for life after
leaving Trinity College.
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E-learning now plays an important role in the learning
experience of students in Trinity College. Resources for
many courses are available in the College’s learning
management system.
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All students have access to the IS Services’ Helpdesk where
queries regarding any of the above services are dealt with by
a team of IT professionals.
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Find out more at
isservices.tcd.ie