New Info Resources

Ancestry Library Database--New Research Spotlight

A new collaboration brings a new resource to those interested in history, immigration, family records, and more. Funded from a federal Institute of Museum and Library Services LSTA grant awarded to the State Library of Ohio, this one year pilot brings the new Ancestry database & others to Ohio researchers via the Libraries Connect Ohio project. KSL features it as a Research Spotlight.

Ancestry Library Edition includes digitized images of
• U.S. Federal Census (1790-1930)
• Passenger and Immigration Lists Index
• Military Records
• Vital Records back to the 1800s
• Obituary notices
• US, UK & Canadian records

Enter a name and city & retrieve information that otherwise might have taken you weeks, months, and travel to collect. Reader & printer-friendly tools and other features help you navigate and print easily.

InfOhio has some helpful user guide documents to help you get started. Or, learn how to use it from this short video!

Enjoy this Kelvin Smith Library Research Spotlight.

International Student Online Guide

Get a great start at Case Libraries by using our new online international student guide. It's created in a friendly, easy-to-read style that can help with some of your first university questions.

Created for international students who come from many different cultures, the guide answers frequent questions:

• how do I find and borrow a book?" & "how long can I keep it?"
• is there a place for writing help when it's time to write a paper?
• what library departments & people can answer questions?
• where are the quiet places in KSL?

For Anyone!
Part of a larger research service called Research Guides, this guide was written collaboratively by KSL staff members and can help any new person get a good start on campus. See other subject & topic guides for classes, research, SAGES, or ones created by your department librarian, and try a Guide today!

Miss the Show? Get the Transcript & See What Warren Buffett Said

One of Case's best databases has a feature you can use when you miss a TV or radio show. Catch up on Warren Buffett as he commented this week on taxing the very rich.

When you see or hear a reference to Buffett's Monday "appearance on Charlie Rose" you can easily get the transcript to see how that interview developed! (You'll even see his answer when Rose asked what the succession plan is, in A Conversation About Taxes and Spending...)

Use a great feature of LexisNexis Academic:
• Open the blue News icon (left side of main page)
• Select TV & Radio Transcripts
• Type Charlie Rose & use "Show Name" from the pull-down menu
• Type Buffett (next line) & use "at least 5 occurrences" in pull-down menu
• Specify date as previous week

Miss part of Morning Edition on your drive to work? It's easy to catch up: Check NPR in the Source Box, enter the show name, select Today. If you choose Aug. 18, you'll see Bananagrams, a lost & found Emperor penguin, what Obama's doing after his vacation, and more.

The Research Database List has links to LexisNexis Academic; remote access requires an activated VPN connection.

Keeping America Informed: Government Docs

KSL Government Documents cover a wide range of subjects, from presidential papers to miniature copies of the Constitution. You'll find unusual resources plus help from the Government Documents staff!

"It's one of the most interesting collections with things like style manuals, art from the Smithsonian & Library of Congress, or literature, business, and society," says Karen Thornton, Head of Government Documents. "You'll find alcohol & substance abuse reports from Health and Human Services. Schizoprenia Bulletin in the Case Catalog is now in the EJC."

Favorite: Hearings, a cross-section of Americans "...dating back to the 30s, rich in history with unusal people, anyone who has testified like writers in the blacklist era, actors for environmental issues."

Favorites: Cheryl Burden, Government Documents Assistant likes "topics from the Library of Congress, crime stats, food & drug recalls, Department of Homeland Security—there's so much!" She notes that KSL also receives unusual things: children's puzzles & coloring books, 3-D Pocket Viewfinder from the NASA exploration space program, and documents in print, microfiche, DVD/CD's and electronic formats.

Government Document staff suggests:
• USA.gov A-Z Departments & Agency resources, Statistics, Sci-Tech, Business, History, World Maps & more...
• Economic Report of the President KSL QuickReference (HC106.5A272), online via GPO
• Public Papers of the Presidents of the United States, KSL (Hoover 1930 - G. W. Bush 2005) & online via GPO
• NASA Technical Reports
• Study for U.S. Citizen test with KSL's Civics Flash Cards & test information, Citizenship & Immigration resources.

