When the Weather Outside Is Frightful, Research Online
When snow, ice and sleet make a trip to the library unappealing, or if your library is closed, you can still get your projects and papers done on time using OhioLINK. Connect to OhioLINK resources via your Library’s Web site or directly at www.ohiolink.edu.
We offer many research resources to help make your life easier, resources you can use anytime, anywhere. Use OhioLINK to do many of your research tasks online, including:
- Download electronic articles instantly
Get the articles you need for your paper or read entire journals, newspapers and magazines online, anytime. Choose from 140 research databases to find articles in a specific subject area, or try Quick Search @ OhioLINK to find articles from multiple sources easily. With more than 12,000 journals and millions of articles, odds are you'll find what you need.
- Find answers anytime with e-books
OhioLINK's growing collection of 40,000+ e-books cover a wide variety of subjects and include encyclopedias, dictionaries and other reference works (for tracking down a quick fact or illustration); scholarly books; and computer and technology titles (for in-depth, how-to books and technology tips).
- Enhance projects with images, videos and sounds
You don't need a passport to view works of art from museums around the globe, a DVD player to watch educational films and documentaries, or a time machine to view historical documents. With a quick visit to OhioLINK's Digital Media Center, you can find thousands of electronic images, sounds and videos to use in papers, presentations or to enhance your learning.
- Quell your paper panic with a Quick Search
Find articles for class or resources for your paper quickly. Quick Search @ OhioLINK saves time by searching multiple resources simultaneously. It provides reliable, library-quality results that are appropriate for class and research.
- Find the perfect thesis or dissertation topic
Get topic ideas, see what peers have written in your discipline, or find a particular theses or dissertation via the Electronic Theses & Dissertations Center. The ETD Center contains 18,000 theses and dissertations from students at participating Ohio colleges and universities.
Your library may have even more helpful research resources available, so be sure to visit your library’s Web site or contact your library.
Posted by Candi Clevenger at January 29, 2009 10:04 AM