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University Libraries
- OhioLINK Video Contest Runner Up
- Congratulations to Dave Carulli and John Tamba, two University of Akron Media Production majors who received runner-up in the This is my OhioLINK video contest. Their video is titled, Unanswered Mysteries. Dave will receive a Hitachi Camcorder. There were over 5,000 votes casted and they received 2,101. The contest was part of the OhioLINK’s 15th anniversary program which was open to current students, faculty and staff who were affiliated with OhioLINK institutions. Dave and John’s video will be used along with the winner and five other videos to promote OhioLINK.
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Check out Dave and John’s video and the others at http://www.ohiolink.edu/videocontest/
- Posted 3.6.08
- 2008 Spring Colloquium Series
- Archives of the History of American Psychology
2008 Spring Colloquium Series 2008 Schedule can be found here
- Posted 3.5.08
- Libraries to collect food in lieu of fines
- University Libraries will run its Food for Fines program March 10-30 to benefit the Akron-Canton Food Bank and the Harvest for Hunger drive. Students, staff and faculty with late fines may bring in nonperishable food items and receive $1 of credit toward their fines for every two food items received. (Sorry, this offer cannot be used to pay for lost or unreturned materials!) There is no limit on how many food items a patron may bring in.
- Food may be brought to the Circulation Department or Audio Visual Services at Bierce Library, to the Science and Technology Library in Auburn Science and Engineering Center, or the Law Library.
- Since 2004 the University Libraries has collected over 16,000 pounds of food to benefit the Food Bank.
- Posted 3.5.08
- Creative nonfiction writer Gutkind to speak
- Lee Gutkind author of “Almost Human: Making Robots Think,” will discuss his book and his work at the Martin University Center Ballroom at 6:15 p.m. on Wednesday, April 2nd.
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- An exhibit of several books and published articles will be displayed in the Coffee Shop display case beginning March 24th.
- Posted 2.28.08
- “Salute to our Military” display in Bierce Library, Ground Floor case by AVS
- The display supports the United States soldier’s who have served in the military from the Spanish American War to the current war in Iraq/Afghanistan. The display consist of personal military photos of family members from Bierce, sections on Vietnam and Disabled Veterans. The “In Memory of Ohio’s Fallen Soldiers” photo section displays the heartbreaking loss of our soldiers who have lost their lives in Iraq or Afghanistan.. If you need more information, please feel free to contact me at 330 972-7224.
- Display by Reneé Wilson, Associate Dean’s Office
- Posted 11.8.07
- New Electronic Resources
- ARTstor - Digital library that offers coherent collections of art images and descriptive information as well as the software tools to enable active use of the collections.
Biography Resource Digital Archive - Search for people based on one or more personal facts such as birth and death year, nationality, ethnicity, occupation or gender, or combine criteria to create a highly-targeted custom search.
Cabell's Directories Online - The company seeks to provide information on publication guidelines and review information. Each Directory helps you select those journals that are most likely to publish your manuscript.
eBrary - Offers students and faculty access to thousands of authoritative full-text eBooks, research reports, company profiles and case studies to support undergraduate and graduate business study. ebrary’s Online Sheet Music database provides simultaneous, multi-user access to thousands of sheet music titles.
IEEExplore Online Service - IEEE Xplore is an index to all of the journals, transactions, magazines, and conference and colloquia proceedings published by the IEEE and IEE, dating from January 1988. It is also an index to all IEEE standards dating from 1988.
ISI Journal Citation Reports - Evaluate and compare journals using citation data drawn from over 7,500 scholarly and technical journals from more than 3,300 publishers in over 60 countries.
Knovel - Knovel has gathered together, on a single powerful research platform, over 800 essential reference books and databases from the world's leading scientific publishers and professional societies in 18 industrially important subject areas.
19th Century U.S. Newspaper Digital Archive - Digital facsimile images of both full pages and clipped articles for hundreds of 19th century U.S. newspapers and advanced searching capabilities.
Nature
RCL Web - The core list features 65,000 titles in 58 curriculum-specific subjects. Titles have been selected for your academic library by more than 300 subject specialists and bibliographers.
Sabin Americana Digital Archive - This collection contains works about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's. Included are books, pamphlets, serials and other documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement, Native Americans, military actions and much more.
Science
U.S. congressional Serial Set - Collection of U.S. government publications spanning 1789-1969.
- Posted 8.16.07
- Need Help Finishing the Semester? IM a Librarian!
- Do you find yourself up against the wall with nowhere to turn? Overwhelmed by final papers and projects? Don't despair!
IM a librarian to get the answers and help you need. It's fast, convenient, and most of all it may just be the last thing you
need to do to finish the semester successfully. Don't wait and don't hesitate!
- To IM a librarian in Bierce Library go to:
http://www.uakron.edu/libraries/info/ask/. To IM a librarian in
the Science & Technology Library go to: http://www.uakron.edu/libraries/info/ask/im_st.php.
- Posted 4.26.07
- Document scanner now available for student use in the S&T Library
- Document scanner now available for student use in the S&T Library, 104 ASEC!
Any printed material can be scanned and e-mailed or saved to Zip space, USBE port, floppy
or CD.
- For more information call 330-972-7195.
- Posted 4.24.07
- Oral History of the Crime Victim Assistance Field Online Video and
Audio Archive
- The University Libraries and Justice Solutions are pleased to announce the availability
of the Oral History of the Crime Victim Assistance Field online video archive
at http://vroh.uakron.edu/index.php. The
Web
site and archive represent the most
comprehensive, in-depth source of information about the history of the crime victims' field,
as told in the words of the pioneers and history-makers themselves.
- The site contains interviews with 55 history-making pioneers in the victims' rights and
assistance field and includes "panel interviews" with the original President's Task Force
members and past Directors of the Office for Victims of Crime, Office of Justice Programs,
U.S. Department of Justice. The more than 60 hours of video files makes it the largest video
history archives of its kind in the world. It should prove to be a valuable tool for
research and curriculum development.
- In addition to the online video archive, the University Libraries also hosts an on-site
version available at the Archival Services
department. The on-site version features full
screen video viewing and allows users to burn entire video interviews onto DVDs for off-site
use.
- Posted 1.25.07
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