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Apr.22.2008

Give your feet a Break: -- Free taxi service will provide rides from the library circle to the student residences from midnight to 6 a.m. Monday, April 28th through Thursday morning, May 1st. Vouchers for the free taxi service will be available at the Circulation Desk in Roesch Library and the Information Center in Kennedy Union.

Free Taxi

Apr.22.2008

Take a Break at Roesch Library: -- Relax with a free massage. Free 10-minute chair massages will be provided by Vandalia Massage in the first floor gallery. Massage therapists will be available from 7-9 p.m. on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, April 27-29th.

Apr.14.2008

Food for Fines:: -- During National Library Week, April 13-19, you can erase up to $20 in fines (including OhioLINK fines) at Roesch Library by contributing one nonperishable food item for each $1 owed on overdue books. Please note that charges for lost items are not eligible. All food donations are delivered to the St. Vincent De Paul Society by the organization's UD chapter. Bring donations of non-perishable, labeled items (no glass containers) to the circulation desk in the Library’s lobby.

Apr.07.2008

Name the Library Catalog Contest: -- The online catalog for the University of Dayton Libraries is being redesigned and needs a new name. UD students, faculty and staff are encouraged to suggest names. If your suggestion is chosen, you will win a prize of $50. For more information, and to submit your suggestion, please visit: http://library.udayton.edu/name/index.php.

Feb.27.2008

Persistence of Vision: -- For nearly four years, Dayton resident Adam Alonzo has taken photographs daily and placed five pictures per day on his Web site. The exhibition Persistence of Vision presents many of the best images from the past year, including nature and city scenes, athletes and performers, portraits and candids. This free exhibit is on display now through April 27 at the Roesch Library Gallery, and can be seen during regular Library hours. A reception will take place Thursday February 28 at 7:30pm. For more information, please visit www.adamalonzo.com/vision

Feb.25.2008

Klick Award: -- It’s not too late to apply for the Brother Walter Klick, S.M., Library Award. This award is presented annually to current UD sophomore or junior Education majors who will be returning in the fall. The award consists of textbook credit at the bookstore. This year’s deadline for applications is Friday February 29. For more information on this award please visit the following website: http://library.udayton.edu/awards/klick/

Dec.21.2007

New look: -- The Interlibrary Loan page on the library website has a new look. Users will be able to submit requests and view results more easily and efficiently than ever before.

Dec.20.2007

Social Theory Writings online: -- Roesch Library now provides access to the Social Theory database. This full-text resource brings together an extensive range of influential writings representing the most important trends of sociological thought from the eighteenth century to the present day. Included in the more than 150,000 pages of searchable content are seminal works by such theorists as Harriet Martineau, Charlotte Perkins Gilman, Max Weber, Karl Marx, Emile Durkheim, Jürgen Habermas, Talcott Parsons, Michel Foucault and Jean Baudrillard.

Dec.20.2007

Early English Books Online: -- Roesch Library now provides access to the Early English Books Online database. From the first book published in English through the age of Spenser and Shakespeare, this collection now contains about 100,000 titles.

Dec.20.2007

Patrologia Latina: -- Users now have access to the Patrologia Latina Database, which contains 221 volumes and represents a complete electronic version of the first edition of Jacques-Paul Migne's Patrologia Latina (1844-1855 and 1862-1865).

Dec.20.2007

Historical Statistics online: -- Users now have access to the online database, Historical Statistics of the United States, the standard source for the quantitative facts of American history. HSUS provides data on social, behavioral, humanistic, and natural sciences including history, economics, government, finance, sociology, demography, education, law, natural resources, climate, religion, international migration, and trade - quantitative facts of American History. The fully searchable and downloadable electronic edition permits users to graph individual tables and create customized tables and spreadsheets reflecting their own particular areas of interest.

Dec.20.2007

New Look: -- The OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center has been updated with a new look and improved features.

In addition, the ETD Center now uses Solr for searching and features a worldwide ETD search (http://www.ohiolink.edu/etd/world.cgi) that allows users to search a global index of freely available electronic theses and dissertations provided by major ETD collections around the world. This index allows users to search for information about each ETD (“metadata,” including authors, titles, and abstracts). It does not search the full text of the ETDs.

The OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center currently includes more than 14,600 theses, dissertations and honors theses from 21 participating member colleges and universities.

Dec.03.2007

Take a Break at Roesch Library: -- Replenish with some fresh coffee. Free coffee will be available in the Ryan C. Harris Learning Teaching Center from 1 a.m. till 5 a.m. on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Thursday, December 10th - 13th. Not a coffee drinker? Hot tea and cocoa will also be available.

Dec.03.2007

Take a Break at Roesch Library: -- Relax with a free massage. Free 10-minute chair massages will be provided by Vandalia Massage in the first floor gallery. Massage therapists will be available from 7-9 p.m. on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday, December 9-11th.

Nov.06.2007

Chat with a Librarian Service Ends December 21: -- OhioLINK's Chat with a Librarian service will cease operations after December 21, 2007. After December 21, OhioLINK students and faculty who desire online assistance should use their library’s Instant Message service if one is available, contact their library, or try KnowItNow.org, a statewide live online reference service.

During five years of service, librarians from 40 libraries have taken turns providing online research assistance to students and faculty from OhioLINK member colleges and universities through Chat with a Librarian. More than 52,000 chat sessions were conducted since the service began in 2002.

In addition, Ohio supports a live online reference service called KnowItNow, which operates twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week. KnowItNow is a service of the State Library of Ohio and local public libraries. An academic service is being added to this program.

We sincerely thank the hundreds of librarians who have provided Chat with a Librarian service, and the thousands of library users who appreciated the anytime/anywhere help.

Oct.24.2007

Philanthropy Online: -- Users now have access to the Chronicle of Philanthropy, a biweekly newspaper that covers the nonprofit world. Based in Washington, DC, it is the top news source for charity leaders, foundation executives, fund raisers, and other people involved in philanthropy.

Oct.18.2007

Stocks & More: -- Roesch Library now provides access to the Standard & Poor’s NetAdvantage database. This resource includes real-time stock quotes, links to new reports by S&P analysts, and a quick search feature that lets you access the entire database by company name, ticker symbol, and industry. Detailed information on content of NetAdvantage is available in an online tour.

Oct.18.2007

CRC Online: -- Users can now search the CRC Handbook of Chemistry & Physics online through the library website. The CRC Handbook provides authoritative, up-to-date data on properties of inorganic and organic compounds and other frequently used scientific data. It also includes data on thermochemistry, molecular structure and spectroscopy, nuclear and particle physics, and more. Data is presented in PDF format or in a more flexible, interactive table format which allows one to sort, filter, and manipulate the data.

Oct.18.2007

Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press Online: -- Roesch Library now provides online access to the Current Digest of the Post-Soviet Press Archive, which contains selections of Russian-language press materials translated into English. This resource was started in 1949; current access is to materials from 1949 and 2001 to the present. Material will be added on an ongoing basis.

Aug.17.2007

Sports Marketing database: -- Roesch Library now subscribes to SBRnet, a sports business research database that provides market research and industry news including coverage of sports equipment sales, sports participation, consumer expenditures, sports marketing, sports facilities and more.

Aug.17.2007

Census Maps online: -- Roesch Library now offers access to Social Explorer, a web-based database allows users to create thousands of interactive demographic maps and reports using data from the United States Census. Data spans the years from 1940 to 2000.

Aug.17.2007

African American Music: -- Roesch Library now subscribes to the African American Music Reference database, which contains 50,000 pages that offers the first comprehensive coverage of blues, jazz, spirituals, civil rights songs, slave songs, minstrelsy, rhythm and blues, gospel, and other forms of black American musical expression. This release includes 1139 essays and images from 21 sources, over 9010 pages.

Aug.07.2007

Asian Studies Database: -- Roesch Library now subscribes to the Bibliography of Asian Studies (BAS), which contains over 680,000 records on all subjects (especially in the humanities and the social sciences) pertaining to East, Southeast, and South Asia published worldwide from 1971 to the present. The database is built primarily from western-language articles and book chapters.

Jul.27.2007

New Look: -- The LexisNexis Academic database has a new interface. Not sure how it works? See a librarian for help or consult the online tutorials.

Jun.28.2007

Career Database: -- Roesch Library now offers access to Going Global, a career resource database with country-specific information and more than 35,000 resources for finding employment at home and abroad. This database Contains more than 25,000 country-specific company profiles in industries such as manufacturing, transportation, consumer goods, consulting services, finance and technology.

Jun.28.2007

Local Business Database: -- Search for local businesses and more in ReferenceUSA, an online business directory. Roesch Library now subscribes to this database, which contains detailed information on over 15 million U.S. businesses.

Apr.24.2007

Read for Fun: -- The University Libraries is pleased to offer a new collection devoted to popular literature. In response to patron demand and university initiatives, the Leisure Reading Collection is now available in Roesch Library. This collection covers a wide range of genres as well as fiction and non-fiction titles. Patrons will find the books in the lobby and reference room.

Apr.16.2007

Extended Hours: --

Roesch Library will extend its hours during the week of April 16:

Monday, April 16 - 8 am to 5 am
Tuesday, April 17 - 8 am to 5 am
Wednesday, April 18 - 8 am to 5 am
Thursday, April 19 - 8 am to 5 am
Friday, April 20 - 8 am to Midnight
Saturday, April 21 - 10 am to Midnight

The Library will be open 24 hours a day beginning Monday, April 23, through Friday, May 4.

