PLEASE NOTE: UC Libraries will be closing at 1PM today (Friday, December 06, 2013) in anticipation of severe weather this afternoon. The National Weather Service is predicting snow beginning around noon, with heavy snowfall into the evening.
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Trial: Anatomy & Physiology Online
Explore this free trial for Anatomy & Physiology Online! This online resource is accessible 24/7 and
includes all a student needs to know and learn for a 2 semester Anatomy & Physiology course. Narrated animations show physiological processes in a memorable way and interactive 3D models can be rotated, layers added and removed, and structures labeled.
Additional Anatomy & Physiology Online features include: Continue reading
Libraries Closed for Thanksgiving
UC Libraries will be closed Thursday and Friday, November 28 & 29 in observance of the Thanksgiving holiday. All library locations will close at 5pm on Wednesday, November 27. Regular hours resume Saturday, November 30. A listing of library hours is available online.
UCit@Langsam, the 24/7 computer and study space, will remain open. Entrance is available via Langsam Library’s 5th floor lobby.
Looking for a Place to Study Late for Exams?
Langsam Library will offer extended hours until 2am from Sunday, December 1 through Thursday, December 12.
After the regular Langsam Library hours, library space only will be open for students to study until 2am during exams. To enter the library after the regular closing time, students must do so via the 5th floor UCit@Langsam card-swipe entrance (a valid UC ID is required).
Service Note: Library Catalog Maintenance November 11th
Please note that the Library Catalog (UCLID) will be offline on Monday, November 11, 2013 from 7:00 am to 12:00 pm for scheduled maintenance. All applications will be offline, the Online Public Access Catalog and Sierra.
Users can connect, via OhioLINK to access UC online resources.
A Display of Human Rights and Human Wrongs
In celebration of International Education Week, the Marx Law Library and UC Libraries collaborated on a display in support of UC’s First-Year Student Common Reading Program and the book Justice. The display, titled “Justice Around the World: Human Rights and Human Wrongs,” features the College of Law’s Human Rights Quarterly and the Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights. Both are edited by Bert Lockwood, Distinguished Service Professor of Law and Director, Urban Morgan Institute for Human Rights. The display, on view through the end of the semester, is located on the 4th floor lobby of Langsam Library. Continue reading
Neil Armstrong: Engineer, Pilot, Astronaut, Teacher; the Neil Armstrong Commemorative Website

Neil Armstrong teaching at the UC College of Engineering, in 1974
Did you know that Neil Armstrong was a professor at the University of Cincinnati after being the first man to walk on the moon?
To further preserve Armstrong’s accomplishments and specifically celebrate his years from 1971-1979 as a professor and researcher in aerospace engineering at the university, the UC Libraries created a dynamic commemorative website.
Enjoy Music in the Gorno Library November 14
The next concert in the Music in the Gorno Library series will take place on Thursday, November 14 at 5 pm in the Albino Gorno Memorial Music Library Reading Room, 6th floor of Blegen Library. Presented by UC’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and UC Libraries, the concert will include works by Wagner and Schoenberg.
New: Comprehensive Physiology
Comprehensive Physiology is an authoritative collection of review content assembled in the physiological sciences.
This publication includes the complete content from the Handbook of Physiology series and will be continually expanded through a dynamic program of updates. The audience for Comprehensive Physiology is academic scientists in the life sciences, advanced students in the life sciences and medicine, instructors in these disciplines, and academic clinicians.
Key Features:
- More than 30,000 pages of classic content from the Handbook of Physiology series
- A publishing program that will add 4,000 pages of new content per year
- An editorial team comprising leading names in the field
- Fully citable content, qualifying for abstracting, indexing, and ISI ranking
Go to the Health Sciences Library eBook page to find a link to Comprehensive Physiology in the A-Z list.
Music in the Gorno Library Concerts Oct. 24 and Nov. 14
UC’s College-Conservatory of Music (CCM) and UC Libraries present two upcoming concerts in the CCM Library – October 24th and November 14th. Both concerts will feature the library’s historic Steinway piano. More about the piano is available online.