Where one can experiment with new information technologies and services. An OSUL 2013 Project.
Carmen Library Link gives students easy access to high-quality information resources and librarian assistance from within OSU’s Carmen learning management system.
Why use the Carmen Library Link?: It allows students and faculty to gain access to subject specialist librarians and library tools, such as journal databases, appropriate for the course’s discipline without having to navigate away from a Carmen course.
How to Get Carmen Library Link: Carmen Library Link will be added to all courses for Fall Quarter 2009. Custom pages are being developed for most disciplines. Faculty members should contact their subject specialist to create a custom Carmen Library Link for their specific course.
Faculty can manually add or remove the link from a Carmen course site by editing its navigation bar (see: Add Tool to Navigation Bar.)
Encourage students to explore the Library link by posting a news item on a course home page. (see: News: Basic.)
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August 15th, 2009
Library users can discover Ohio State University Libraries materials on their devices using the WorldCat Mobile service.
Why use the WorldCat Mobile?: The software makes it easier to locate resources available through OSU Libraries and the world, no matter where you are.
How to get WorldCat Mobile: A WorldCat Mobile application is available for download for the iPhone / iPod Touch from the iPhone Application Store.
It can also be accessed by all mobile devices by directing a Web browser to http://www.worldcat.org/m/
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June 30th, 2009
LibX is a browser plugin for Firefox and Internet Explorer that provides direct access to OSUL resources.
Enter search words in the box in the LibX toolbar to search OSCAR (the Library Catalog), or switch to search OSU EJournal or Google Scholar. Search by multiple terms in different fields, or additional fields by selecting on the down arrow 
.
Why use a LibX Toolbar? LibX, helps increase productivity by embedding library search tools into your browser. Features:
- Select an article title on a Web page and have have a licensed copy delivered.
- Look up a complete book title, author, or ISBN by selecting by right-clicking on that information on a Web page.
- Takes advantage of the off-campus proxy services
- Uses a block O visual cue to identify licensed resources
- Autolinks ISBNs, ISSNs, PubMed IDs and DOIs to licensed e-resources.
How to get LibX: LibX for Firefox | LibX for Internet Explorer (requires that .Net 2.0 or later is installed. Check your Windows Update.)
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June 8th, 2009
ZOTERO [zoh-TAIR-oh]
A Firefox web browser extension that allows the collection, management, and citing of research sources. It save links, files, and Web pages for later retrieval. Automatically captures citation information and exports the cites in a variety of styles.
Why Zotero?: The software makes it easier to keep track of networked resources as they are discovered, then retrieved later to create lists of cited works.
How to get Zotero: Download Zotero 2.0 beta |Download Zotero 1.0 |(remember: this is an extension for Firefox only).
Features Include:
- Capture of citation information from web pages
- Storage of PDFs, files, images, links, and whole web pages
- Flexible notetaking with autosave
- As-you-type search through materials
- Playlist-like library organization, including saved searches and tags
- Platform for new forms of digital research that can be extended with other web tools and services
- Formatted citation export
- Free and open source
- Integration with Microsoft Word and OpenOffice
- Saves records and notes in any language
- Integration with WordPress and other blogging software
Zotero is funded by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, the Institute of Museum and Library Services, and the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation
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May 21st, 2009
Have you created your own tool, gadget, plug-in, browser extension to help manage you personal access to and management of information? Are you willing to share with the community? If so, let us know!
The goal of the Ohio State University Library Labs is to showcase experimental and emerging technologies that facilitate access to information, resources, and services.
What is the criteria for submissions? Submissions need to focus on tools which facilitate access to and management of information. If that information includes services and resources provided by OSU Libraries, then all the better.
In addition to highlighting your tool on this site we will pass along any feedback that we receive.
SUBMIT YOUR IDEAS!
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May 14th, 2009
Are you an avid Facebook user? Do you keep your social connections going while working on homework?
Why an OSU Libraries Facebook application? It allows you to search the OSU Library catalog right from your Facebook page.
How to add:
OR
- Log in to Facebook
- Enter “OSU Libraries” in the search box
- Select the OSU Libraries application
- Click on the Allow box to add the application
To make this search box permanently available on your profile page:
- Click on the Application box at the bottom of the Facebook screen
- Click Edit at the top of your application box
- Find the OSU Libraries application on your list of applications and click “edit settings”
- On the profile tab, select add, to add it as a box
- Move the box to your preferred location
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More library applications:
Search the OhioLINK catalog:
Search for JSTOR materials: (created by JSTOR; use this proxy string where prompted: http://proxy.lib.ohio-state.edu/login?url=http://www.jstor )
Search for materials in libraries world wide (created by OCLC):
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April 30th, 2009
The Mobile Catalog is a version of the OSU Library Catalog designed for your mobile device.
Why use the Mobile Catalog? It will allow you to:
- Search the collection
- Request titles
- Check your account
- Renew items
How to get the Mobile Catalog? Point your mobile device browser to http://library.ohio-state.edu/airpac or http://is.gd/tIJv
Please note: Features and functionality will depend on entirely on your mobile device.
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April 23rd, 2009
The Ohio State University Libraries staff are always experimenting with new technologies and services that can to help make access to information, resources, and services easier. We have two challenges once we find something interesting:
- How do we make our community (you) aware of our experiments so that they (you) can take advantage of them?
- How can we organize our experiments in a way that they can be stored and discovered?
We brought a small group together to discuss these challenges and the result was OSU Library Labs. We will be using OSU Library Labs to communicate new and experimental services offered by the library (usually Web-based, though not necessarily) so that the community can try them and, more importantly, offer us your feedback.
We will use that feedback to either improve the service before its “official” release, or help us decide if we will even offer a service. OSU Library Labs is not only just a place to house beta services, the project is a beta service in of itself.
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April 16th, 2009
Popular browsers, such as Internet Explorer and Firefox, have built-in search windows which can be populated with various search sites. OSU Libraries has made it simple for library customers to add the OSU Libraries Catalog as a browser preferred search site.
Why a Search Extension? Since the search extension is associated with the browser, the library user does not have to visit the catalog or library web sites in order to conduct a search.
How to get the Search Extension:
1) Go to the University Libraries main Web page. The code resides at this site.
2) Locate the small browser search box in the upper right hand corner of the browser (to the right of the page URL box). There is a drop down menu which exposes several search tool options. (see image).
3) After clicking the drop down, Select “Add OSU Libraries Catalog search”
Now, just enter a search term in the Search Bar and then select the OSU Library Catalog option from the drop down menu.
Can’t I Find This Option on My Web Browser? The extension is not available on all browsers, or on all releases of a browser.
-Additional help for adding this search option-
On Mac:
Opera:
Safari (OSX 10.4 and higher only):
More On Windows:
Chrome:
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April 9th, 2009
Later this week, OSU Library Labs will be posting its first tool that can help to facilitate access to information, resources, and services.
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April 6th, 2009
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