Selected Government Sources, Case Libraries' Research Databases:

• Access UN 1966-2010, via NewsBank. Premier index to thousands of United Nations Official Records, draft resolutions, meeting records, UN Treaty Series citations, full-text UN documents, & more.
• Statistical Abstract of the United States KSL QuickReference HA202.U5 and online.
• Homeland Security Digital Library Policy, strategy, management (U.S. & internationl governments, nonprofits & private entities.)
• HeinOnline, U.S. Supreme Court Library, U.S. Presidential Library, U.S. Congressional Documents, U.N. Law Collection, pre-1981 coverage U.S. Federal Register, & more.

Kelvin Smith Library of Case Western Reserve University has been a congressionally designated federal depository for United States Government publications since 1913. KSL is also a mirror site for the 2000 & 2010 Census.

TRY IBZ Database

IBZ online, the International Bibliography of Periodical Literature in the Humanities and Social Sciences, has been the leading interdisciplinary reference tool for international academic literature in the humanities and social sciences for over 100 years.

Indexing the most recent scientific articles, IBZ focuses on German and international publications where there is an intersection of humanities, social science, and natural sciences. Subject headings and subject fields help researchers refine their searches, which can be entered either in German or English. Keyword searches easily identify articles in Spanish, Italian, French, Polish, Norwegian and other languages.

IBZ indexes over 3.3 million journal articles from 11,500 journals and now includes abstracts. Questions & Comments about IBZ are welcome!

Find IBZ on the Research Database list. Remote or wireless access for Case individuals requires an activated VPN connection.

See the World, with ARTstor--New Image Database

ARTstor Digital Image Library now invites Case researchers to explore culture, time, and disciplines through more than one million images from museums, photo archives, scholars, artists, libraries & photographers. From American Studies to Maps, or Photography to Women & more, ARTstor offers a rich view of a wide variety of subject areas.

Start with 22 Subject Guides for highlighted contents & featured collections. Three examples:
• American Studies: See people & events that shaped U.S. history and culture, with Magnum Photos of JFK campaigns, MLK sppeches, 9-11, Katrina, and more.
• Classical Studies: See the Roman Forum with QuickTime Virtual Reality (QTVR) for 360-views of ancient site excavations.
• Design: See 4000 examples of design to better understand design principles and their influence on public consumption patterns.

Features & Tools
• Advanced Search & Browse: by collection, location, 16 subject classifications, Sample Topics.
• Image Tools: Zoom & pan, use ARTstor's Offline Image Viewer (OIV)
• Organize: save, print, email, export, create folders & share
• Use stable URLs for images and image groups, embed in presentations & documents
• Create a personal profile to use convenient advanced functions
• Download courseware guide for instructors
• FAQ: find information on using the collections, permitted & prohibited uses, metadata, and more.

ARTstor is made possible by a joint acquistion from a special appropriation by Dean Cyrus Taylor, College of Arts and Sciences, and the Kelvin Smith Library. Discover ARTstor on Research Database list.

Access to ARTstor requires Case authentication.

From Design Subject Guide, Search Terms cloud, Paimio Chair 1931 [image on Guide]

Historic Student Yearbooks Go Digital

From 1913 to 1963, Case student yearbooks now come to life online in a new digitization project! All current and historic schools & colleges are represented in this archive of student life. Enjoy images, sports scores, major events, and the perspective of students and academic life through the decades.

The Student Yearbooks Collection offers fully searchable PDF copies so you can find friends, family, sports scores, class officers, activities, major school events, and much more.

With support from the Kelvin Smith Library Don M. Blanch Endowment Fund, University Archives digitized and organized this sample collection. As additional resources are identified, more of the 330 yearbooks will be added to the collection in Digital Case.