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Now is the time to schedule library instruction sessions for this Quarter’s classes. I encourage this especially for any class aimed at new freshmen (such as J233), new graduate students (we can do an orientation session), or any class with an assignment in which students will need to use library resources for research.
Sessions can [...]

The OhioLINK Keyword Search is now working, but not completely up to speed.  Here’s the last update from OhioLINK:
The keyword index on the Central Catalog is now working.  III did yeoman
work today to get this back in place.  The one caveat is that the index is
static and will not reflect new bibliographic records added to [...]

The library has recently purchased the historical Chicago Defender database from Proquest, which provides page image access to the paper from 1905-1975.
This paper will be an addition to the historical Washington Post (1877-1990) and  the historical New York Times (1851-3 yrs ago).
Other new database purchases and InfoTree additions in the last month

The OhioLINK Library Catalog will be unavailable on Thursday, August 16, beginning at approximately 11:00 a.m., while they upgrade the system. The upgrade is expected to take a minimum of eight hours to complete.
During this time you will not be able to search the catalog or place requests for OhioLINK books and library materials.

The library now subscribes to two new historical newspaper databases that I’m sure many will be interested in. Click on the links below to go to the InfoTree record for more information for each. And as with all databases, InfoTree is also the access point in order to be authenticated as an OU [...]