UC Libraries welcomes to campus February 29 and March 1 as the next expert in the Digital Humanities Speaker Series Dr. Élika Ortega, a postdoctoral researcher at the Institute for Digital Research in the Humanities at the University of Kansas. Dr. Ortega will present a series of talks and hands-on workshops, all free and open to the public, in the Walter C. Langsam Library. Participants are encouraged to come to any or all sessions that are of interest to them and to their work.
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Scholar@UC Open for Self-Submissions
UC Libraries invi
tes faculty and researchers to submit their research, creative and scholarly works to Scholar@UC, the university’s cutting-edge digital repository.
A digital repository makes accessible, enables re-use, stores, organizes and preserves the full range of an institution’s intellectual output, including all formats of scholarly, historical and research materials. Faculty and researchers can use Scholar@UC to collect their work in one location and create an Internet-enabled, durable and citable record of their papers, presentations, publications, data sets or other scholarly creations. With sponsorship from a faculty member, undergraduate and graduate students may also contribute their academic output, such as capstone projects, senior design projects, research data and other creative and scholarly works. Continue reading
Welcome to the New Entrance to the Geology-Mathematics-Physics Library
New exterior entrance.
When users of the Geology-Mathematics-Physics Library returned to campus for spring semester, they were greeted with a new entrance to the library. The more accessible and visible entrance is located on the exterior of Braunstein Hall across from the Old Chemistry Building and visible from the quad. It includes a book drop as well as a lounge space adjacent to the new entrance.
Over the next six months there are plans to improve the library’s upper level. First, the service desk and reserves will move across the room to be adjacent to the external entrance. In addition, more lounge and group collaboration spaces will be created, as well as a computing space to support GIS needs.
The new entrance will allow many people to discover, or re-discover, this library, and to make use of its resources.
View from the quad.
View of the interior and the lounge adjacent to the new entrance.
Dean Xuemao Wang to Join Steering Committee of SPARC
Dean of University Libraries, Xuemao Wang
The global coalition advocates Open Access, Open Education and Open Data.
Xuemao Wang, dean and university librarian, has been selected to serve on the Steering Committee of the Scholarly Publishing and Academic Resources Coalition (SPARC).
SPARC is a global coalition of 200+ academic and research libraries that works to enable open sharing of research output and educational materials in order to “democratize access to knowledge, accelerate discovery and increase the return on investment in research and education.” To achieve this mission, SPARC collaborates with authors, publishers, libraries, students, policymakers and the public to build opportunities and promote changes to make open access the default for research and education. Continue reading
Dean’s Corner: A New Year for UC Libraries
After an innovative, transformative and event-filled 2015, UC Libraries is starting the new year off strong.
The Libraries are undergoing a great deal of physical change, from the accessible new entrance of the Geography-Mathematics-Physics Library to the updated service desk and learning commons on the 4th floor of Langsam Library.
The new Langsam Service Point under construction
Behind the scenes, our librarians and staff continue to plan and host events and educational opportunities for UC students and library users, like those sponsored by the Libraries’ Diversity grant. The Libraries’ online resources are constantly being refined to provide the best possible access and content for students and faculty, such as the BoardVitals Question Banks recently acquired by the Health Sciences Library. In addition, we are making it possible for UC’s faculty and researchers to archive and make available online their scholarly output with Scholar@UC, UC’s digital repository. Want to know more about the opportunities for faculty, staff and student workers? New positions are posted on the Libraries’ website.
This year, look for posts from me about the new and exciting projects and events at UCL, my local, national and international involvement with the library community, and my personal thinking on UC Libraries’ Strategic Plan going forward.
Thank you for reading and welcome back!
Xuemao Wang
Dean and University Librarian
The Christ Hospital Winkler Center Collaborative Oral History Program Kicks Off with an Interview of Dr. William Schreiner
This image serves as a link to the
interview with Dr. William Schreiner in
UC Libraries Mediaspace.
The entire Winkler Center Oral History Collection is now easily available in a streaming form
through the abovementioned website.
We are proud to announce the completion of the first interview in The Christ Hospital Health Network in collaboration with the Henry R. Winkler Center for the History of the Health Professions Oral History Series; our first interview subject was one of Cincinnati’s most prominent physicians who is also considered to be “The Doctors’ Doctor”, Dr. William Schreiner. The entire interview is now available in a streaming format through the UC Libraries mediaspace.
