Subscribe to RSS FeedUSDA Releases 2012 Plant Hardiness Zone Map
For the first time since 1990, the USDA has released an updated version of the Plant Hardiness Zone Map (PHZM), this time incorporating GIS functionality, making it available both as an interactive, web-based tool and as static maps. The PHZM is widely used by gardeners, breeders, scientists and policy makers. Read more about this updated [...]
New career resource, The Versatile PhD
Interested in how graduate degrees translate into careers outside the academy? The Graduate School has purchased a subscription to The Versatile Ph.D., a web-based resource and online community for graduate students interested in exploring non-academic career options. The subscription gives Ohio State graduate students, faculty, and staff full access after going through the Ohio State [...]
OSU Catalog down on Monday, July 11
OSU’s Library Catalog and Illiad to be unavailable all day 7/11/2011 for scheduled maintenance. Users will be unable to view records, renew items, place holds or place interlibrary loan or article express requests. Circulation staff will check items out manually and provide manual receipts for returns on that day. View WorldCat or OhioLINK to search [...]
OhioLINK Library Catalog Unavailable Thursday, July 7
The OhioLINK Central Catalog will be unavailable while planned maintenance is performed beginning at noon on Thursday, July 7. We expect the migration to a new server will be completed by the evening of the 7th. During this time you will not be able to search the central catalog or request items. The OSU catalog [...]
Science Cafe: Lyme Disease in Ohio: What You Need to Know
Wednesday, May 4 @ 6:30 pm – SEL 090/070 (Basement) Dr. Glen Needham OSU Extension Entomologist in the Center for Life Science Education, will update you on the most current distribution of the tick and how to differentiate it from the more common American dog tick, which can transmit Rocky Mt. spotted fever. He will [...]
Elsevier backfiles now available!
Thanks to an OhioLINK deal, the electronic backfiles of all Elsevier journals in the EJC are now available on the ScienceDirect website. This gives you online access to all articles from these journals, from the first issue through the most current. The Elsevier backfile includes many titles in Food, Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. This content [...]
RefWorks Training at OARDC Wooster
Mark your calendars for RefWorks training on January 11. Registration will be available in early January; space is limited. Chris Horn, RefWorks trainer, will offer a RefWorks Fundamentals session at 10:00AM and an Advanced session beginning at 1:00PM. The hands-on sessions will be held in the IT User Training Room, 131 Research Services. RefWorks is [...]
Off-campus SciFinder access – VPN change
Off-campus SciFinder users: (Action required by Nov. 16) Recent users of Cisco VPN should have received an email indicating that the OCIO is retiring the old Cisco IPsec VPN Client in favor of the new Cisco AnyConnect Client. If you use Cisco VPN, but have not used it recently, the contents of that email are [...]
Open Access Week Oct 18-24
A number of activities are planned in recognition of open access publishing, which is a movement that encourages making scholarly resources more freely available over the internet. The goal is to maximize the impact of research, particularly research that has been funded with public money. Open Access Week is a global event where members of [...]
Getting Started @ the Library (Wooster)
Friday, Oct. 8, 10AM-12PM or Monday, Oct. 11, 3PM-5PM in the OARDC Library conference room. Registration requested. This class is intended for people who are new to the Wooster campus and OSU and need an introduction to library services. It will cover the basics of using the OSU library system, including: how to search the [...]
