New Databases

SciFinder Scholar – Provides access to CAplus, a database of chemical literature and U.S.  and foreign chemical-related patents, CASREACT, and the Registry database from Chemical  Abstract Service. The database includes journal articles, book chapters, patents, conference proceedings, technical reports, substance database and dissertations indexed in Chemical Abstracts since 1907 as well as articles currently being indexed, book reviews and biographical information.

JSTOR (Arts & Sciences II, III Collections) – Provides access to back issues of selected scholarly journals in history, economics, Asian studies, languages and literature, as well as essential titles in the fields of music, film studies, performing arts, religion, and the history and study of art and architecture.

CQ researcher – Provides access to in-depth, unbiased coverage of health, social trends, criminal justice, international affairs, education, the environment, technology, and the economy. Reports are published weekly and date back to 1991.

Ohio Textbook Portal

There is a new textbook portal sponsored by the Board of Regents and run by OhioLINK. Through a partnership with CourseSmart, a provider of electronic textbooks from six commercial publishers in the United States, the University System of Ohio (USO) will offer half or more off the print price of the majority of active textbooks from these publishers to students enrolled in public and private colleges and universities. Using http://textbooks.uso.edu, students can purchase texbooks through CourseSmart's catalogue.

Database Changes

Beginning July 1, several OhioLINK databases will be replaced with new resources. The affected databases are funded by a Library Services and Technology Act (LSTA) grant, which is administered through 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 to serve the diverse lifelong learning needs of all Ohioans, within budgetary limitations.

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 Anlyst. 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.