The 1960s were a tumultuous time in American history, and the city of Cincinnati was not immune to the changes during this decade. Riots displayed the city’s difficult race relations, the Bengals brought professional football to the city, Riverfront Stadium was built and changed the layout of the riverfront, and the city of Cincinnati grappled with urban renewal. Each of these events is documented in the papers of Eugene Ruehlmann, which are housed in the Archives and Rare Books Library’s Urban Studies Collection. Continue reading
DAAP Library Exhibits Work from a Local Artist
In early January 2010, Cincinnati sculptor and major DAAP Library donor, Mark Schlachter, delivered one of his works of art to be exhibited at the DAAP Library. Continue reading
Mercantile Library in UC Library Catalog
People searching the UC Library Catalog may notice a new location on certain item records — Mercantile, which stands for the Mercantile Library.
Complete Finding Aid for the papers of German Studies Professor Hans-Georg Richert is Now Available
The Archives and Rare Books Library holds the papers of former professor of Germanic Languages and Literature, Hans-Georg Richert. Richert was a dedicated teacher and scholar with research interests in the history of the German language, medieval studies, and 19th century German literature. He taught both undergraduate and graduate courses in the German language, German literature, and German culture. Continue reading
St. John's Unitarian Church Records: Searching the History of one of Cincinnati's Oldest Churches
The Confirmation class of 1903 with Rev. H.G. Eisenlohr
The Archives and Rare Books Library holds the records of a few local churches, including St. John’s Unitarian Church, one of Cincinnati’s oldest houses of worship. This church’s rich history began in 1814 when Joseph Zaeslin (also spelled Zaeslein), a Moravian minister, organized a church for German immigrants in Cincinnati under the name The German Evangelical and Reformed Church. The history of this church is important to both Cincinnati’s religious history and to the history of Cincinnati’s German-American community. Continue reading
New Link to PubMed
PubMed has a new URL!
http://proxy.libraries.uc.edu/login?url=http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?otool=ohuncilib
With this URL change comes a different but probably familiar button 
in the PubMed citation abstract view that tells you whether you can access the full text article.
So bookmark the new PubMed URL and if you have a ‘My NCBI’ account, update it to see the UC Article Linker button while logged into your account. To learn how go to update your ‘My NCBI’ account.
If you have any questions, please contact please contact Edith Starbuck at 558-1433 or edith.starbuck@uc.edu
SciFinder Scholar Web Version
SciFinder Scholar has moved completely to the web version at UC for the following reasons:
OhioLINK SERVICE NOTICE
Winter 2010 Records Quarterly Now Available
The Winter 2010 edition of Records Quarterly, the newsletter of University of Cincinnati Records Management, is now available on the records management website . This issue features articles about records retention schedules and the recent shredding event sponsored by Information Security, as well as the continuation of our series on the history of records at UC. The current installment discusses records from the founding of the University of Cincinnati to the eve of the introduction of the university’s first computer. Continue reading
Libraries Closed Jan. 18 for Martin Luther King, Jr. Day
UC Libraries will be closed Monday, January 18 in observance of Martin Luther King, Jr.’s Birthday, with the exception of the Donald C. Harrison Health Sciences Library, which will be open 9am-5pm. A full list of library hours is available online.