Looking for A Person, Product, or Organization? Use New Online Directories
KSL brings new online directories to the desktop. National Faculty Directory, Consultants and Consulting & others are off the shelf and on your computer for easy, fast use.
• National Faculty Directory
• Consultants and Consulting Organizations Directory
• National Directory of NonProfit Organizations
• Ward's Business Directory of U.S. Private & Public Companies
• Brands and Their Companies
• Market Share Reporter
Find out fast who makes Pom Wonderfull, which orange juice has 40% of the market, what web designer firms are in a city, income & assets of an NPO, where a former colleague works now, and more. Select the database(s) you need and browse or 'search within' a set result—for best results use the various precision search fields in Advanced search.
Find the Gale Directory Library on the Research Database list (authorized for Case faculty, students, & staff; remote access requires an activated VPN connection.)
Alexander Street press offers these collections through October 15 via username and password to celebrate the September anniversaries of independence for Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Mexico, Chile, and Belize. Explore & enjoy poetry, short stories, memoirs,non-fiction, plays, folk tales, novels, and more:
Latino Literature, extensive collection that includes hundreds of previously unpublished works (English & Spanish) including audio files of poems and plays
Caribbean Literature,
19 & 20th century rare and hard to find works (French, Spanish, Dutch, Creole languages), maps of origin, classic and contemporary works.
Latin American Women Writers, essays & literature from Latin American feminists and revolutionaries, offering a unique glimpse into culture via plays and prose.
News from 1,000 places, online in one database the minute the newspapers go to press around the world. When world events happen, you can see how the world reports them...or not.
Use PressDisplay to read from 39 languages or study the news from over 80 countries. A dynamic opening page displays a crawling header of the newspapers...click on any of them to read, or use the "Select" icon at the top to choose a title by name, country, or language.
Choose a paper and when it opens to a full-page view, chose the "View all thumbnails" to scan the entire paper for items/images of interest. Or, just click the corners & turn the pages so you can read the news or do the crossword puzzles.
Miss one day of a U.S. or international newspaper? Catch up on what you missed—search by day, 3 days, or a month or two. Planning a trip? Read the local paper for a week or so before you go.
Catch up on news, practice a language, see the world in pictures, with PressDisplay!
See inside your book title—Google's Book Reader & Preview are now enabled on the Case Catalog! Reading inside the book may help you discover new titles, or find a book that meets your needs when the title alone is not descriptive enough.
Do a title search on our Catalog—if the item has been scanned by the Google Book Project, the file will appear below the Catalog information about the book. Tap the spacebar on your keyboard and most browsers will move to the bottom of the screen so you can see examples like these, from 1882 to 2006: Development of Emotions and Emotion Regulation:an internalization model, Kluwer International Series in Outreach Scholarship (2006)
Enhance your discovery when you search for books, by looking at the end of the catalog record—you might be able to see a book in it's original publication format, or decide if it's what you need by reading some of it (Google Preview, for newer works.) If Google-scanned text exists, the Case Catalog will find it and bring it to you!
Just in time for your holiday browsing, now you can enjoy the cover art on many titles in the OhioLINK Central Catalog. You'll find graphic art to tempt you, whether the title is a book, a DVD, a sound recording, a vocal score, & more.
The extra visuals add another texture to your search & discovery on OhioLINK's nearly 48 million-item shared catalog. Order something today, for delivery to the OhioLINK location nearest you—which includes other OhioLINK libraries, and in NE Ohio, Cuyahoga County Public Library branches!
E-Books--Read Online, the KSL October Research Spotlight
Read an author biography, use a thesaurus, look at a pamphlet from 1600—all this and more in the various E-Book collections purchased for you by the Case Libraries and our OhioLINK membership. Find out more about the collections on the October 08 KSL Research Spotlight.
E-Books can help you learn while you save time:
- Get a quick synopsis before going to see the fall Playhouse production of A Raisin in the Sun (Literary Reference Center)
- Look up and learn tips 'n tricks for your new iPod (Safari Tech Books)
- Find a 1473 booklet from EEBO (Early English Book Online)
- Use 100+ dictionaries, reference tools including bilingual works, subject specific works (Oxford Reference Online)
- Explore American History from the 1600s through the early 19th century (Early American Books)
- Discover English & foreign language works printed in the UK 1701-1800, plus major works from the Americas (Eighteenth Century Online)
KSL maintains an E-Books page with these collections and other reference works, and more. Check out the October 08 KSL Research Spotlight, and enjoy the convenience of E-Books in your subject area!
