New HSL Campus Guide: Citation Analysis

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 The Citation Analysis guide is available at http://guides.libraries.uc.edu/researchimpact. It provides information on citation analysis tools available at the HSL.

The guide includes information and instructions on how to find the following:

  • Citation counts for your research publications
  • Citation counts from patents
  • To see who’s citing you
  • The ranking or impact factor of a specific journal
  • To learn more about the H-index and other new indexes for calculating impact
  • Explanations of citation research concepts and terminology
  • More information on the rationale behind citation research
  • Information on altmetrics
  • Citation research tutorials for various databases

Instructions are provided for Scopus, Web of Science, and Google Scholar. The guide also provides a list of important terms and their definitions and links to tutorials.

See all current Health Sciences Library CampusGuides here.  As more topic guides are published, the links on the Electronic Resources page will be changed to lead directly to the new topic guide.

Please contact us if you have any feedback and suggestions for us as we work to make these guides as useful as possible!

 

Farewell and Best Wishes to Janice Schulz

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By Kevin Grace

A couple of weeks ago, we notified the University of Cincinnati Libraries staff that our friend and colleague, Janice Schulz, will be leaving the Archives & Rare Books Library.  Janice’s last day will be this Friday, the 17th, and she just gets the weekend off before starting an exciting new position in Dayton with CareSource as the Records and Information Manager.  It is a wonderful opportunity for Janice, and we certainly wish her well, but we are very sad that she is leaving.  She has been a consummate professional, and an exceptional co-worker.  Based on her work at UC, Janice will definitely excel in her new job. Continue reading →

The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: A Celebration of the Achievements of Dr. Sabin

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By Richard Jason Sookoor, Sabin Student Assistant

Brigadier General J. Johnson is seen here presenting the Legion of Merit to Dr. Sabin.

The month of August is notable here at the Winkler Center, particularly for the Hauck Center for the Albert B. Sabin Archives. August 26th happens to be Dr. Sabin’s birthday, which gives us good reason to celebrate. To commemorate his birthday, we’d like to present the awards and honors he’s received in a small blog series throughout the month of August. Dr. Sabin has accumulated well over one hundred different awards and while we’d like to acknowledge all of them, we will focus on his most outstanding achievements. Continue reading →

New Paths to Articles and Books on UCBA Library Website

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The new Research Basics CampusGuide is now available!  This guide provides a basic starting point for students as they begin research on any topic. Some of our Library homepage links have been updated to link to resources this new guide. For example, as illustrated below, the path to commonly used article resources will link to the Articles page of the UCBA Research Basics guide. Commonly used article resources found in the new guide include:

  • A-Z Database List
  • Academic Search Complete
  • Summon
  • Opposing Viewpoints
  • Full Text Journal Finder
You can search Academic Search Complete, Summon and Opposing Viewpoints directly from the guide. Any databases not found can easily be searched using the A-Z Database list.

The Books link has also been changed to point to the Books page of the UCBA Research Basics guide. Commonly used book resources can be found here, including:

  • UC Library Catalog
  • OhioLINK Catalog
  • Additional search options with links to e-Reference, WorldCat, and the Public Library of Cincinnati and Hamilton County

Generous Gift Funds More News Record Digitization

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UC News RecordBy:  Kevin Grace

An additional four years of the University of Cincinnati News Record has now been digitized, thanks to the generosity of a Bearcat alumnus.  Jordan L. Bleznick, a 1976 A&S graduate, funded the project to digitize the student newspaper from 1973 through 1976, adding to the previous digitized issues from 1960 through 1970.  Researchers can access these years by visiting the University of Cincinnati Digital Collections site at: http://digitalprojects.libraries.uc.edu/newsrecord/index.php.  The newspapers are available as full-text and are keyword searchable. Continue reading →

UCBA Library Relocation FAQs

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Will the Library be open during the renovation?

Yes. We are temporarily located in the Computer Concourse in Muntz 112K and 112B.

How long will the Library be in its temporary location?

The renovations are expected to be complete in the summer of 2013. We will post an announcement with the official opening date of the new Library in the late spring or early summer of 2013. Continue reading →

The Albert B. Sabin Digitization Project: Example of Compassion and How It Influenced a Life

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By Richard Jason Sookoor, Sabin Project Student Assistant

A letter written in 1992 to Dr. Sabin from Dr. Blackman regarding the incident roughly 30 years prior. Their correspondence over the next few months would last until Dr. Sabin's passing in 1993.

Successful people are often described as being driven, strong-willed, or zealous. Though to be definitively admirable, a person should also be compassionate, forgiving, and considerate. Dr. Albert Sabin managed to find a steady balance between these two domains, stern yet soft. In speaking with Dr. Kenneth Blackman, a former assistant to Dr. Sabin, we gain some insight on the level of professionalism and empathy shown by Dr. Sabin.

As the story goes, Dr. Blackman, then a young man with an opportunity to work in Dr. Sabin’s lab, was busy working on a project related to a potential human tumor virus. Dr. Blackman’s duties were to properly identify and collect concentrates in fluid from tissue culture infected with this particular virus. Despite the relatively cramped working space (Old Children’s Research Building R), Dr. Blackman was able to complete this rather standard collection with nary an incident for weeks. On a particular day though, a Friday, things took a heartbreaking turn for the worse. Dr. Blackman, completing the daily collection of concentrates from tissue culture, was steadily handling a bottle containing a few weeks’ worth of sample liquid. Bottle in hand, as he was turning towards away from the tissue culture station, the bottom of the bottle clipped the edge of the work bench causing the contents to fall out. Continue reading →