Apr.16.2007

Food for Fines: -- During National Library Week, April 15-21, students can erase up to $20 in fines (including OhioLINK fines) at Roesch Library by contributing one nonperishable food item for each $1 owed on overdue books. Please note that charges for lost items are not eligible. All food donations are delivered to the St. Vincent De Paul Society by the organization's UD chapter. Bring donations of non-perishable, labeled items (no glass containers) to the circulation desk in the Library’s lobby.

Apr.03.2007

Science Online: -- Roesch Library now subscribes to the online version of Science, a journal from the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Users can access the current table of contents, search back issues, and link to additional resources. Access is to contents from 1997-current issue.

Mar.15.2007

Psychology Critiques: -- Researchers now have access to PsycCRITIQUES, an online source of book reviews featuring full text reviews of current scholarly and professional books in psychology. Produced by the American Psychological Association (APA), the database also contains critiques of popular films and trade books from a psychological perspective. More than 36,000 reviews are included, dating back to 1956.

Feb.27.2007

Encyclopedias online: -- Roesch Library now provides access to the Gale Virtual Reference Library. It contains the full-text of 5 encyclopedia titles, including Encyclopedia of Education, Encyclopedia of African-American Culture and History, Encyclopedia of Philosophy, Encyclopedia of Religion, and the New Catholic Encyclopedia.

Feb.27.2007

Choice Online: -- Roesch Library now provides access to Choice Reviews online, a resource that evaluates annually more than 7,000 academic books, electronic media, and Internet resources of interest to those in higher education.

Feb.07.2007

Nature Online: -- Roesch Library now subscribes to Nature online, a weekly international journal publishing peer-reviewed research in all fields of science and technology. Full text articles are available from 1997-present.

Feb.05.2007

Oxford African American Studies Center: -- Roesch Library now subscribes to the Oxford African American Studies Center, a comprehensive collection of scholarship focused on the lives and events which have shaped African American and African history and culture. Features over 7,500 articles from Oxford's authoritative reference works, approximately 100 primary sources with specially written commentaries, over 1,000 images, over 100 maps, over 200 charts and tables, timelines to guide researchers through the history of African Americans and over 6,000 biographies.

Feb.05.2007

Children's Literature online: -- Roesch Library now provides access to the Children's Literature Comprehensive Database (CLCD). It offers annotations, reviews, curriculum tools, and awards, honors, and reading lists for thousands of children's books. The database contains 200,000+ critical reviews of children’s literature, ranging from baby board books to novels and nonfiction for young adults.

Jan.29.2007

Floor 6 closed: -- The 6th floor in Roesch Library will be closed on Monday, Jan. 29, from 10pm until 7am. It will be closed again on Tuesday, Jan. 30, from 10pm until 7am.

Jan.23.2007

Klick Award: -- The University Libraries are seeking entries for the Brother Walter Klick, S.M., Library Award. This award is presented annually to a UD undergraduate Education major. The award consists of textbook credit at the bookstore. For more information on this award please visit the following website: http://library.udayton.edu/awards/klick/

Jan.22.2007

Physics Journals Online: -- Roesch Library now provides access to the Physical Review Online Archive (PROLA), a complete historical archive of publications of the American Physical Society. This searchable archive currently includes all APS journal content back to 1893 (including Physical Review, Physical Review Letters, and Reviews of Modern Physics).

Jan.22.2007

New EJC Interface Offers More Features, Better Performance: --

The new interface for the Electronic Journal Center is now live. The interface offers better performance and more functionality.

New features include:

My Articles – A function of My EJC, the My Articles features allows you to create and save your favorite articles for easy reference later.
Password retrieval – In the old interface forgotten passwords were irretrievable. Now you can automatically generate a new one.
Find similar articles in the EJC with just one click.
Collapsible/Expandable panels allow for faster browsing of titles with extensive numbers of issues or long back files.
Quick links to the complete article from both the issue and article level page helps you get the full-text article more quickly.

Jan.22.2007

New Digital Videos Covering Art, Film & History: --

OhioLINK’s Digital Video Collection now offers 1,960+ digital, educational videos that you can show in class, link to from course pages and utilize for research. The new videos, which were purchased from Ambrose Video Publishing, cover a variety of subjects, from art to film to history.

Some of the newest digital videos include:

Bosch (Art of the Netherlands series)
18th Century Turning Points in U.S. History: 1767-1776
(18th Century Turning Points in U.S. History series)
Michelangelo (Great Artists series)
19th Century Turning Points in U.S. History: 1866-1870
(19th Century Turning Points in U.S. History series)
Waiting for Godot (Beckett on Film series)

Jan.22.2007

Medical Images for Classes, Projects and Presentations: --

Faculty, students and staff can now supplement lectures, discussions, presentations and projects with more than 55,000 images from images.MD (off-campus access), an online encyclopedia of medical images.

Images.MD contains high-quality medical images from more than 90 subject collections ranging from allergy to cardiology, and neurology to urology. Each image is accompanied by authoritative explanatory text contributed by more than 2,000 medical experts.

Jan.16.2007

Eye of the Beholder Exhibition: -- Eye of the Beholder is an exhibition of photographs by Adam Alonzo on display January 16 through March 2 at the Roesch Library Gallery. This free exhibit can be seen during regular Library hours. The show includes images of downtown Dayton, the UD campus, nature scenes, musicians and dancers. An opening reception will take place on Thursday January 25 at 7:30pm. For information, please visit www.adamalonzo.com/eye.

Jan.12.2007

Ruhlman Award: -- The University Libraries are seeking entries for the Brother Frank Ruhlman Award. This award is presented annually to a UD undergraduate for excellence in writing. The award consists of a $250.00 textbook credit at the bookstore. For more information on this award please visit the following website: http://library.udayton.edu/awards/ruhlman/

Nov.30.2006

Interlibrary Loan Articles Online: -- Roesch Library is now receiving electronic copies of articles that have been requested through interlibrary loan. Users will be notified via email when materials arrive. Users are asked to note the link, within the email notification, that will connect them to their ILLiad account on the library webpages. Once users are logged in, they can retrieve and print .pdf files of the requested articles, which will remain online for 30 days.

NOTE: This service is not supported by all interlibrary suppliers, so some articles may still be delivered in paper. Users are also asked to review their interlibrary loan profile for current address information and their article delivery preferences (campus mail, library pick-up, or online). Please note that articles received electronically by the ILL office will automatically be delivered to the requestor electronically. Please contact Robyn Reed (robyn.reed@notes.udayton.edu) or Bob Leach (robert.leach@notes.udayton.edu) for further questions.

Nov.09.2006

New Engineering Database -- New Engineering Database: Roesch Library now offers access to McGraw-Hill Digital Engineering Library. This database provides content to engineers and students, with over 6,000+ articles derived from 170+ McGraw-Hill publications, and includes such reference works as Marks' Standard Handbook for Mechanical Engineers, Perry's Chemical Engineers Handbook, and Roark's Formulas for Stress and Strain. This databse focuses on 12 major areas of engineering—from Aerospace Engineering to Mechanical Engineering—and also contains McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of Engineering, a reference tool with 18,000+ entries.

Oct.02.2006

Early American publications in online catalog: -- Roesch Library is pleased to announce the addition of over 37,000 records to its online catalog. These records describe virtually every book, pamphlet and broadside published in America over a 160-year period from 1639-1800. The digital materials are found in the Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800.

Oct.02.2006

New database, Film & Television Literature Index: -- Roesch Library now offers access to the Film & Television Literature Index, which covers the literature about television and film writing. It provides cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for more than 300 publications, and selected coverage of 300 more. F&TLI has been designed for use by a diverse audience that includes film scholars, college students, and general viewers. Subject coverage includes film & television theory, preservation & restoration, writing, production, cinematography, technical aspects, and reviews.

Sep.12.2006

Vote for Books! -- Area libraries, including the U.D. Libaries, and other groups are joining forces to celebrate community, reading and literature in a project called The Big Read. Voting is now taking place to determine the book to be read. The titles being considered are Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything, by Steven Levitt and Stephen Dubner; The Things they Carried, by Tim O'Brien; and The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. Vote for your preference by Sept. 18.

Aug.25.2006

Can you recommend a good book? -- Roesch Library now provides access to Reader’s Advisor Online, a database that points readers to more books they will enjoy reading—whether it is genre fiction, literary/mainstream fiction, or recreational nonfiction.

Aug.23.2006

Black and White: -- Now through October 16, Roesch Library presents the exhibit Black and White: Contemporary Photographic Interpretations of Paul Laurence Dunbar’s Poetry. The exhibition focuses on books published during Dunbar’s lifetime that were illustrated with photographs portraying the African-American characters described in the poems. These photos were taken by students and faculty of the Hampton Institute, a Virginia school founded shortly after Emancipation to help prepare former slaves to find employment.

The six illustrated books are on display (many of them first editions published between 1899 and 1906) and reproductions of their decorative covers are mounted on the gallery walls. Also in the gallery are enlargements of selected poems, and the photographs that accompany them.

A reception and lecture will take place on Friday September 29 at 4:00pm, featuring Dr. Ray Sapirstein of the State University of New York at Albany. Dr. Sapirstein is an authority on Dunbar’s collaboration with the Hampton Institute in the production of these illustrated books.

Black and White is on display in the first floor gallery of the Roesch Library on the University of Dayton campus. The exhibition is free of charge and can be viewed during regular library hours. For further information, call (937) 229-4270 or visit the Black and White Web page.