E-Books are licensed for Case-only in most instances & require an activated VPN connection. The OhioLINK EBC (Electronic Book Center) is accessed with VPN or your Library PIN & Case information.
The Case Libraries have added a subscription to the Chronicle of Higher Education. As long as you are on the Case wired network or using VPN, you should have full access from their website.
Summer brings you new databases for general health, science, encyclopedia, and biography reference resources. As several grant-funded databases provided for Ohio residents reach their grant expiration dates, Libraries Connect Ohio (LCO) has licensed new & similar products for OhioLINK, OPLIN, INFOhio, and the State Library of Ohio:
- Science Online, the July 2008 KSL Research Spotlight, features broad science coverage with extensive essays, diagrams, images, biographies, and news.
- Consumer Health Complete features health & medical information via encyclopedias, fact sheets, evidence-based reports, images, videos, and more.
- World Book Web is a suite of resources (dictionary, atlas, children's sources, and Hispanic versions) for general study, articles, educator tools, student activities & learning, images, audio & video, and related web sites.
- Biography Reference Bank brings you half a million people from antiquity to today, with thousands of images. Search and display obituaries (and sources), photos, books by & about the person, and extensive biographical essays. Catch up on everyone from Galileo (1560) to Bill Gates (1950), and/or Charlemagne to Charles Darwin!
Looking for print copies of standardized tests so you can practice & raise your score? Use the Learning Express database—take over 160 interactive practice tests for free. Practice, improve your score, learn & boost your confidence for the real test!
Learning Express is a convenient way to practice. Sometimes the circulating print copies at Case and in OhioLINK are already checked out, and if you'd like to practice a test, you can now take it privately on your computer:
- Tests are free
- Login & 'register' with a username & password you can remember
- "Score my test" & "View Answer" for the correct answers, and a customized analysis of your strengths & weaknesses
- Retake tests as many times as you wish
- Tests range from 20-130 questions
- Tests are timed from 30-120 minutes to give you a true test-taking experience
- Print the results
- Your score is private, only you have access
Choose from 30 subject categories of tests like TOEFL, Graduate School Entrance, Civil Service, Nursing,and other occupation tests, Business Writing Skills, Resume & Interviewing Skill tests, and much more. Try one today, on the Learning Express Library, from the Research Database list.
Learning Express is an OhioLINK database and is authorized for Case faculty, students, and staff.
GreenFILE Environmental Issues Database, June Research Spotlight
Renewable energy, green buildings, sustainable agriculture, & more are in
GreenFILE, a new database to help raise your environmental consciousness and research.
GreenFILE helps you see how human interactions with the environment can relate to law, health, technology, energy, food sources, education, and more. The initial launch has over 600 titles of comprehensive coverage (Vol. 1—present) such as Bioscience (1964—), Journal of Ecology (1913—), Journal of Environmental Planning & Management (1948—), and others. The database has nearly 300,000 abstract/indexed articles, and has full text for nearly 5,000 records from open access titles.
This is an open web database from EBSCO publishing and requires no authentication.
Tip for Case researchers: since this is an open web product, it doesn't automatically link you to "Find It" icons, but with over 9,000 e-journal titles on the E-journal portal, you're likely to find Case and OhioLINK journal articles for many of the cited titles from GreenFILE, the June 2008 KSL Research Spotlight!
Find out what's happening & where to dine, before you travel this summer! Read about food, culture, sports, summer fairs and more, on the PressDisplay database.
With 550+ newspapers from 76 countries, and in 38 languages, your summer travel can be much easier if you read about the city before you go—by reading the local newspaper you'll be sure not to miss a city's highlights.
Use "Select A Title" in the upper right corner—select the country to display a city list. Papers are full-sized and can be displayed double-sided so you can turn the pages. Read the comics, do the crossword puzzles, check the local weather, and if the newspaper has a sound icon, the paper can be read to you.
Plan ahead for US cities like Baltimore & Boston, Chicago or Los Angeles. Read North American & South American papers, African, European, or just read the Wall Street Journal Europe...but read newspapers on PressDisplay database, today!
