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 also go over disease symptoms in people and dogs, offer tips on prevention and demonstrate how to properly remove an attached tick.
Check out RefWorks 2.0 new interface. Access to both RefWorks 2.0 and RefWorks Classic will continue until the end of the year. A series of tutorials will show the new features and how to incorporate RefWorks into your research. RefWorks is a web-based bibliographic management program that is available to OSU faculty, staff and students.
“The world’s largest, rarest, smelliest, and on-the-brink-of-extinction blooming plant, the Titan Arum shows signs of blooming in Ohio State University’s Biological Sciences Greenhouse.”
This is the first Titan Arum grown from seed to bloom in Ohio and has been nicknamed Woody, in honor of the legendary Woody Hayes. The Titan Arum is projected to open in early May. You can watch the progress through the daily updates on the greenhouse website and via the live webcam. More information about this plant can be found on the greenhouse website.
A 30-day trial has been arranged for S-PAC, a comprehensive database of animal production and management conference proceedings. Topics range from nutrition and management, to herd health, animal care and bioethics. As of this writing, 39 participating conferences have contributed 370 sets of proceeding and presentations to this unique and growing searchable collection. S-PAC is developed by the American Dairy Science Association. Please check it out and let us know what you think.
A web browser bookmarklet is now available which allows users to sign-in to the proxy service (off-campus access) without having to visit the library web site first. For more information and instructions on how to install the Off Campus Sign-In Bookmarklet, please see: http://go.osu.edu/libproxybookmarklet.
Every year, producers, agricultural associations, corporations, universities, government agencies and countless other across America join together to recognize the contributions of agriculture. This year, Ag Day will be celebrated on March 15, 2011. There’s more at agday.org!
OhioLINK has added access to SpringerProtocols to its extensive portfolio of electronic resources. SpringerProtocols is the largest subscription-based electronic database of reproducible laboratory protocols in the Life and Biomedical Sciences. Protocols are step-by-step procedure recipes organized in a standardized format that can be executed in a controlled laboratory environment. SpringerProtocols cover these subjects: Biochemistry, Bioinformatics, Biotechnology, Cancer Research, Cell Biology, Genetics/Genomics, Imaging/Radiology, Immunology, Infectious Diseases. Microbiology, Molecular Medicine, Neuroscience, Pharmacology/Toxicology, Plant Sciences, Protein Science. Want to know more?
CAS will discontinue the desktop client version of SciFinder in several months. We will migrate to the web version over the next two weeks, during which time we will have a mix of web and client seats. The client version of SciFinder WILL NO LONGER FUNCTION FOR OSU USERS AFTER February 14, 2011.
The web version is similar to the client version and differences are fairly intuitive; training materials are available here. Details on how to register and use the web version are available here.
The FAES Library will be closed on Monday, January 17 in honor of Martin Luther King Day. We will reopen on Tuesday for regular winter quarter hours.
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 will also be added to the EJC in the coming year.
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