Aug.02.2006

InterLibrary Loan system down: -- The Roesch Library interlibrary loan system is scheduled for a software upgrade and will not be available after 5:00 PM Friday evening, August 4th. The service is expected to be online Monday morning, August 7th. Please see the Interlibrary Loan Office webpage if you have any questions.

Jul.17.2006

Chronicle at Your Fingertips: -- Roesch Library now provides full access to the The Chronicle of Higher Education, the No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators. A subscription to The Chronicle includes access to all of this Web site and to Academe Today, the daily e-mail newsletter.

Online, The Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. The Chronicle's Web site features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; articles published since September 1989; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as an online CV's, salary databases, and more.

Jul.10.2006

New Medical Database: -- Roesch Library now offers access to AccessMedicine, a database that provides up-to-date medical knowledge in internal medicine, cardiology, genetics, pharmacy, diagnosis and management, basic sciences, and patient care. Users also have access to recognized references such as Harrison's Online and Goodman & Gilman's The Pharmacological Basis of Therapeutics.

Jun.28.2006

New Databases, Updated Databases, Cancelled Databases: -- Over 20 new and upgraded databases will be available to the University of Dayton campus, effective July 1, 2006. Roughly 10 databases will be cancelled and replaced by these new titles

Jun.22.2006

Seven Millionth Article Added to EJC: -- The seven millionth journal article was recently added to OhioLINK’s award-winning Electronic Journal Center. The EJC provides students, faculty and staff at participating OhioLINK institutions with instantaneous online access to more than 6,900 journal titles from 90+ publishers.

OhioLINK users download 4.81 million articles from the EJC annually. A total of 21.9 million articles have been downloaded from the EJC since its inception in April 1998.

Jun.22.2006

Database cancellations: -- The following databases will no longer be available, effective July 1, 2006:

Applied Science & Technology Abstracts
Biography Index
Biological & Agricultural Index
Book Review Digest
Contemporary Authors
Education Abstracts
Essay & General Literature Index
Humanities Abstracts
Index to Legal Periodicals & Books
Library Literature

Jun.22.2006

Closed Access: -- No new content will be added to the following databases, effective July 1, 2006:

Business & Industry
Contemporary Women's Issues
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

These databases will still be available and searchable, but no new content will be added.

Jun.14.2006

More Digital Videos Available @ Your Desktop:: -- With the addition of 159 new digital videos from Ambrose Video Publishing, OhioLINK’s Digital Video Collection now offers more than 1,700 education videos that you can show in class, link to from course pages and utilize for research. The new videos cover a wide variety of subjects. Some of the newest digital videos include: Alzheimer's Disease, Bionic Breakthroughs, Cabo Verde: The Archipelago of Sahel, Get By In Spanish, Hubble: Secrets from Space, King Lear, Operating in the Future, State Sponsored Terrorism.

Jun.05.2006

Explore World Cultures Online: -- Roesch Library now provides access to World Culture Today, a full-text database that introduces users to the lives of their contemporaries around the globe. This database explores in detail various aspects--arts, food, clothing, lifestyle, religion, holidays, language, worldview and more--of cultures outside the United States.

Jun.02.2006

Researching Everyday Life Throughout History: -- Roesch Library now provides access to Greenwood Daily Life Online, a full text database that describes everyday life throughout history from 50,000 BCE to the present. Readers can explore full-length reference books, book chapters, encyclopedia articles, primary documents, “Tours through Time,” images, maps, chronologies, and links to vetted websites, all centered on everyday life.

May.23.2006

"SIPPY CUP," "LIFE COACH" and "SARS" enter the OED: -- Explore over 2,500 new and revised words in the Oxford English Dictionary. The latest alphabetical range to be revised is PHILANTHROPAL-PIMENTO. For additional new entries across the alphabet, see this link: www.oed.com/help/updates/philanthropal-pimento.html#oos

May.16.2006

Printing fee now in effect: -- Roesch Library has instituted Flyer Express Printing charges for electronic resources. The cost is four cents per print ($.04). For most students, this charge will add up to about $8.00 a semester, roughly the cost of a pizza. Faculty and staff are not charged for prints. For more information, see the Flyer Express Printing page.

Apr.27.2006

Early American History Online: -- Roesch Library now offers access to Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans, 1639-1800. This online database contains digitized texts of all known existing books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed in America from 1639 through 1800. This resource provides information about every aspect of life in 17th- and 18th-century America, from agriculture and auctions through foreign affairs, diplomacy, literature, music, religion, the Revolutionary War, temperance, witchcraft, and just about any other topic imaginable.

Apr.20.2006

Old Testament Abstracts online: -- Roesch Library now offers access to the Old Testament Abstracts Online. The database features indexing and abstracts for journal articles, monographs, multi-author works, and software related to Old Testament studies. Topics covered include antiquities, archaeology, biblical theology, philology and much more.

Apr.19.2006

Win Your Own Group Study Room during Finals: --

Attend a library workshop on April 24 at 4:30pm and be entered into a drawing for your own group study room. The Learning Enhancement and Academic Development (LEAD) and Roesch Library are proud to sponsor the following workshop, How to Avoid the Blue Book Examination Blues: Test-Taking Strategies, on Monday, April 24, 4:30-5:30pm.

This workshop is FREE & open to the public. It will be held in the Roesch Library Gallery, first floor. No advance registration is required.

Apr.19.2006

New Testament Abstracts available: -- Roesch Library now offers access to the New Testament Abstracts Online. This research and bibliographic aid will be useful for scholars, librarians, clergy and students of the New Testament and its historical milieu. The database contains more than 38,000 article abstracts, 1,200 review abstracts, 13,500 book abstracts, and 50 software abstracts.

Apr.18.2006

The Passion in Wood and Straw -- http://www.udayton.edu/mary/current-exhibit.html
Crosses carved from wood in the Lithuanian folk art tradition and images of Christ “painted” with appliquéd straw in Polish folk art style are on exhibit through May 12 in the Marian Library Gallery on the University of Dayton campus.

Apr.12.2006

Win 200 Free Prints! -- To help students become familiar with Flyer Express printing (coming to Roesch Library this summer), demonstration stations are available in the first floor Reference Room and the second floor DEC lab. By using one of these computers to print, students are automatically entered into a drawing to win 200 free prints (which can be redeemed once printing charges begin). This is a demonstration period only; no one will be charged to print from these stations now. Complete instructions are available on the desk beside the keyboard. For further information about Flyer Express printing, visit the online FAQ page.

Apr.03.2006

Celebrate Roesch Library’s 35th Anniversary and National Library Week! -- Roesch Library kicks off National Library Week with an Open House in the first floor gallery from 3PM to 5PM on Monday, April 3. Stop by, have some refreshments and take a look at our newly refurbished space and furnishings! More information is available at http://library.udayton.edu/nlw/index.php.

Apr.03.2006

Negro Leagues Exhibit @ the Library: -- Just in time for Opening Day, the University Libraries are featuring an exhibit about the Negro Leagues during the month of April. The display includes books, pictures, baseball cards, and material provided by the Negro League Baseball Museum (NLBM.com) in Kansas City. Look for Lonnie Powell's painting, "Looking Him Back," in the entranceway of Roesch Library.

The origins of the league were in the late 19th century as Jim Crow laws excluded African-American players from playing on white teams. The league officially started in the 1920s and played until the 1960s. The Negro Leagues remain a symbol of the injustices of racial segregation but were also a showcase for some of baseball's greatest players such as Josh Gibson, Satchel Paige, and, of course, Jackie Robinson.

Mar.27.2006

Updated SciFinder Scholar Software: -- After April 1, 2006, users of SciFinder Scholar who access the database from outside the Roesch Library will need to download and install new software on their computers. A link to the software and detailed instructions for downloading and installing it are available here:

http://library.udayton.edu/research/article/interim/chemistry.php

All student workstations in the reference room on the first floor of Roesch Library have been updated with the new SciFinder Scholar software.

Mar.16.2006

New database for the Cognitive Sciences: -- Roesch Library now provides access to the MIT CogNet database, which is searchable collection of books, journals, reference works, OpenCourseWare links and conference materials. Content and resources are provided by The MIT Press and other publishers, professional associations, institutions, and individuals who are willing to share public access to online work.

Mar.09.2006

Find a Play: -- Roesch Library now provides access to Play Index, a database that provides the full publication details needed to locate the play in its published manifestations. Search over 30,000 plays written from Antiquity to the present and published from 1949 to the present.

Feb.23.2006

The Camera Lends: -- An exhibit of photographs by Adam Alonzo is on display in the Roesch Library Gallery now through March 23. "Though the human eye perceives the world as a series of fleeting images, the camera lends permanence to these visions," states the photographer. For further information, visit http://www.adamalonzo.com/camera.

Feb.23.2006

New Library Resource: -- Roesch Library now offers access to the Armed Conflict Database, which "seeks to cover international and internal conflicts, as well as terrorism. It provides an interactive and user-friendly source of information on 70 armed conflicts including terrorism, refugees/ and returnees, Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs), weapons used and their flows, fatalities, costs ($US), historical backgrounds, annual updates and timelines."