PressDisplay is licensed by KSL for Case individuals. To use it and other databases, login to your VPN software to authenticate with your network ID & password.
Need A Manual? Online Ebooks Linked from Software Center
Next time you get a new OS or application from the Software Center, you may see an icon for the manual, too! Thousands of ebooks are searchable in Safari Books Online, and now many are linked to the applications you're authorized to download.
Ebooks linked next to Case Software Center products is a great idea sent to us by a faculty member. We liked it so much, it became a KSL/Case IT collaboration to bring the information you need to where you need it most!
Example: Click to download Adobe Indesign for Macintosh & you'll see the Safari Books Online logo and a link to go to manuals for the application—you don't even have to search for them!
You'll find an Overview, Editorial Reviews & Book Descriptions, and options to "Start Reading Online." Safari Books Online is always available from the Research Tools-->Database list from the KSL homepage. Use it to search thousands of books, with a convenient search box & Browse Category section to narrow your search. Try RSS alerts and get the newest title when it loads!
An activated VPN authentication is required for wireless or remote access. You should be able to click through to the texts, but if the page asks for a login, click the "academic license" link on the right side of the page. Then just click through to see titles that match the downloaded product from the Software Center.
24,000 black & white and color images from the Motion Picture & Television Archives take you from 1910 to today. Follow images of a young Frank Sinatra with Bob Hope (early tv,1948) to a candid dinner shot of Old Blue Eyes with President Kennedy (1961). See the amazing aerial view of Astaire & Rogers on the soundstage of "Top Hat," with the crew surrounding the stars.
Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text database offers a special search function so you can enjoy these images:
- choose "Images" from the top green menu bar
- type in your term(s)
- and follow the images!
You'll find film/tv sets with directors and actors at work, iconic images, industry insights into staff & equipment, costumes, cars, and more. Search any year, names (directors, photographers, actors, film/show names), award shows, countries, and more.
Images are copyrighted by the MPTV, and the Film Image Collection is owned by EBSCO publishing. Images are for internal and personal use only, no publication allowed—hence, no images are embedded in this blog, but from the fabulous Salome to a 1920s Swanson signing her contract, you'll enjoy this database and its image function!
Tips: Sign in on the database to create a personal folder, and "add" items to it so you can save the ones you'd like to see later. Ignore the "find it" icon, since there is no accompanying text.
Find Film & Television Literature Index with Full Text on the Database list from the KSL homepage and/or from the Case Catalog. Use the database by logging on to your VPN to activate it, or use your Library PIN to authenticate as an OhioLINK user.
Oxford Reference Online Premium now supports Boolean searching with 'and' 'or'" and 'not' and has a wealth of advanced search tips available in Using the Search Tools". Oxford Reference Online Premium also has many resources to help with your research, including a convenient list of collections, from American, British, German, & Italian literature, Edwardian fiction, Plays, Twentieth Century literature, and much more.
Oxford Refrence Online Premium databases are licensed for Case through our OhioLINK membership and require an active VPN connection, or OhioLINK remote authorization with your Case Account Number and your Library PIN.
Once again, Ohio is visionary in ensuring that its residents have access to information. Libraries Connect Ohio (LCO), a partnership of library organizations and libraries, provides seamless access to information resources for all Ohioans. Just as OhioLINK serves the academic community, the new Ohio Web Library has been designed to bring newspapers, trade publications, popular magazines, scholarly articles, maps, and much more to Ohio residents.
Ohio residents, K-12 teachers & students, state employees & legislators, and academic communities can log in with their institutional usernames/passwords to find a library near home or office, direct young students to Homework Help or online research assistance, or connect to online databases with Ohio Web Library.
For Ohioans, it's your tax dollars at work. Tell family, friends, neighbors, and explore it today. Find out more, from the Kelvin Smith Library December Research Spotlight!
Case researchers have a rich list of research resources that are licensed for use by the Case Libraries and our membership in OhioLINK, the state's academic consortium. Case is a founding member of OhioLINK. OhioLINK, OPLIN, INFOhio, and the State Library of Ohio are the major partners in this effort to connect Ohioans to information, from the first years of school through graduation, and beyond.
