A brass hydrometer jar with handle and thermometer and two metal hydrometers probably designed to monitor the fermentation of beer.
The 28th issue of Museum Notes highlights yet another scientific instrument produced by the 19th-century Cincinnati inventor Henry Twitchell (1816-1875).
Click here for all other issues of Notes from The Oesper Collections and to explore the Jensen-Thomas Apparatus Collection.
Heather Maloney, Library Director: For fun? Clueless — as if. Action? Girl with the Dragon Tattoo. On the more dramatic side, Empire of the Sun…I saw it when I was a teenager, and I’ve been a Christian Bale fan ever since.
Michelle McKinney, Reference/Web Services Librarian: Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone.
Kellie Tilton, Instructional Technologies Librarian: I hate to be repetitive and all too recent, but Catching Fire keeps coming to mind. There quite a few more, though…
Lauren Wahman, Instruction Librarian: To name a few…Shutter Island and Girl with the Dragon Tattoo
Rachel Lewis, Technical Services Manager: The Hobbit
Chris Marshall, Public Services Assistant: The Notebook, love that movie, and love that book!
UC users now have access to the 2006-2014 collection of e-books (over 1,000 titles!) from GeoScienceWorld! This collection consists of high-quality books published by the leading societies in the earth sciences, and covering a broad range of topics and research.
http://ebooks.geoscienceworld.org
(Note: UC VPN/proxy login required to view off-campus)
For e-books dating before 2006, please refer to our subscriptions to the AAPG Digital Library and the Geological Society of London Special Publications (also part of GeoScienceWorld).
The answer to many common questions are now in UC’s Knowledge Base.
The Knowledge Base contains articles on connecting to the VPN (with specific instructions for many devices), printing from your Dorm, where to get software, setting up Secure Wireless, and more.
The database is searchable, and you can even ask for new topics to be added!
Visit the home page: https://kb.uc.edu/Pages/default.aspx
Have you read the latest Stephen King novel? Are you excited for the Gone Girl movie and want to reread the Gillian Flynn best seller? Now you can check out these popular titles and more in Langsam Library courtesy of the Public Library of Cincinnati & Hamilton County.
The Chemistry-Biology Library Welcomes New & Returning Students! The Chem-Bio Library, 5034 Rieveschl Hall, invites all students, parents, and faculty to stop on Sunday of Welcome Weekend: Sunday, August 24. Stop by and visit the library anytime from 1 – 5 pm. Students and parents are welcome to stop by for treats and fun. Learn more about the library through a brief tour. See our upcoming group collaboration space, reserve collections, Info Commons workstations, and study spaces.
Else Schulze Info Commons
The Geology-Math-Physics Library Welcomes New & Returning Students!
The Geo-Math-Phys Library, 240 Braunstein Hall, invites all students, parents, and faculty to stop on Sunday of Welcome Weekend: Sunday, August 24. Stop by and visit the library anytime from 1 – 5 pm.
Students and parents are welcome to stop by for treats and fun. Learn more about the library during a brief tour.
Study spaces at GMP Library
Globe at GMP Library
CEAS Library Welcomes New & Returning Students!
The College of Engineering and Applied Science (CEAS) Library, 8th floor of Baldwin Hall, invites all students, parents, and faculty to stop on Sunday of Welcome Weekend: Sunday, August 24. Stop by and visit the library anytime from 1 – 5 pm.
CEAS Library’s Circulation Desk
Meet CEAS Library staff, enjoy treats, and get a short tour of library highlights. Learn more about our textbooks on reserve and online, computers & scanners, group & individual study spaces, and our extensive collection of books, e-books, journals & databases for engineering and applied science.
Some good links to know as you start classes:
Dean Xuemao Wang (center) with UC students.
UC’s Welcome Weekend kicked off Wednesday, August 20 as new students began moving in. UC Libraries is part of the weekend festivities.
Stop by Langsam Library Saturday and Sunday, August 23 & 24 from noon-5pm for lemonade & cookies AND a free print of your class schedule.
Visit any of our 10 library locations August 21 through September 7 and enter your name in a drawing for a chance to win 1 of 10 flash drives. Entry forms are available at the public service desks in each library.
Welcome to UC Libraries.
This year UC Libraries were honored to participate in UC’s first International Conference for incoming international students. Planning for the Conference was a huge collaborative effort and we enjoyed working with many 
campus partners under the leadership of UC International. Graduate students Holly Zhang and Yu Mao and UC Alumna Ankita Singh, who have been active users of libraries and wanted to let new students know how libraries can enhance their academic success, prepared a great interactive PowerPoint presentation. Even though the library session was offered at the same time as the sessions on internships, housing, being a TA, and other important topics, we got a great interested audience, who actively participated and asked good questions. More students stopped by the Libraries’ table at the Resource Fair. They got to meet librarians Rosemary Franklin and Olga Hart and doctoral student Holly Zhang, introduce themselves, and ask questions in an informal setting. Some students used our interactive exhibit to learn more about plagiarism and finding help with plagiarism avoidance.
On August 18 Langsam Library hosted a fun, hands-on orientation session for international undergraduates. The students were pleasantly surprised to hear Dean Xuemao Wang’s welcome in English and Chinese followed by greetings in various languages from the UC international community. Led by friendly and energetic SOLs, the students learned a lot about UC Libraries in just an hour and a half.
We hope that UC Libraries will be home away from home for our international students. Once again, welcome! We are very happy to see you at UC and looking forward to helping you with your learning and research. We also hope to see you at library events.
Many people from UC Libraries and beyond contributed to making the library orientation for international students a success. Lots of thanks to everyone to everyone who helped! This brief video shows how much we had. Please join us next year!
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Olga Hart