Feb.13.2006

New JSTOR titles: -- Nine new journal titles have been added to JSTOR. They include:

American Fern Journal
Arctic, Antarctic, and Alpine Research
Avian Diseases
Biological Bulletin
International Political Science Review
Journal of Crustacean Biology
Journal of Herpetology
Journal of Parasitology
University of Chicago Law Review

Feb.08.2006

Celebrating Dayton's Poet: -- To celebrate the life of Paul Laurence Dunbar, Roesch Library has placed on display a sampling of his books drawn from the Victor and Irene Jacobs Collection. Several are first editions, including an 1893 copy of Dunbar's first publication Oak and Ivy. The books, and poster-sized reproductions of some of their decorative covers, can be viewed in the Library's first-floor lobby.

Jan.24.2006

Award for Education Majors: -- University Libraries are seeking applicants for the Brother Walter Klick, S.M. award, which consists of textbook credit at the bookstore. Applicants must be sophomore or junior education majors. Complete the online application and secure a faculty recommendation by February 15, 2006.

Jan.18.2006

More Electronic Reference Books: -- OhioLINK has added 14 new e-books to the Electronic Reference Books Collection, bringing the total number of e-books in the collection to 471. Some of the latest titles include:

Jan.18.2006

The Color of Fear: -- In conjunction with the Facing Prejudice exhibit, Roesch Library will be showing the The Color of Fear at 3pm on January 19th in the first floor gallery. A facilitated discussion, led by Adjunct Professor Scott West, will immediately follow the film. According to StirFry Seminars, creators of the film, it is “an insightful film about the state of race relations in America as seen through the eyes of eight North American men of Asian, European, Latino and African descent.” This is the first of three parts to be shown.

Jan.09.2006

New Information Science Database: -- Users now have access to Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts (LISTA). It indexes more than 600 periodicals, plus books, research reports and proceedings. Subject coverage includes librarianship, classification, cataloging, bibliometrics, online information retrieval, information management and more. Coverage in the database extends back as far as the mid-1960s.

Jan.09.2006

17 New Titles in JSTOR: -- Additional journals have been added to JSTOR. Titles include The American Art Journal, Architectural History, Dance Chronicle, Garden History, Grey Room, Journal of Religion in Africa, Leonardo, Numen, Oriens, Perspecta, Philosophical Issues, Population (French Edition), South Central Review, Studia Islamica, Vigiliae Christianae, Die Welt des Islams, Zeitschrift für Kunstgeschichte

Jan.04.2006

New Resource for Theatre & Dance Research: -- The International Bibliography of Theatre & Dance (IBTD), is now available to all students, faculty and staff at OhioLINK institutions. IBTD is an index to journal articles, books, book articles and dissertation abstracts on all aspects of theatre and performance in 126 countries.

IBTD is available to OhioLINK users through 2006 as a one-year trial.

Jan.04.2006

Humanities International Index Now Available: -- Now all OhioLINK users have access to Humanities International Index, a comprehensive database covering journals, books and other important worldwide reference sources in the humanities. Humanities International Index replaces the American Humanities Index database and provides approximately 710,000 more records than American Humanities Index. Humanities International Index was provided as a free database upgrade from EBSCO Publishing.

Dec.02.2005

New Books at the Library: -- See what was cataloged in November 2005, at the New Books page.

Dec.01.2005

Just in time for Finals: Beat the Test-Taking Blues. -- The Learning Enhancement and Academic Development (LEAD) and the University Libraries are proud to sponsor a Test-Taking Strategies Workshop for Students. Led by Timothy King, PhD, the workshop will take place on Wednesday, Nov. 30, 7-8pm; there will be a repeat session on Monday, Dec. 5, 4:30-5:30pm. Both workshops are FREE and guaranteed to be a good time. They will be held in the Roesch Library Gallery, first floor. If you are in the Library or the LTC either day, take a break for a little while and learn how not to stress over finals!

Nov.22.2005

1,529 Educational Videos Available @ Your Desktop: -- With the addition of 250+ new digital videos, OhioLINK’s Digital Video Collection now offers 1529 educational videos that you can show in class, link to from course pages, utilize for research or just view for fun. The new videos cover a wide variety of subjects: art and photography, business and economics, communications, foreign language, literature and language arts, psychology and mental health, religion and philosophy, social studies and more.

The OhioLINK Digital Video Collection is available to all students, faculty members and staff at OhioLINK member institutions. The videos are available for viewing and downloading (for temporary storage only). Free software from RealNetworks is needed to view these videos. The current version of this software, called "RealPlayer," is available.

Nov.09.2005

Art Images Online: -- Roesch Library now offers access to ARTstor, an image database. The database contains over searchable 250,000 images relating to architecture, painting, photography, prints, drawings, sculpture, decorative arts and design, as well as archeological and anthropological objects. The ARTstor current collections include:

The Art History Survey Collection
The Carnegie Arts of the United States Collection
The Hartill Archive of Architecture and Allied Arts
The Huntington Archive of Asian Art
The Illustrated Bartsch (Old Master European prints from the 15th to the 19th centuries)
The Mellon International Dunhuang Archive (images of wall paintings and sculpture from Buddhist cave shrines in Dunhuang, China)
The MoMA Architecture and Design Collection
Native American Art and Culture from the National Anthropological Archives, Smithsonian Institution

Sep.26.2005

Recordings of Passerine Birds Added to DMC: -- More than 11,000 recordings of passerine birds--also called perching birds or songbirds--including sparrows, tanagers and warblers have been added to the Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Digital Animal Sounds Collection. The collection is part of the OhioLINK Digital Media Center and is available to all OhioLINK users and the general public.

These latest additions bring the Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, Digital Animal Sounds Collection to a total of more than 20,000 recordings. The recordings are from The Ohio State University's Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics, which houses one of the largest collections of recorded animal sounds in the world. Founded by the late Dr. Donald Borror, Professor of Entomology and Zoology at The Ohio State University, the collection contains more than 30,000 recordings of more than 1000 species of animals.

Sep.26.2005

Now OhioLINK Offers More Renewals! -- Now you can renew OhioLINK books up to four times, as long as another user has not requested the item. This increases the maximum borrowing period to as long as 15 weeks, to better meet your research needs.

“Users statewide have been asking to keep OhioLINK books longer than six weeks,” Tony Maniaci, chair of OhioLINK’s Inter-Campus Services Committee, which sets OhioLINK borrowing policies, said. “But OhioLINK has to carefully balance the needs of researchers who wish to keep an item for an extended period of time with those who have short time frames to meet a deadline or complete a class assignment. Recent improvements to the software used for online borrowing checks for holds before allowing a renewal. This new functionality allows us to extend the maximum borrowing period for items and better meet the needs of all OhioLINK users.”

Please plan your research needs carefully, however, because if the book has been requested, you won’t be able to renew it.

Sep.26.2005

Eleven More Electronic Reference Books Available: -- Eleven new e-books have been added to OhioLINK's Electronic Reference Books Collection, bringing the total number of e-books available to 440.

The Electronic Reference Books Collection contains special-topic reference books--including encyclopedias, handbooks, biographical collections, guides--from ABC-CLIO, an educational reference publisher.

The most recent additions to the Electronic Reference Books Collection are:

American Indian Religious Traditions: An Encyclopedia
Ancient Mesopotamia
Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific Central Asia
The Constitutional Convention of 1787: A Comprehensive Encyclopedia of America's Founding
Handbook of Chinese Mythology
Information Sources of Political Science, Fifth Edition
Iran's Diverse Peoples: New Perspectives
Native American Issues: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
Northern Europe
Traditional Festivals: A Multicultural Encyclopedia

Sep.26.2005

E-Reserve Made Easier: -- Roesch Library now accepts .pdf files of articles you want on electronic reserves. Fill out the Word version of the Reserve Request form. Send both the form and article pdf file to ereserve@notes.udayton.edu

Sep.21.2005

Celebrate Diversity: -- In honor of Hispanic Heritage Month (Sept.15 - Oct.15), Roesch Library has created a set of webpages highlighting freely available online diversity resources.

Sep.19.2005

Is that journal online?: -- Roesch Library is pleased to announce that availability of the Serial Solutions E-journal Portal, a database allows users to locate which online database includes the full text of specific magazines, journals, or newspapers.

Sep.12.2005

New Chairs for You: -- Roesch Library will purchasing new chairs, and we want to know which style you want. Try the sample chairs out this week in the Reference Room and vote for your choice. Voting runs September 12-18.

Aug.24.2005

Roesch in Video: -- Learn more about the services and resources of the University Libraries and the Ryan C. Harris Learning Teaching Center in an online video. Take a tour from the top of the library to the bottom of the library!

Aug.01.2005

It's Your Vote: -- Vote online for your choice of the next Big Read book. The candidates are The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini, Plainsong by Kent Haruf, The Things They Carried: A Work of Fiction by Tim O'Brien or To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee. Visit the Big Read website for more information.

Aug.01.2005

New OSearch Interface Live: -- OSearch, a new version of OhioLINK's internally-created interface for many research databases, is now live. OSearch replaces the old interface for more than 30 databases, including Applied Science and Technology Abstracts, Art Abstracts, Business and Industry, Compendex, Education Abstracts, ERIC, Humanities Abstracts, Inspec, and PsycINFO.

While the basic functionality of OSearch will remain the same as the previous version, improvements have been made, the most noticeable of which is a dramatically improved design.

Jul.25.2005

Electronic Reference Books Collection Grows to 429: -- Twelve new e-books have been added to OhioLINK's Electronic Reference Books Collection, bringing the total number of e-books available in this collection to 429.

