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EBSCO Animals is now Encyclopedia of Animals

11/18/2009
EBSCO Publishing has significantly improved the EBSCO Animals collection, now called Encyclopedia of Animals.. Read More

Goodyear Newsletters Digitized

11/17/2009
Archival Services partnered with the Akron-Summit County Public Library. Read More

New Preview: Biography Reference Center (OhioLINK Trial)

11/11/2009
Ebsco is offering a statewide trial to all Libraries Connect Ohio libraries (public, K-12, and OhioLINK) to the Biography Reference Center product. The LCO group currently subscribes to Wilson's Biography Reference Bank product in their LSTA-funded package, and this Ebsco database may be considered as a possible substitute for the Wilson product in FY 2011.. Read More

Scopus vs. ISI Web of Science

10/19/2009
OhioLINK is investigating solutions for a Statewide Multidisciplinary Index, Abstract, and Reference Citation Database. As part of this initiative, each vendor is required to establish trials for all OhioLINK member institutions through the duration of the evaluation period ending November 18. We encourage all UA faculty, students and staff to explore the available trial products and to contribute your personal evaluation of these tools to this collaborative effort. Thank you!. Read More

New Resource: World Newspapers Archive - Latin American Newspapers

08/26/2009
World Newspapers Archive - Latin American Newspapers is now available for research.. Read More

New and Improved Libraries Website

07/31/2009
This weekend, August 1-2, the University Libraries website will be unavailable to users. Watch for the debut of the new and improved website on Monday, August 3rd.. Read More

Access UL Resources from Off Campus

07/31/2009
The University Libraries offer off-campus access to library resources via Cisco VPN. Read More

New Preview: Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports

03/09/2009
The University of Akron Libraries has made arrangements for the university community to preview and trial the Foreign Broadcast Information Service (FBIS) Daily Reports. Please explore this resource and submit your evaluation to the Previews Project website [faculty evaluations, student evaluations, librarian evaluations].. Read More

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