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Change to Biological Abstracts

May 9th, 2012 · No Comments · Resources

This summer, OhioLINK is transitioning database access from the OSearch platform to various vendor platforms.

One affected database is Biological Abstracts.

Biological Abstracts, an index to over 4,200 international life sciences journals, is no longer available on the OSearch platform, but is instead searchable on the Web of Knowledge platform as Biosis Previews.

Biosis Previews contains the full Biological Abstracts database as well as reports, reviews, proceedings, and pre-clinical and experimental research. Its availability on the Web of Knowledge platform also connects it to other valuable WoK databases like Biosis Citation Index and Web of Science.

While users may access the database using their BGSU username and password, some features of Web of Knowledge are only available if you log in through OhioLINK using your ID number and last name.

If you have questions about this change in database platform, please contact the librarian for biological sciences, Chris Miko (cmiko@bgsu.edu), or the Electronic Resources Coordinator, Amy Fry.

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Emails about RefWorks logins

May 4th, 2012 · No Comments · Service Alert

Have you gotten an e mail from RefWorks that looks like this?

Dear RefWorks User,

We have changed your RefWorks login name to match the email address on your account. 

Your new login name is: [username]@bgsu.edu

RefWorks is making changes to accounts with duplicate usernames. If there were two accounts in the RefWorks system with the same username and one was inactive (hadn’t been used since October 2011), RefWorks changed the username of the inactive account.

Therefore, if you received an e mail like the one quoted above, but are an active RefWorks user, your login for the account you usually use has not changed.

If you are having trouble logging in to RefWorks, click on “Forgot Your Login Information?” on the RefWorks login page, and enter your e mail address. Any login information associated with your e mail address will be sent to that address.

If you have further questions, please contact Amy Fry or Linda Rich.

 

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Changes coming to first floor computing in Jerome

May 3rd, 2012 · No Comments · Service Alert

Beginning tomorrow, May 4, the first floor computing area in Jerome Library will be getting some upgrades! Many computers around the Research & Information Desk will be unavailable as they are replaced with newer machines.

If you have trouble finding a computer around the Research & Information Desk, please remember that additional computers are available in the Electronic Reading Room (Room 142), a computer classroom in the back of the first floor.

As always, if you have any questions, just Ask Us!

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Congratulations Students!

April 30th, 2012 · No Comments · General

As another semester comes to a close, the library staff would like to congratulate every student on a job well done.

We would like to particularly congratulate our student employees for the amazing work they do at the library.   In particular, we would like to recognize Gretchen Avery and Heather Fishpaw as the 2012 recipients of the Friends of the University Libraries Undergraduate Student Employee Award.  We hope you all have an excellent summer!

 

Beginning Monday, May 14, the Library’s Summer Hours will go into effect:

  • Monday-Thursday: 8am – 10pm
  • Friday: 8am – 6pm
  • Saturday: 10am– 6pm
  • Sunday: 1pm – 10:00pm

The Library staff will be working during the summer to enhance our collections and services. We look forward to seeing you in the fall!

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Problems with OhioLINK websites resolved

April 27th, 2012 · No Comments · Service Alert

On Friday morning, April 27, OhioLINK experienced problems with its servers, affecting access to OhioLINK resources and services.

As of 11:45am, April 27, the problems have been resolved and all resources and services have been restored.

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Brief internet outages expected between 1am and 6am 4/27

April 26th, 2012 · No Comments · Service Alert

Due to scheduled ITS maintenance on the campus internet connection, library services that depend upon the campus internet connection, including remote access, will experience intermittent brief outages between 1 am and 6 am on Friday, April 27th.   Services should be restored within a few minutes of these intermittent interruptions, so if you experience trouble connecting to any library resources during this time, please try again after five or ten minutes. If you experience trouble connecting to any library resources after 6am, please e mail libhelp@bgsu.edu and someone will respond after the library opens at 8am.

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Spring Semester Library Returns and Renewals

April 26th, 2012 · No Comments · News

Finals are almost here and many of you are so focused on exams you might have forgotten about library materials you have checked out. Please bring them back before you leave campus for the summer.  Additional information and specific dates are provided below.

Borrowers with Undergraduate Student and Courtesy Card Privileges
All BGSU items checked out to undergraduates and courtesy card patrons due on or before May 5, 2012 must be either returned or physically presented for renewal.  There is no online renewal at the end of the academic year.