The most recent additions to the Electronic Reference Books Collection are:

Antisemitism: A Historical Encyclopedia Of Prejudice and Persecution
The Aztecs: New Perspectives Beat Culture: Icons, Lifestyles, and Impact Destroyers: An Illustrated History of their Impact
Elementary Education: A Reference Handbook
Forest Fires: A Reference Handbook
France and the Americas
Illicit Trafficking: A Reference Handbook Immigration and Asylum
Literature and Science: Social Impact and Interaction
Pop Culture Russia!: Media, Arts, and Lifestyle
Unnatural Phenomena: A Guide to the Bizarre Wonders of North America

Jul.19.2005

New Looks, Same Databases: -- The MLA International Bibliography, ABSEES, Mental Measurements Yearbook, and the CINAHL databases all have a new look, thanks to a new provider, Ebsco. The content remains the same, just the look has changed.

Jul.19.2005

Database cancellation: -- OhioLINK has cancelled its subscription to A Matter of Fact. Users should consult the Reference Desk for assistance.

Jul.18.2005

Oxford DNB now available: -- Roesch Library now subscribes to the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, an illustrated collection of more than 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2001.

Jul.15.2005

Six Millionth Article Added to EJC: -- The six millionth article was recently added to the OhioLINK Electronic Journal Center. The EJC provides students, faculty members and staff at participating OhioLINK institutions with instantaneous online access to more than 6,300 journal titles from 80+ publishers.

OhioLINK users download 4.56 million articles from the EJC annually. A total of 17 million articles have been downloaded from the EJC since its inception in April 1998.

Jul.15.2005

The ART Collection Replaces The AMICO Library: -- OhioLINK has joined a new consortium of museums and art image distributors to offer The ART Collection. The ART Collection replaces the AMICO Library, following the dissolution of the AMICO consortium of museums and libraries on June 30th.

The ART Collection provides high-quality, digital images of works of art from three quarters of the original AMICO participants, so many of the works of art used for teaching and research are still available in the OhioLINK Digital Media Center.

Jul.15.2005

Introducing LearningExpress Library: -- LearningExpress Library is now available to all students, faculty and staff at OhioLINK member libraries. This database offers unlimited, 24/7 access to targeted skill-building interactive courses in math, reading, and writing, as well as hundreds of online interactive practice tests that prepare you for several types of exams including the GRE, GMAT, LSAT, TOEFL, U.S. Citizenship, and civil service positions. Complete answer explanations accompany each response to help you understand why a particular answer is correct or incorrect.

To take a test at LearningExpress Library, you must first set up an individual account. You can set up an account while at an authenticating site (on campus or at an Ohio public library or school). Once you have created an account, you can go directly to the LearningExpress Library site and log on.

Jul.12.2005

New Sociology Database: -- Effective July 1, OhioLINK will subscribe to EBSCO's Sociological Index and end its subscription to CSA's Sociological Abstracts.

EBSCO describes Sociological Index as “The world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. This index features more than 1,300,000 records with subject headings from a 15,000 term sociology-specific thesaurus designed by expert lexicographers. This file also contains informative abstracts for more than 590 'core' coverage journals dating back to 1895. In addition, this file provides data mined from more than 500 'priority' coverage journals as well as 1,040 'selective' coverage journals."

The current Sociological Abstracts database will remain available from OhioLINK after July 1, but will not be updated.

Jun.17.2005

Digital Video Collection Grows: -- Nineteen digital videos have been added to OhioLINK's Digital Video Collection, bringing the total number of videos available to 1203. Recent additions to the collection include:

Jun.15.2005

New Resource: World Data Analyst Online. -- OhioLINK users now have access to World Data Analyst Online, a resource from Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc. that lets you analyze countries and regions at a glance. It offers detailed statistical comparisons of countries around the world, using both the most recent statistics and historical figures. Users can create tables, charts, and even export the information to a spreadsheet for printing and data crunching. Highlights include: country snapshots, comparative statistics, historical statistics, and ranked statistics.

Jun.09.2005

Library Catalog Down June 15: -- The library catalog will be down on Wednesday, June 15, for computer upgrades. Users will be unable to use the catalog, make OhioLINK requests or check their library records during this time.

Jun.09.2005

13 new titles in JSTOR: -- 13 new titles have been added to the JSTOR archive. They include British Journal of Sociology of Education, Feminist Review, Journal of Business & Economic Statistics, and Sociological Perspectives, among others.

Jun.08.2005

New Look: -- OhioLINK has installed the latest version of the ISI Web of Science interface. This affects three databases: Arts & Humanities Citation Index, Science Citation Index Expanded, and Social Sciences Citation Index.

May.24.2005

JSTOR -- Biology in JSTOR: Roesch Library now subscribes to the Biological Sciences Collection in JSTOR. Coverage in this collection offers greater depth in fields such as biodiversity, conservation, paleontology, and plant science, in addition to introducing new areas such as cell biology and zoology.

May.24.2005

More E-book content: -- Nine new e-books have been added to OhioLINK's Electronic Reference Books Collection bringing the total number of books available in this collection to 417. The most recent additions to the Electronic Reference Books Collection include:

Cults: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
East Asian Americans and Political Participation: A Reference Handbook
The Environment and Science: Social Impact and Interaction
Hate Crimes: A Reference Handbook, Second Edition
Helicopters: An Illustrated History of Their Impact
The Industrial Revolution in America: Iron and Steel, Railroads, Steam Shipping
Marriage on Trial: A Handbook with Cases, Laws, and Documents
Military Aircraft, Origins to 1918: An Illustrated History of Their Impact
Northeast and Midwest United States: An Environmental History

May.23.2005

New in DMC: Oral Histories of the 1970 Kent State Shootings: -- A collection of 69 oral histories related to the May 4, 1970 shootings at Kent State University has been added to OhioLINK's Digital Media Center (DMC). The oral histories include many eyewitness accounts of the event and its aftermath, contributed by people who were students, faculty members, and City of Kent residents at the time, as well as an account by an Ohio National Guardsman. This is the sixth collection to be added to the Historic & Archival Digital Media database, which is freely available to anyone worldwide via the Internet. The Kent State May 4 Oral Histories are available as audio files. Apple's free QuickTime player is required to listen to the files. A written transcript is also available for most of the oral histories. Click on the "full record" link to view the transcript. The "May 4 Oral History Project" was started in 1990 to preserve personal histories of and individual reactions to the shootings on the Kent State University campus in 1970. The collection is maintained and was contributed to the DMC by the Department of Special Collections and Archives, Libraries and Media Services, at Kent State University. Visit the department's Web site for more information on this collection and additional resources on the Kent State shootings.

Apr.25.2005

Full Text Business Reports: -- Roesch Library now provides access to The Conference Board Research Online Collection, a searchable database of full-text research reports covering business management and US and global economics. Proprietary, nonbiased research includes studies of F500 companies on business trends, leadership decisions, performance excellence, corporate governance, HR, productivity, CRM and more.

Apr.18.2005

New database, Thesaurus Linguae Graecae: -- Roesch Library now offers access to Thesaurus Linguae Graecae, which contains literary texts written in Greek from Homer to the fall of Byzantium in AD 1453. The database currently provides access to 3,700 authors and 12,000 works, approximately 91 million words.

Apr.11.2005

Database Cancellation: -- Roesch Library no longer subscribes to College Source. Users should consult the Reference Desk for help.

Apr.08.2005

NLW 2005 -- How you can help celebrate National Library Week, April 10-16!

Apr.08.2005

-- Students, staff and faculty: Your opinion matters! Come to the Library Dean Candidate open forum on Wednesday, April 13 at 2pm in Kennedy Union room 310. Candidates will make a brief presentation and take questions from the audience.

Apr.05.2005

Physics Archives online -- OhioLINK users can now access the digitized contents of the Science Abstracts Journals from 1898-1968 in the new Inspec Archive 1898-1968 database. The Inspec Archive 1898-1968 covers all aspects of physics, electrical and electronic engineering, and computing and control engineering.

Mar.17.2005

7 more in JSTOR -- JSTOR has added 7 new titles to its archive. Look for the following titles: Dumbarton Oaks Papers, Feminist Studies, International Studies Review, Journal of Design History, Journal of the American Institute for Conservation, Marburger Jahrbuch für Kunstwissenschaft, and NOVEL: A Forum on Fiction.

Mar.11.2005

The Big Read @ UD -- Roesch Library is pleased to offer the following programs in support of The Big Read, a community-wide reading project. All events are free and open to the public.

Tuesday, March 15, 6pm. Showing of The Corporation at ArtStreet Studio B.
Tuesday, March 29, 11-2pm. Showing of Frontline video, "Is Wal-Mart Good for America?", followed by discussion moderated by Dr. Steve Dandaneau, Dept. of Sociology. Location: Sears Recital Hall
Thursday, March 31, 4:30-5:30pm. Women and Work in Nickel & Dimed: a talk given by Dr. Linda Majka, Department of Sociology. Location: Roesch Library Gallery
Tuesday, April 12, 4-5pm. Economics and Finance in Nickel & Dimed: a talk given by Dr. Elizabeth Gustafson, Department of Economics and Finance. Location: Roesch Library Gallery

Mar.09.2005

New IT database -- Roesch Library is please to offer Gartner, an IT database, sponsored by UDit. The website includes global, in-depth, information and analysis of vendors, technologies, and trends within the IT industry. Subject areas include industry predictions, latest trends, application development, data warehousing and enterprise networking. Additionally, specialty research areas include government, health care, and higher education.

