What’s New

All Services Restored

After weekend hardware upgrades, all OhioLINK services and databases are now back online. Thank you for your patience during the downtime.

FAQs: How Do I Borrow Books from OhioLINK?

Can't find what you need at your library? OhioLINK It! Students, faculty and staff at OhioLINK member institutions--as well as Cuyahoga County Public Library and Westerville Public Library cardholders--can borrow items from OhioLINK libraries at no charge.

First, go to the OhioLINK Library Catalog and find the book or other item you wish to borrow.

Some popular ways to search for specific items include by title, author and ISBN/ISSN. Once you find the item you're looking for, then:

• Click REQUEST THIS ITEM.
• The system looks for an available copy and selects a lending library.
• Select your institution from the list.
• Fill in your name and ID number, and select where you want to pick up the item. You can pick up the item at any participating OhioLINK library that is convenient.
• The system validates the request and sends the request to the lending library.
• The item will be delivered within several days to the pickup location you requested.

Visit our OhioLINK Borrowing FAQ page for complete details about borrowing through OhioLINK. Please contact your library to confirm your ID information. Only items that are not available at your own institution may be requested in this way.

Related FAQs:

• FAQs: Where is that OhioLINK book?
• FAQs: How to Renew OhioLINK Books Online

New Literature Collection Interface Coming August 4

On Monday, August 4, OhioLINK will install a new interface for the Chadwyck-Healey literature collections. This should be completed by mid-day.

The new interface will present all 15 collections together, rather than separately as they are now, making cross-searching of collections much more apparent and easy. You are welcome to preview the new interface now.

This upgrade will effect the following collections: 20th Century African American Poetry Collection, 20th Century American Poetry Collection, 20th Century English Poetry Collection, African American Poetry Collection, American Drama Collection, American Poetry Collection, Bible in English, Bibliography of American Literature, Early American Fiction, Editions and Adaptations of Shakespeare, Eighteenth-Century Fiction, English Poetry Collection, English Prose Drama, English Verse Drama, and the W. B. Yeats Collection

These collections may be unavailable for very short periods of time on August 4, but no major downtimes are expected. The existing URLs to the collections will automatically be redirected to the new interface; there is no need for you to change these URLs.

If you have any questions about this change, please contact your library or e-mail us at info (at) ohiolink (dot) edu.

Your Tech Problems Solved! New Tech E-Books

Want to master a new program this summer? Do you have a hardware or software emergency? Gently put down that computer you're tempted to throw out the window and try Safari Books Online. Safari contains a growing collection of more than 5,800 computer science, information technology, business and related e-books that you can use to solve your tech problems in a jiffy. You can search across the entire collection or a single e-book and read an entire chapter or book from the comfort of your home, office or on the go.

New e-books are added regularly, some of the newest titles include:

	Ajax in Action by by Dave Crane; Eric Pascarello; and Darren James		Build Your Own Website The Right Way Using HTML & CSS by Ian Lloyd
	Designing for the Social Web by Joshua Porter		Face to Face: Rick Sammon's Complete Guide to Photographing People by Rick Sammon
	Google Apps Hacks by Philipp Lenssen		The Productive Programmer by Neal Ford
	Robin Williams Cool Mac Apps: Twelve Apps for Enhanced Creativity and Productivity, Third Edition by John Tollett; Robin Williams		Take Control of Back to My Mac by Glenn Fleishman
	The Official Ubuntu Book, Third Edition by Benjamin Mako Hill; Corey Burger; Jonathan Jesse; Jono Bacon		Upgrading and Repairing PCs: Field Guide by Scott Mueller; Mark Edward Soper

Safari Books Online is available to all students, faculty and staff at OhioLINK member institutions and is accessible via any Web-enabled computer.

Looking for more e-books? Try OhioLINK's Electronic Book Center. Your library may subscribe to additional e-books, so be sure to ask what is available.

Database Changes Coming July 1

Beginning July 1, several OhioLINK databases will be replaced with new resources. The affected databases are funded in whole or in part through an Institute of Museum and Library Services LSTA grant awarded by the State Library of Ohio, and are available to all Ohioans through Libraries Connect Ohio (LCO). LCO is a collaborative effort of OhioLINK, OPLIN, INFOhio, and the State Library of Ohio. Libraries Connect Ohio is constantly striving to provide the strongest portfolio of research resources possible within budgetary limitations to serve the diverse lifelong learning needs of all Ohioans.

What’s Changing?

• Biography Reference Bank will replace American National Biography. Biography Reference Bank provides biographical information on approximately half a million people, from antiquity to the present, along with thousands of images.
• Consumer Health Complete (an EBSCOhost database) provides convenient access to easily understandable health and medical information including medical encyclopedias, popular reference books and magazine articles.
• Science Online will replace AccessScience. Science Online presents a broad range of scientific disciplines through extensive definitions, essays, diagrams, biographies, and experiments.
• World Book Web (includes World Book Dictionary, World Book Atlas, World Book Advanced, World Book Kids, and Enciclopedia Estudiantil Hallazgos) will replace Annals of American History, Encyclopaedia Britannica Online, Encyclopaedia Britannica School Edition, Enciclopedia Universal en Español, and World Data Analyst. World Book Web is a suite of online research tools that delivers encyclopedia articles, primary source collections, educator tools, student activities, pictures, audio, and video, complemented by current periodicals and related Web sites.

In addition, OhioLINK will not be renewing its subscription to Avery Index to Architectural Periodicals and Bibliography of the History of Art. Some OhioLINK member libraries may continue to subscribe to the cancelled resources individually. Please contact your library with any questions.

Getting Ready for a Big Test? Practice Online.

Get ready for your next big test or job interview with LearningExpress Library. LearningExpress features online, interactive practice tests for the: ASVAB, Civil Service Careers, GED, GRE, GMAT, LSAT, MCAT, PPST Praxis I, TOEFL, U.S. Citizenship and much more. LearningExpress' online, interactive practice tests offer instant scoring, detailed answer explanations, and a personalized analysis that identifies your strengths and weaknesses in each major content area so you'll know how to prepare.

LearningExpress also includes courses, career building tools, writing aids and helpful e-books.

To use LearningExpress Library, you first set up your own individual account. If you are off-campus, use the OhioLINK remote authentication proxy URL (or your institution's off-campus access method) to connect to LearningExpress, create an account, and then log into LearningExpress with your individual username and password.

LearningExpress Library is available to all OhioLINK users and all Ohioans as part of the Ohio Web Library.