  • All BGSU books on loan are due on or before 5/5/12.
  • Start renewing for Summer on 4/30/12.
  • The new due date for general circulating materials will be 3-weeks from the borrow date.
  • When all current items, those due on or before 5/5/12, are returned or physically presented for renewal, make sure we update your account to 8/4/12.
  • If you’ll be away from campus, please check for an OhioLINK library near you.  Use the OhioLINK pick up anywhere service to have items sent to that library.  Your account has to be updated to allow requesting.

Borrowers with Graduate Student and Classified Staff Privileges
All BGSU items checked out to individuals with semester privileges and due on or before May 14, 2012 must be either returned or physically presented for renewal.  There is no online renewal at the end of the academic year.

  • All BGSU books on loan are due on or before 5/14/12.
  • Start renewing for summer on 4/30/12.
  • The new due date for general circulating materials will be 8/20/12.
  • When all current items, those due on or before 5/14/12, are returned or physically presented for renewal, make sure we update your account to 8/20/12.
  • If you’ll be away from campus, please check for an OhioLINK library near you.  Use the OhioLINK pick up anywhere service to have items sent to that library.  Your account has to be updated to allow requesting.

 Borrowers with Faculty Privileges
All BGSU items checked out to individuals with faculty privileges and due on or before May 14, 2012 must be either returned or renewed by June 20, 2012.

  • Faculty records will be updated on April 30th to enable online renewals between 4/30/12 and 5/14/12.
  • Online renewals are not available after items are overdue.
  • Renewals for faculty will also be accepted via email (circdesk@bgsu.edu), by phone (419-372-2133) or in person. These methods can be used also when items are overdue but prior to June 20th. 
  • Any material not renewed by June 20, 2012 will be subject to normal lost book billing procedures.
  • Beginning April 30, 2012 any general collection materials checked out or renewed to faculty will receive a MAY 14, 2013 due date.
  • OhioLINK materials may be renewed online before being overdue and via phone or email before being billed as lost.
  • Faculty are encouraged to return materials no longer being used.

For more information, contact the Circulation Desk at circdesk@bgsu.edu or 419-372-2051 if you have questions.

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BGSU’s PsycINFO to move to PsycNET platform

April 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · Resources

The premier database for research in psychology & psychiatry, the American Psychological Association’s PsycINFO, will be changing platforms after the end of the semester.

On May 7, BGSU’s subscription to PsycINFO will migrate from the OhioLINK OSearch platform to the APA PsycNET platform. Access will still extend from 1872 to the present, and users will be able to link to the full text of articles. In addition, functionality like creating a personal account to save searches and references will now be available.

Access via the PsycNET platform is already available, but please be advised that functionality will be being added over the next two weeks.

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Study on Sunday (April 29)

April 23rd, 2012 · No Comments · Events, News

University Libraries and The Learning Commons are partnering to transform the Wm. T. Jerome Library into your ideal study location on Sunday the 29! Our quiet and group study zones, tutoring, and computer labs will meet your every study need!  For a full list of the drop-in tutoring sessions that will be offered by The Learning Commons check out their website <http://www.bgsu.edu/offices/learningcommons/page101810.html>
 
Thanks to donations from Jimmy John’s, Qdoba, and Coke there will be free food and drink (while supplies last) during the afternoon to give you an energy boost!  We’ll also keep the popcorn popping!

Also in the afternoon we’ll have a relaxation activities happening  to give you that needed break!  There will be short yoga and meditation sessions in the Learning Commons that will help you relax your body and mind. Yoga will happen at 2 and 3pm, Meditation will take place at 2:15 and 3:15pm.  

For the history buffs, General Eisenhower will stopping by around 3pm.  Yep, you read that right!  However, in this case General Eisenhower is a Golden Retriever (and a certified therapy dog)!  Please come say hi to the General.  If you haven’t made it to the Wm. T. Jerome Library yet, don’t be shy—it will be his first time too, so you won’t be alone!
 
While the activities will mostly happen between 2-6pm, we’ll be open until 2am, so we hope you’ll consider spending your Sunday studying with us here at the University Libraries and The Learning Commons.

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Problems importing records from the OhioLINK catalog to RefWorks

April 21st, 2012 · No Comments · Service Alert

We are experiencing problems with the standard method of importing records from the OhioLINK central catalog to RefWorks.

As a workaround until the problem is resolved, users may look up their OhioLINK items in the WorldCat catalog (from OCLC FirstSearch) and either export from there to RefWorks, or export as text and import the text file into RefWorks. Instructions can be found on our website.

The problem has been reported and will hopefully be resolved within the next several days.

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