Feb.14.2005

Introducing ILLiad -- Introducing ILLiad: Roesch Library is pleased to announce the implementation of ILLiad, a more efficient and user-friendly Interlibrary Loan management system.

Effective February 14, 2005, all ILL requests will be processed using ILLiad. You will be asked to logon to ILLiad using your NOVELL/LDAP username and password. This new procedure is necessary for authentication purposes and to set up your ILLiad patron account.

What makes ILLiad superior to the current ILL request system?

Real time tracking of ILL requests
Once a patron account is activated, the software automatically inserts patron information into ILL requests.
Archiving of all ILL requests--users can see what they have previously requested.
24/7 access to ILLiad patron accounts.
Patron ability to cancel ILL requests at any stage of the ILL process.

Feb.12.2005

RefWorks Workshop: -- Tired of struggling with those works cited? Roesch Library is offering a workshop on RefWorks, a web-based bibliographic management software program. Essential for grad students and faculty researchers, and useful for undergraduate scholars.

Facilitated by Jack O'Gorman and Lee Bowman. Offered March 30 2-3; March 31, 10:30-11:30; April 4, 11-12; and April 5, 1:30-2:30. Register at (937) 229-4270 or ref@udayton.edu.

RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic management software program similar to Endnote and Procite. These products allow you to collect, save and organize your references from different databases such as the UD Online Catalog, Academic Search Premier, ERIC, PsycINFO, and many others. You can format bibliographies in MLA, and many other styles. RefWorks can be accessed from any computer with an Internet connection and works on both Macs and PCs.

Feb.12.2005

Database Cancellation: -- Roesch Library no longer provides access to General Science Abstracts. Users should consult Academic Search Premier and Science Citation Index instead.

Feb.12.2005

Primary Sources Workshop: -- Encourage your students to go beyond textbook packaged information. Get their fingers into the material that has “been there, done that”—primary sources. These materials allow your students to evaluate evidence, think critically, and compare conclusions and interpretations. This session on primary sources will identify sources of journals, letters, photographs, maps and more, as well as challenge you to explore possibilities for using “the stuff of history” in your classes.

Facilitated by Kathleen Tiller. Offered March 15, 1:30 - 2:30. Register at (937) 229-4270 or ref@udayton.edu.

Feb.12.2005

Reference E-Books Workshop: -- How can you use e-books in your classroom and in your research? A new electronic book format is developing, and Ohio libraries are on the cutting edge. ABC-CLIO, Chadwyck-Healey, the History E-book Project, netLibrary, Oxford Reference Online, and Safari Tech Books Online are all e-book collections offered by the University of Dayton libraries in conjunction with other OhioLINK schools. This session will cover the basics of using the different e-books formats available to UD faculty, staff, and students.

Facilitated by Jack O'Gorman. Offered March 8, 1:30-2:30. Register at (937) 229-4270 or ref@udayton.edu.

Feb.12.2005

22 Reference E-Books Added: -- Twenty-two e-books have been added to OhioLINK's Electronic Reference Books Collection. A total of 395 e-books are now available in this collection.

The Electronic Reference Books Collection contains special-topic reference books—including encyclopedias, handbooks, biographical collections, guides—from ABC-CLIO, an educational reference publisher.

Some of the most recent additions to the Electronic Reference Books Collection include:

Eastern Europe: An Introduction to the People, Lands, and Culture
Encyclopedia of World War II: A Political, Social, and Military History
Freedom of the Press: Rights and Liberties under the Law
Global AIDS Crisis: A Reference Handbook
Weapons of Mass Destruction: An Encyclopedia of Worldwide Policy, Technology, and History
Women and Science: Social Impact and Interaction
World Poverty: A Reference Handbook

Jan.28.2005

Help Save Your Library Resources! -- OhioLINK is facing an anticipated annual shortfall of more than $500,000 to more than $1 million. What can you do? Visit the Support OhioLINK Web site and find out how you can help.

State support of Ohio higher education will decline in the upcoming state capital budget and is unlikely to increase in the next operating budget. However, the Ohio General Assembly will be considering future state budgets this winter and spring and your actions to support OhioLINK funding can have an impact on this process.

How can you help? First, visit the Support OhioLINK Web site to find out more about the problem and its impact. Then, call, write or e-mail your state legislators and tell them why a healthy OhioLINK budget is important to you. You can also tell your friends that OhioLINK needs their support, share why OhioLINK is important to you, or post a Support OhioLINK banner on your Web site or blog.

For complete details about the need to support OhioLINK and your local library’s funding and how you can help, visit the Support OhioLINK Web site.

Jan.28.2005

Name Change, Same Content: -- NewsBank has changed its name to America's Newspapers, "the ultimate paper archive." Find articles from the Dayton Daily News and more in here.

Jan.28.2005

Dissertations Database: -- Find dissertation titles online at ProQuest Dissertations and Theses. This database provides citations for over 1.5 million dissertations and master’s theses from over 1,000 North American graduate schools and European universities.

Jan.25.2005

Ruhlman Award for Literary Excellence: -- Submissions for the Ruhlman Award for Literary Excellence are due by February 18, 2005. The award is presented annually to a UD undergraduate for excellence in writing that has been published in University publications. Only materials appearing in University publications during the current academic year are eligible for consideration. Authors should submit as many pieces of published writing as possible with their applications. An application is comprised of the originals (with the name of the publication in which it appeared, date, and author’s name), four additional copies of each piece, and a personal data sheet. The data sheet should contain the author’s name, year, major, phone number, and address. For additional information please call 229-4264.

Send applications to:

Tina Powell
Roesch Library, Room 204C
Campus Mail +1360.

Jan.11.2005

Librarians Available Around the Clock: -- Do you need help finding resources for a paper, completing a class assignment, or with another research project? OhioLINK's Chat with a Librarian service, provides real-time research assistance from professional academic librarians. Chat with a Librarian is available to all students, staff, faculty and researchers at OhioLINK member institutions. If you need online research assistance when OhioLINK's Chat with a Librarian is closed, KnowItNow is available. KnowItNow provides online reference assistance 24 hours a day, seven days a week to all Ohio citizens. Funding for KnowItNow is provided by the State Library of Ohio and a Library Services and Technology Act grant. Whenever OhioLINK's service is closed, you will be referred to KnowItNow.

When you follow the link to KnowItNow from the OhioLINK Chat with a Librarian page, you will be identified as an OhioLINK user, and the librarian assisting you will have access to most of OhioLINK's research resources.

Jan.11.2005

New Look, Same Content: -- The home page for OhioLINK's Digital Media Center has a new look at http://dmc.ohiolink.edu/index.html. NEW: Images and sample clips are included for each collection, and scope notes have been updated and expanded. A current news box has been included to provide information about the Digital Resource Commons (DRC) and future changes to the DMC.

Jan.11.2005

New Science Collection Added to DMC: -- The Reproductive Physiology Animations Collection, which contains learning modules on human reproduction from the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, has been added to the OhioLINK Digital Media Center. It is freely available to anyone worldwide. Thirty modules are currently available in the collection, and more will be added in March 2005

Jan.11.2005

Wanted: Your OhioLINK Stories: -- How has OhioLINK helped you? Were you able to finish a research project that would not have been possible otherwise? Did you teach your students something new? The OhioLINK staff is searching for stories and testimonials that provide a clear picture of the value of the OhioLINK program. Please share your story using this online form. Your stories will be featured in future printed promotional materials and/or on the OhioLINK Web site.

Oct.25.2004

Vote for Books! -- Area libraries, including the U. D. Libaries, and other groups are joining forces to celebrate community, reading and literature in a project called The Big Read. Voting is now taking place to determine the book to be read. The possible titles are Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, Peace Like a River by L.L. Enger, and Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) getting by in America by Barbara Ehrenreich. Vote for your preference at the Dayton Daily News online. Balloting ends Oct. 31, 2004.

Oct.18.2004

JSTOR Update: -- 3 new titles and 1 previous title have been added to JSTOR. Titles include American Journal of Agricultural Economics, The American Journal of Theology (which merged with Biblical World to form The Journal of Religion in 1921), Assemblage, and Michigan Law Review.

Oct.12.2004

More books in Oxford Reference Online: -- Oxford Reference Online has added 2 new and 7 updated editions to its collection. The titles include Oxford Companion to American Theatre, Oxford Companion to Canadian History, World Encyclopedia, Concise Oxford English Dictionary, Dictionary of Biology, Dictionary of Chemistry, Dictionary of Geography, Oxford Dictionary of Modern Quotations, and the Pocket Oxford Italian Dictionary.

Oct.12.2004

Visual English Dictionary and More: -- More content has been added to Oxford Reference Online: Premium Collection, including entries from the Visual English Dictionary; right now users have access to a total of 20 themes, 800 subjects, and 6,000 illustrations. The complete book will be available soon.

Oct.08.2004

Poet and Author Albino Carrillo -- will be reading selections from his book In the City of Smoking Mirrors, Monday October 11 at 5:30 pm in the first floor gallery of the Roesch Library. Carrillo is an assistant professor in UD's English Department. A reception with light refreshments will follow. Copies of his book will be available for purchase.

Oct.08.2004

Reference E-Books Collection Grows to 348: -- The OhioLINK Electronic Reference Books Collection now contains 348 books. This collection contains special-topic reference books—encyclopedias, handbooks, biographical collections, guides—from ABC-CLIO, an educational reference publisher.