UC Libraries Closed for Martin Luther King Jr. Day
UC Libraries will be closed Monday, January 18 for Martin Luther King Jr. Day with the exception of the Health Sciences Library, which will be open 9am-5pm. The libraries will resume normal hours on Tuesday, January 19.
BoardVitals: Family, Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner Question Banks
The Health Sciences Library has recently acquired access to the BoardVitals Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Nurse Practitioner question banks. These exam preparation products will enhance the student’s ability to prepare for their licensure examination. These products are web based allowing students 24 hour a day world wide access.
Links to BoardVitals may be found in UCLID (https://uclid.uc.edu/search/X) UC’s online catalog as well as the Health Sciences Library list of databases (http://www.libraries.uc.edu/hsl/research/hsl-databases.html) or the Nursing EBooks page (http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/c.php?g=222237&p=1471150).
Tutorials, including registration and use of BoardVitals can be found on the Health Sciences Library tutorials page (http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/hsltutorials).
For questions or additional information please contact Charlie Kishman by email – kishmacp@ucmail.uc.edu or phone – (513)-558-3849.
New Presentation Software and Database Workshops at the Health Sciences Library
Want to try a new presentation software called Emaze or learn more about the Embase database? Register to attend these workshops in the Health Sciences Library Troup Learning Space G005G.
Registration available at http://webcentral.uc.edu/hslclass/home.aspx.
Thursday, January 21, 2016, 10:00 – 11:30 am
Emaze
Check out the presentation capabilities of Emaze, a cloud-based software. Learn the basics of how to an Emaze presentation in this hands-on class and how it compares with Prezi, another cloud-based presentation software.
Thursday, January 28, 2016, 2:00 – 3:30 pm
Embase
Embase is a biomedical research database known for its comprehensive drug, medical device, and clinical information. This hands-on class introduces the unique features and search options available in this database.
Contact Edith Starbuck at edith.starbuck@uc.edu with any questions.
Online Resources: HSL eBook Collections
Do you know how many Health Sciences ebook collections are available through the Health Sciences Library (HSL)? There are 15! Some are available just to the Academic Health Center and others are available to the entire university.
eBook Collections – Features:
Most of these collections provide the opportunity to search across the entire collection or browse for a specific subject or title. Collections vary in what they include in addition to ebooks. Some include multimedia, cases, self-assessment, drug monographs, calculators and patient education while others also include journals and guidelines. Most include the option to create a personal account that provides the ability to print or email and often more. One collection, ClinicalKey requires a personal account in order to access the PDF full text of an ebook.
Over the next few weeks these ebook collections will be introduced more fully. In the meantime, feel free to explore the collections below.
Health Sciences Library eBook collections:
- AccessMedicine
- AccessPharmacy
- AccessSurgery
- ClinicalKey (medicine)
- PharmacyLibrary APhA Collection
- Psychiatryonline Collection (DSM-5 and other psychiatric titles)
- LWW Health Library/Basic & Anatomical Sciences Health Library
- STAT!Ref Medicine
- STAT!Ref Nursing
- R2 Library (allied health, medicine, nursing)
- Facts and Comparisons
UC Libraries eBook collections:
- CRCnetBASE Collection (engineering, medicine, science, information technology)
- Knovel (environment & environmental engineering, safety & industrial hygiene & more)
- SpringerLink (biomedical, environmental, food sciences, life sciences & more)
- Wiley Online Library (life sciences, medicine, nursing, psychology, earth & environment, veterinary medicine & more)
Other Ways to Access:
HSL A-Z ebooks list: www.libraries.uc.edu/hsl/research/ebooks.html
Research guides (click on Subject Guide to see a list of guides in various subject areas): http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/hsl
Library catalog (most collections but not necessarily all the individual titles in those collections are in the catalog yet): https://uclid.uc.edu/search/X
Off Campus Access:
Most are accessible from off campus via the proxy server or the VPN (Virtual Private Network). The exception is ClinicalKey which is only accessible from off campus via the VPN.
To install the VPN Junos Pulse client on your home computer or device go to http://www.libraries.uc.edu/hsl/services/off-campus-access.html
Best bet: use the Junos Pulse manual installation instructions NOT the automatic installation instructions.
Questions?
Contact Edith Starbuck at 513-558-1433 or edith.starbuck@uc.edu