Institute of Art Design + Technology
Dún Laoghaire

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A space to learn

IADT Library offers a wide range of seamless, high-quality integrated information services. We are committed to supporting students, researchers and staff on their journey of learning, teaching and discovery. Drop by and see what we have to offer.

Opening Hours

The below hours are our normal term-time hours. Please check back here where any changes to our opening hours will be posted. We are closed this St. Patrick’s Day weekend and will reopen as normal Monday 20th March.

Monday 09:00 - 20:30
Tuesday 09:00 - 20:30
Wednesday 09:00 - 20:30
Thursday 09:00 - 20:30
Friday 09:00 - 17:00
Saturday 10:00 - 16:30
Sunday Closed
LIBRARY BASICS

Confused about the Library? Click here to find out everything about the Library including logging in, databases, renewing books, searching the library, using the self-checkouts, and much much more.

OUR COLLECTIONS

eBooks

Click here to access and search for eBooks.

Click here for more information on logging in to the Library.
OUR COLLECTIONS

Print Books

Click here to search the catalogue for print books.
ONLINE RESOURCES

LinkedIn Learning

To log in: click the ‘Sign In’ button on the top right of the page. Enter your IADT email address in the box, hit enter, and click the box saying ‘Continue to Dún Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology’. You will be brought to an IADT branded sign-in page. Enter your student number and your regular IADT password.
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Preparing Reading Lists

Learn how to check the availability of sources in the library and add them to your reading list.

Resource

Guide to Copyright

A guide explaining the aspects of Irish copyright, including what can be uploaded to Blackboard and what can be used in assignments.

IADT Theses

Undergraduate Theses Online

You can now access our past undergraduate theses collection online by clicking here and using your IADT login. These are the theses that were previously accessible at the dedicated theses computer in the Library.
RESEARCH

Research @ THEA

Click here to access IADT Library's online repository.

RESOURCE

LinkedIn Learning

Click here to access LinkedIn Learning where you can take short courses on any topic. Enter your IADT email, then login using your student number and password.
Exhibition

Top Hat Online Exhibition

An online exhibition from IADT students exploring the famous Top Hat music venue in Dún Laoghaire.

Featured publications



Featured publications

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Resurrection: Comics in Post-Soviet Russia2022
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Curating in a Time of Ecological Crisis: Biennales As Agents of Change2022
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Prague, Capital of the Twentieth Century: A Surrealist History2013
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Police Psychology: New Trends in Forensic Psychological Science2021
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Experimental Filmmaking and Punk: Feminist Audio Visual Culture in the 1970s And 1980s2021
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Teen TV2017
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The Psychology of Video Games2020
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Islamic Aesthetics2004
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Art in the Making: Artists and Their Materials from the Studio to Crowdsourcing2016
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Francis Bacon: Anatomy of an Enigma1998
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Wherever Green is Worn: The Story of the Irish Diaspora2015
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Islamic Calligraphy2008
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Motherhood and Space: Configurations of the Maternal Through Politics, Home, and the Body2006
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Indigenous Communities and Settler Colonialism: Land Holding, Loss and Survival in an Interconnected World2015
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Meeting the Universe Halfway: Quantum Physics and the Entanglement of Matter and Meaning2007
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Japanese Woodblock Prints2010