The most recent additions to the Electronic Reference Books Collection include: The Ancient Maya: New Perspectives; The Arabian Nights Encyclopedia; Contemporary Hinduism: Ritual, Culture, and Practice; Profiling and Criminal Justice in America: A Reference Handbook; and Public Opinion and Polling around the World: A Historical Encyclopedia

Records for the Electronic Reference Books are available in the OhioLINK Library Catalog. You may also search the collection or browse by title.

Oct.08.2004

Eric Full-Text Documents Now Freely Available: -- On October 1, 2004, the Educational Resources Information Center (ERIC) began offering free, full-text, non-journal ERIC resources. These materials include more than 107,000 full-text documents which were previously available through fee-based services only. The full-text is only available for ERIC documents with dates of 1993 or later.

OhioLINK’s linking software, OLinks, has been updated to link to these documents. OLinks provides direct access to the full-text ERIC document from the citation in the ERIC database.

New ERIC documents produced from now on will be only in electronic format. ERIC documents produced prior to 1993 are still available only in microfiche.

Oct.07.2004

Classical Music online: -- Roesch Library is pleased to offer Naxos Music Library, a comprehensive collection of classical music available online. It includes over 85,000 tracks, including Classical music, Jazz, World, Folk and Chinese music. Users can also read notes on the works being played as well as biographical information on composers or artists in the database. All this is accessible from computers in the library, home or office.

Sep.30.2004

Library Fee Changes: -- OhioLINK is raising the fees for items returned after billing. Users will be subject to a maximum fine of $0.50/day for 30 days ($15 cap). There is a $75 replacement fee, plus a $35 processing fee. If materials are returned the $75 fee will be waived, but the $35 will still be charged. Please contact the Circulation Department for any questions about this policy. These changes are due to a sharp increase in the number of OhioLINK books being used as textbooks; materials are being returned to lending institutions, on average, 1-2 months overdue.

Sep.17.2004

6 more titles in JSTOR: -- New journals have been added to the JSTOR database. They include Biographical Memoirs of Fellows of the Royal Society, Folklore, Journal of Marketing, Journal of Marketing Research, Journal of Religion, and Religion and American Culture.

Sep.17.2004

Market research at your fingertips: -- Roesch Library is pleased to offer Mintel Reports online. These reports cover the US and European marketplace and analyze market drivers, sizes and trends, market segmentation, along with consumer attitudes and purchasing habits. Users will also need to sign in to their Mintel Reports Personal Profile before accessing the reports.

Sep.14.2004

Open Later: -- Roesch Library is open until 10pm on Fridays and Saturdays. See our Library Hours page for other closing times.

Sep.10.2004

Hundreds of Rare Books Now Available at Roesch Library: -- A special cataloging project makes now available 662 rare books to the U.D. community and researchers worldwide. The majority of the books are about Canon and Ecclesiastical Law. Among these rare books, 231 titles are held exclusively by U.D., 262 titles were published before 1800. The earliest title, Hebraicas Institutiones, by Sante Pagnini, was printed in 1549. These rare books were originally part of St. Leonard’s Library collection. The books are written in many foreign languages, such as Arabic, Danish, Dutch, Italian, Japanese, Polish, Russian and Syrian, but the majority is in Latin and German.

Sep.10.2004

New look: -- The Catholic Periodical Literature Index has a new database host, Ebsco, which provides greater access and easier searching. CPLI is the product of a partnership between ATLA and the Catholic Library Association. The database includes indexed citations to articles published in Roman Catholic periodicals, papal documents, church promulgations, and books about the Catholic faith that are authored by Catholics and/or produced by Catholic publishers. This database contains more than 300,000 records covering Roman Catholic publications.

Sep.03.2004

Full Text Access to Foreign Affairs: -- Roesch Library now has access to Foreign Affairs, an international affairs and foreign policy publication. Full text articles are available from 1974 to the present.

Aug.22.2004

4,000 Forestry Images Added to DMC: -- OhioLINK is pleased to announce a new addition to the Digital Media Center’s Science Database. Four thousand forestry images from The Ohio State University’s Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center are now available to OhioLINK users, and anyone worldwide, via the Science Database.

Aug.19.2004

Historical Engineering Database: -- OhioLINK now provides access to Historical Compendex. This database covers engineering literature from 1884-1979.

Aug.17.2004

9 new titles in JSTOR: -- The following titles are now available in JSTOR: African Issues, The Black Perspective in Music, Cinema Journal, Contemporary Literature, Film Quarterly, History in Africa, Land Economics, Monographs of the Society for Research in Child Development, Stanford Law Review.

Aug.17.2004

Ohio Bibliography: -- The Morgan Bibliography of Ohio Imprints, 1796-1850 is now available freely to anyone. The bibliography describes books, pamphlets, and broadsides printed in Ohio. The bibliography includes names of libraries that own copies of these historical materials to aid in locating originals.

Jul.14.2004

New Oxford Press Books online: -- Roesch Library now has access to Oxford Scholarship Online, Religion & Philosophy modules. Each module has approximately 250 online books, for a total of about 500 titles. The books selected for Oxford Scholarship Online represent the diversity of the list, and the subjects covered will be of interest to both scholars and students. As well as major recent titles, classic works of enduring influence are also available.

Jul.07.2004

Oxford Reference Even Better: -- OhioLINK now provides access to Oxford Reference Online Premium Collection. This online database includes the 100+ titles that were previously available in the Core Collection, along with an expanding range of key titles in the acclaimed Oxford Companions series, plus the Oxford Dictionary of Quotations. The upgrade from the Core to Premium Collection was funded by a Library Services Technology Act (LSTA) grant to Libraries Connect Ohio (LCO).

Jul.06.2004

New Geology Image Collection: -- A new collection of more than 500 environmental geology images from localities around the globe has been added to the OhioLINK Digital Media Center's Science Collection. The collection consists of a number of image sets grouped around specific topics, such as streams and rivers, ground water, slope processes, volcanic processes, and mining activities. It is targeted primarily at teachers of and students in introductory courses in geology and environmental studies. The collection is accessible to anyone, worldwide and is expected to grow to 2000 images. The images were photographed by Bruce Simonson, Professor of Geology, at Oberlin College.

Jul.06.2004

Database Merge--Anthropology Plus: -- This database brings together into one resource the highly respected Anthropological Literature from Harvard University and Anthropological Index, Royal Anthropological Institute from the UK. Anthropology Plus provides extensive worldwide indexing of journal articles, reports, commentaries, edited works, and obituaries in the fields of social, cultural, physical, biological, and linguistic anthropology, ethnology, archaeology, folklore, material culture, and interdisciplinary studies. Coverage is from the late 19th century to the present.

Jun.21.2004

New collection, new space at Roesch Library: -- The library now provides leisure reading books and comfortable chairs on the 5th floor of the library, thanks to the the Cameron Corner for Leisure Reading. This area is named after Dr. Alex Cameron, a faculty member in the English Department from 1964-2003 and the voice of the National Spelling Bee from 1979-2003.

Jun.21.2004

Goodbye to LexisNexis Congressional : -- Roesch Library is dropping its subscription to LexisNexis Congressional database July 1, 2004. For legislative research, please consult THOMAS and GPO Access.

Jun.07.2004

New full text database for Women's history: -- Roesch Library now has access to Women and Social Movements in the United States, 1600 - 2000. This database brings together books, images, documents, scholarly essays, commentaries, and bibliographies, documenting the multiplicity of women’s reform activities. Collectively resources provides introductions to more than 1,000 documents, almost 400 images, and 375 links to other websites.

May.20.2004

Reference books online: -- 30 more titles have been added to the OhioLINK Electronic Reference Books collection. Titles include The American Economy: A Historical Encyclopedia, Men and Masculinities: A Social, Cultural, and Historical Encyclopedia, Science in the Enlightenment, Work in America: An Encyclopedia of History, Policy, and Society, and much more.

May.20.2004

Online videos: -- Additional titles have been added to the Digital Video Collection, bringing the total available to 992. Title include Dark Voices: Schizophrenia; Frank Gehry: Architecture in Motion; Issues of Latino Identity, and much more.

Apr.28.2004

-- An exhibition of paintings by Brother Jerome Pryor, S.J. which celebrate the union of the Divine and the Human, will be on display in the Marian Library Gallery from April 26 to May 28, 2004. The Gallery will be open from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm weekdays. For more information, call (937)229-4214. A virtual exhibit may be seen on our Gallery section under Current Exhibit

Apr.20.2004

Food for Fines -- Donate a non-perishable food item & reduce your library fines! Roesch Library will take $1 off library fines for every food item donated at the Circulation Desk. Lost material charges are not waived. Maximum of $20 in fines can be waived. All food will be donated to St. Vincent DePaul food pantry. Only non-perishable, non-breakable, labeled items can be accepted. No glass jars please.

Apr.20.2004

Library Open 24/7 for Finals: -- Beginning Monday April 19th the library will remain open 24 hours per day until the end of finals period. Students will have access to floors 1,2,4,5,and 6. There will be no circulation services available from 2:00 am to 8:00 am during the week and midnight to 8:00 am on Saturday and Sunday. The Library will close at 6:00 pm on Friday, April 30th.

Mar.15.2004

Reference database upgrade: -- Over 1,200 additional titles were added to Reference Universe, a database that lists article titles and/or back-of-the-book indexes for subject encyclopedias and reference works. There are now in excess of 4,200 titles represented in Reference Universe.

