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OhioLINK will be moving equipment to a new power grid so they will be offline this Saturday.  This will affect the OhioLINK catalog, the Electronic Journal Center, the OhioLINK website, the Digital Media Center, Electronic Theseses & Dissertations, and OhioLINK databases (Osearch interface).  Here is the complete notice from OhioLINK:
Just a reminder as everyone goes [...]

Yvonne McEwen, author of “It’s A Long Way to Tipperary: British and Irish Nurses in the Great War” will speak about conducting research in archives & libraries in Europe and the US.  Come join us!
10 a.m. on Thursday, Nov. 20
Alden Library 301U, the Faculty Commons conference room
see the entire announcement in outlook
McEwen will also speak [...]

The economic crisis has dominated the news and the recent election cycle.  If you’d like to find out more information or news about the crisis, check out the Lexis Nexis Wiki page on the 2008 Economic Crisis which describes how you can use Lexis Nexis Academic, and Lexis Nexis Congressional to find more information about [...]

Need help finishing the research for your end of the quarter paper or project or have general questions about using the library?  Come to our last workshop of the quarter, an open-ended session directed by your questions.
Pre-registration is not required.
Date: Tuesday, Nov. 11, 2008
Time: noon – 1 pm
Place: Alden 323
Instructor: Sherri Saines
Note: Though the university [...]

OU Libraries recently acquired access to the online database Europa World, as mentioned previously in the Comm Blog.
A new page in the Comm WIki describes how to find media information in Europa World, including screenshots of the database.
Europa World contains a wealth of information on all parts of the world, including a profile of each [...]