There is an advanced option within Google Scholar that makes it easier to access OSU Libraries electronic and print resources. Since OSU Libraries that make their resources available via an OpenURL link resolver, Scholar automatically links to these resources as a part of search results.
Scholar identifies a user’s physical location using their computer’s Internet address. It then automatically populates the Library Links options for on-campus users, which can be viewed by selecting the Scholar Preferences option.
On-campus users will then see additional links in Google Scholar search results which facilitate access to their library’s resources.These links are directed to OSUL and OhioLINK servers which determines which journals OSUL subscribes to electronically and links to articles from those sources.
It is important to note that these options only appear automatically for on-campus users, they do not appear automatically for off-campus or mobile users. Since OSU Libraries have their holdings listed in WorldCat, Google Scholar also links for each result to WorldCat so users can find the book in a local library.
All off-campus Scholar users will see a ‘Library Search’ link for book results. Clicking on this link will direct users to the WorldCat system which will allow them to find a list of nearby libraries that have the desire.
One can also geolocate Scholar using these following steps:
- Click Scholar Preferences
- Type the name of your library in the ‘Library Links’ section
- Click Save Preferences
- Start searching with links to your library’s resources (you may need to authenticate yourself to access these resources
-Eric Schnell
June 25th, 2009
The other week I got a ‘tweet’ from a new colleague. The update seemed harmless enough. It enthusiastically pointed me a web site they thought was humorous. Suspecting nothing, I clicked on it. I thought it a bit odd when my browser opened to my Twitter account requesting that I log in, odd since I didn’t remember logging out. Then nothing appeared to happened.
Moments later, an update appeared from my account which was identical to the one my colleague sent. My stomach sank. I was Twitter scammed. (Yes, it does happens to IT folks from time-to-time!) I immediately logged in on a different machine and changed my password.
A number of updates were soon posted that it was a wide spread attack. Within a few hours Twitter had cleaned up all these infected message and reset those peoples’ passwords. The hacked accounts were used to tweet spam pushing diet supplements.
After getting over my embarrassment for falling for it (but hey, even a CNN anchor got his account hacked), I performed some forensics work on my colleague’s update. I used this experience to come up with a few tips on how to avoid getting caught up in a Twitter phishing scam:
- While shortened URLs help keep updates under the 140 character limit, they also make it easy for someone to embed a fraudulent address into an update since there are no clues on the authenticity. I like to use TweetDeck since it expands the shortened URLs in updates so they can be examined. To check where they lead, visit longurl.com or install the LongURLPlease plug-ins that lets you hover over a shortened link and see the full URL before you click.
- If you have gotten caught up in a phishing scam you should change your password immediately. If that password is used for other sites you may wish to change those as well.
- Delete the infected messages from your Twitter feed and from wherever else they were syndicated.
-Eric Schnell
June 11th, 2009