Mar.15.2004

New Journals in JSTOR: -- A new set of journals has been added to JSTOR. The Arts & Sciences Collection will include a minimum of 100 titles and will be released beginning in early 2004 and concluding in 2006. Law, psychology, and public policy and administration are the new areas introduced with this collection. The collection will also include business and education titles.

Feb.26.2004

"The Artist and the Bible: 20th Century Works n Paper" -- An exhibition of 55 original works on paper of 20th century Biblical themes will be on display in the Marian Library and Roesch Library galleries March 1 - April 8th.

Feb.10.2004

Book Signing: -- Vanessa Miller, local African-American author, will be available for book signing in the library lobby from 11am - 2pm. Her Rain Trilogy--,Former Rain, Abundant Rain, and Latter Rain focuses on life-changing experiences in young people's lives from a Christian perspective. Cosponsored by Roesch Library and the Office of Diverse Student Populations in celebration of Black History Month.

Feb.10.2004

Arts celebration: -- The Ukuri, a club focused on raising the arts awareness in the UD Community, will present poetry readings from 6pm - 7:30pm on Tuesday, February 10. Ukuri was founded in 2003 by Kadijah Qudeer. This celebration centers around students who will be reading their own original pieces and reflections.

Jan.30.2004

Open Late: -- Beginning Sunday, January 25, the library will remain open until 2:00 a.m. Sunday through Thursday. Researchers will have access to floors 1, 2, 4, 5, and 6. Late hours for the library begin on the 3rd Sunday of each semester.

Jan.29.2004

Better and Faster: -- netLibrary will release a major site upgrade that will provide improved performance, important new enhancements, and a fresh new look and feel. Watch for faster page loads, multiple language choices, improved access for users with disabilities, and more.

Jan.29.2004

Lecture: -- The Risks of Reading: Some Reflections on Books in Catholic Culture, by Dr. Lawrence Cunningham, Professor of Theology at Notre Dame. March 7, 4pm in the Roesch Library Gallery. Reservations required. Please RSVP Carrie Phipps at 229.4094 or e-mail her at Caroline.Phipps@notes.udayton.edu. The 2nd Annual Lecture on Popular American Catholic Culture is sponsored by the Library Advancement Association.

Jan.29.2004

100 Years of Flight exhibit: -- An exhibition of postage stamps from around the world that honors Wilbur and Orville Wright from the collection of Thomas Weitzel. Located on the second floor of Roesch Library. The exhibit will run through February 27, 2004.

Jan.22.2004

New History Database: -- American Periodicals Series Online contains page images of more than 1,100 historic American magazines, journals, and newspapers. These resources illuminate the development of American culture, politics, and society across some 150 years. Articles can be searched by author, source, and words in the complete text.

Jan.16.2004

Art by Bing Davis: -- Roesch Library, in collaboration with the Office of Diverse Student Populations, will be hosting an exhibit of the artwork of Dayton artist Willis "Bing" Davis. The exhibit runs January 18 through February 20, 2004 in the 1st floor gallery.

Jan.15.2004

History e-Books: -- Roesch Library now has access to the ACLS History E-Book Project, a web site with 500 books of high quality in the field of history. Created by the American Council of Learned Societies, this web site provides access to works of major importance to historical studies--books that remain vital to both scholars and advanced students, and are frequently cited in the literature.

Jan.15.2004

The Marian Library Gallery Presents -- Golden Madonnas. Straw Applique Madonnas by Marian Paskowicz. On display January 15 - Feb 20, 2004. Mon.-Fr., 8:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m. See http://www.udayton.edu/mary/current-exhibit.html for more details.

Jan.08.2004

Business journals in JSTOR: -- Users now have access to the Business Collection in the JSTOR database. This collection includes 46 titles, builds upon the economics and finance titles already available in the Arts & Sciences Collections, and adds 20 new titles in the fields of accounting, marketing, management and operations research.

Jan.06.2004

New Communication Database: -- Communication & Mass Media Complete offers cover-to-cover indexing and abstracts for over 300 journals, and selected coverage of over 100 more, for a combined coverage of over 400 titles. Furthermore, this database includes full text for nearly 200 journals.

Jan.06.2004

New Database: -- The American Humanities Index is a collection of bibliographic references to literary, scholarly and creative journals published in the United States and Canada. This database covers over 700 journals published from 1975 to the present, many of which cannot be found in other reference works.

Jan.06.2004

Still more in JSTOR: -- JSTOR has completed the initial release of the Arts & Sciences III Collection. The collection currently contains 71 titles, including titles in Language & Literature (33) and Music (31), as well as seven new Art, Art History, Architecture, and Architectural History titles. The full collection will be completed by 2005.

Dec.01.2003

New Look: -- Access Science has a new look as well as a number of enhancements. They include Email Capabilities, the ability to email Encyclopedia and research update articles; Cite the Article, which makes citing articles in research papers a snap; and Find it Faster--fewer clicks of the mouse are required to access the information you need.

Dec.01.2003

Yeats Online: -- The complete works of William Butler Yeats is now online, bringing together 22 printed volumes and including critical and fictional prose, poetry, plays, and autobiographical works

Nov.17.2003

Engineering Handbooks online: -- Roesch Library is pleased to announce that the ASM Handbooks are now available online. This database includes the 21 volumes of the ASM Handbook and Engineered Materials Handbook & Metals Handbook.

Nov.17.2003

More backfiles: -- OLDMEDLINE (1953-1965) is now available online. This database contains citations to articles from international biomedical journals covering the fields of medicine, preclinical sciences, and allied health sciences. The citations were originally printed in hardcopy indexes published from 1953 through 1965.

Nov.13.2003

Full Text Plays: -- Search for the plays in American Drama, a database that contains American dramatic literature from 1714 to the present. Currently, it contains more than 700 plays from over 300 dramatists

Nov.12.2003

Biomedical Research Available: -- OhioLINK has invested in BioMed Central institutional membership for 84 institutions in the state. Now all articles from faculty at OhioLINK institutions, whose work is accepted for publication in BioMed Central’s open access journals, will be freely available to the world. In addition, content from BioMed Central journals will be available in the Electronic Journal Center.

Nov.12.2003

More Full-Text Literature: -- OhioLINK has added Early American Fiction to its electronic literature collections. This database contains 440 works of 80 novelists and short-story writers, 1774-1850. This database comprises the full texts of the first editions of American novels and short stories written before 1850 by authors of significance during their lifetimes.

Oct.08.2003

More MLA content: -- OhioLINK is pleased to announce that the MLA Directory of Periodicals is now available. This Directory lists over 4400 periodicals in the areas of literature, language, linguistics, and folklore that are covered regularly in the MLA International Bibliography. The directory provides addresses, advertising rates, and information about submissions for publication.

Oct.08.2003

Search multiple databases at once: -- OhioLINK Subject Cluster Searching is a program to search multiple databases simultaneously. Clusters include Business, Education, Language and Literature, Psychology and more. Up to eight databases in the same subject area are grouped together for searching. The system finds information about your topic from each of the selected databases. Search results refer to journal articles, books, and other library materials and scholarly resources.

Oct.08.2003

Research Help: -- Research Blueprint is a new resource for University of Dayton students. This self-instructional tutorial teaches basic library and research skills, covering covers the research process from initial topic selection to citation styles and the issue of plagiarism. Content is organized into three modules: the Selecting module provides an overview of library and Internet resources; Searching demonstrates the search process from topic selection to combining terms with search operators, to searching a database for articles; and the Citing Sources module includes the topics of plagiarism and copyright.

Oct.07.2003

APA in EJC: -- OhioLINK is pleased to announce that the Electronic Journal Center (EJC) now includes 59 titles from the American Psychological Association APA). This brings the total number of titles in the EJC to more than 5,500. For more information, see the title list.

Sep.19.2003

New Product: -- The OhioLINK Digital Media Center has added the Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics Recorded Animal Sounds , which contains digitized recordings of animal sounds from the Borror Laboratory of Bioacoustics at The Ohio State University. Currently, the Warbler Collection, recordings of New World wood warblers, is available. We will add the remaining 25,000 recordings in the collection in the coming months.

Sep.04.2003

Vatican Art: -- The Marian Library invites you to visit "The Mother of God: Art Celebrates Mary," a collection of 38 pieces spanning the early fourth century through the late 20th century. The exhibit will run Sept. 4 through Nov. 10, 2003, in the Roesch Library first-floor gallery and seventh-floor Marian Library gallery. Pieces include oil on canvas and copper, tempera and gold on panel, carved sections of sarcophagi in marble, and statuary in wood, bronze, ivory, lead and soapstone.

Aug.06.2003

News Database: -- NewsBank's 'America's Newspapers' provides full-text articles from the electronic editions of record for nearly 500 U.S. newspapers in one easy-to-search database. Newspapers include Dayton Daily News, Cincinnati Equirer, Cincinnati Post, Cleveland Plain Dealer, etroit Free Press, Chicago Tribune, and Washington Post, among others.

Aug.06.2003

New Looks: -- Two databases have taken on a new look. Check out the new interface for EconLit and E*Subscribe. The searching remains the same, just the looks have changed.

Aug.04.2003

Genealogy database: -- Roesch Library now subscribes to HeritageQuest Online, which contains the complete U.S. Federal Census, 1790-1930, including page images and corresponding indexes. It also contains the content of over 25,000 family and local histories. Please note access is limited to a single workstation in the Roesch Library reference room.

Jul.24.2003

Baseball cards online: -- A selection of baseball cards from the Miriam Ja