Wow! It's Almost July Already View

View from Davis Library's 2nd Floor around 2 PM Wednesday 6.27.12

One week from today is the 4th of July—the celebration of the birth of the United States of America and the adoption of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776.

To “let freedom ring”… Davis Library will be CLOSED Wednesday, July 4, 2012. 

All University of Rio Grande/Rio Grande Community College face-to-face classes should be cancelled on that date too and NO campus offices are to be open.  Regular summer hours will resume at 7 AM Thursday, July 5^th.  (See Davis Library’s hours at:  http://library.rio.edu/pdf/hours.pdf)

Enjoy a happy and safe holiday! 

This week, in honor and recognition of the historical significance of Independence Day in the U.S. we’d like to highlight America:  History and Life, another EBSCOhost Research Database available to Rio Grande students, faculty and staff via OhioLINK.

 America:  History and Life is the definitive index to literature on the history, culture and current affairs of both the United States and Canada, from prehistory to the present.  This important bibliographic tool offers access to information from 1,700 journals dating as far back as 1910. 

 

While this database emphasizes English-language journals, a balanced international perspective is provided with the inclusion of details on a broad range of articles published in more than 40 languages.  Citations and links to book and media reviews also add value making this online resource essential to scholars wanting to learn more about Northern America.

As with most OhioLINK Databases featured on our blog, log in is required for “Off-Campus Access” to this research tool.

Have any questions?  Be sure to… “Ask Us!”

Last Day of Spring View

View from Davis Library’s 2^nd Floor around 1:50 PM Tuesday 6.19.12

Tomorrow—June 20^th or the next day—June 21^st (depending on your time zone) is officially the first day of the summer season in the Northern Hemisphere.  

Also known as the “Summer Solstice” or “the longest day of the year,” it’s the annual occurrence of the sun reaching the most northern point in the sky creating more sunlight on this day than any other.  After this date, daylight hours begin to shorten as the Earth’s orbital positioning and relationship with the sun changes over time.

Want to learn more about this astronomical event or any other science-related matters?  Check out Science Online, an award-winning reference database from Facts On File/Infobase Publishing covering a wide range of scientific disciplines (Figure 1.)  This resource is available to Rio Grande students, faculty and staff via OhioLINK, the Ohio Library and Information Network.

Figure 1 (Click image for larger view)

For more details on “Off-Campus Access” to this or other OhioLINK Research Databases, just… “Ask Us!”

Resources for Gender and Sex Diversity Topics

June is Gay Pride Month, so we’re featuring some resources available that provide access to scholarly research and literature dealing with various gender and sex diversity topics.

LGBT Life is the definitive index to the world's literature regarding Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender issues.  Some key areas of interest covered by LGBT Life include civil liberties, culture, employment, family, history, politics, psychology and religion.  In addition to significant LGBT journals, the database also indexes and provides access to the full text of several other publications relevant to multicultural scholarship in this area such as monographs, reference books, newspapers, speeches and more.

 LGBT Life is offered by EBSCO Publishing, Inc. and is brought to us via OhioLINK, a state-wide resource sharing network serving Ohio’s academic community.   Like many of other research databases by EBSCO that we’ve featured here on our blog, this resource utilizes the same EBSCOhost interface so the method of searching and retrieving information follows the same guidelines.  (See our “Finding Articles” tutorial for details, which is available through the University of Rio Grande’s YouTube Channel at: http://youtu.be/ZwkH6sUHaug.)

Other OhioLINK Research Databases that should also prove helpful when researching LGBT-related concerns are Gender Studies Database and SocINDEX.  Both of these resources are offered by EBSCO as well and also utilize the EBSCOhost interface. 

 LGBT Life, Gender Studies Database and SocINDEX may all be found through the “Library Databases (articles and more)” link found on the OhioLINK Home Page available at:   www.ohiolink.edu  (see Figure 1 below.)

Figure 1 (Click image for larger view.)

The easiest ways to find the access links to each of these database is alphabetically “By Name” or also “By Subject” with LGBT Life and Gender Studied Database being listed under the heading “Women’s and Gender Studies” and SocINDEX being found under the heading “Sociology.”

As with many of the OhioLINK Research Databases, access to these resources is restricted.  The information they contain is licensed for use only by students, faculty and staff of OhioLINK member institutions.  (For more details, eligible Rio Grande users should see our "Off-Campus Access" how-to video at: http://youtu.be/Vw4SKq6JHF0.) 

If you have any questions about using these or any other OhioLINK Research Databases, feel free to..."Ask Us!"