Inclusive Excellence - STEM & Beyond

Hello!  We are your UC Libraries Contacts:

Your Librarian - Hong Cheng Hong.Cheng2@uc.edu , Science & Engineering Librarian / Global Services Librarian

• Rebecca Olson Rebecca.Olson@uc.edu , Social Science & Business Informationist / Data Librarian
• Ted Baldwin Ted.Baldwin@uc.edu , Director, Science & Engineering Libraries

CEAS Library website: libraries.uc.edu/ceas

• 8th floor Baldwin Hall.  Open 10am-3pm M-F as of Jan 25, 2021.  See all Libraries service updates.

Learn something new:

• Current workshops - can include: Python, R, LaTeX, GitHub, data management, citation managers (e.g., RefWorks)
• New books in CEAS Library (print & electronic format)

How to Connect: Click this "Login to Proxy Server" button then enter your UC ID username and password. Once you login, you will be directed back to this guide.

(Note: UC's AnyConnect VPN no longer authenticates you to access library e-resources.  If you use AnyConnect for remote desktop/virtual machines, you CAN log in to proxy while on AnyConnect VPN).

• When searching in an article database, find the "UC Article Linker" icon ("Find Full Text" in Google Scholar)
  • From Article Linker, check if your desired volume/issue is available online.  Otherwise, search for a print copy in the Library Catalog.
  • If not online or in print, submit an interlibrary loan (ILLiad) request.  ILLiad will automatically populate the request form with the journal article information. 
    • NOTE: First time ILLiad users will be prompted to fill in a profile. The "M number" is on your UC ID card in the upper left corner.  Enter the M number so it looks like this: M12345678.
• Use Full Text Journals to search for full-text sources by journal title.
• Search by journal title in the Library Catalog.

Configure Google Scholar for UC Libraries access

LibKey Nomad - Browser Plug-In for Full-Text

Download Nomad at www.libkeynomad.com.  Available for Firefox, Chrome, Edge, Vivaldi and Brave browsers. After download, enter University of Cincinnati as your institution.  More details: https://thirdiron.com/products/libkey-nomad/.

When you reach available full-text, a blue & green "Download PDF” prompt appears in the lower left.  NOTE: You need to be on the article’s page (vs. database search results page) to trigger this prompt.  See this example from an International Journal of Science Education article - https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/09500693.2018.1540897 .

Click the "Download PDF" prompt.  You may be asked to enter your UC Central Login.  Nomad will locate and download a PDF of the article for you or direct you to other options.

Start with a keyword search, then refine by subject or other facets later. 

Building a search query:

• Create a search set of synonyms (use "OR" operator) for a concept
• Combine search sets for concepts with "AND" operator
• use quote marks " " to identify a phrase
• Use truncation and wild cards to expand based on a word stem (e.g., nano* )
• More info and general examples: https://libguides.ucmerced.edu/wri10_miller/boolean

Narrow your results:

• Examine search result record to see what subjects have been assigned (if any) to the record. Subjects can be combined with keywords to focus search, or searched individually to find items that are primarily about the topic.
• Use refine or limit features such as date, material type (e.g., review article), treatment (in Compendex - theoretical, applied, etc).

Citation searching

• Expand to related articles with shared citations (Scopus database allows for this)
• Use citation sorting and browsing features, including sorting by # of times cited (Scopus, SciFinder, etc)

CECH Library - many K-12 education resources, including:

• CECH STEM Education research guide
• CECH Curriculum Materials and Resources guide

Data and Demographics Resources

Other tools and services for researchers

• Data & GIS Collab (GMP Library) - large dual monitors, collaboration space, consulting on data and geospatial analysis
• Visualization Laboratory (GMP Library) - large wall for collaboration & multi-input projection, consultation on data visualization
• Contact AskData@uc.edu for data, informatics, GIS project consultation, reserving lab space
• OneDrive - (access through Office 365 - https://mail.uc.edu) (storage and backup - more info), Scholar@UC (data archiving, DOI/permanent URL)

UC Libraries access to some popular newspapers (including current day):

• New York Times
• Wall Street Journal
• Cincinnati Enquirer
• Cincinnati Business Courier

Music & Theater/Opera Video and Audio (with thanks to CCM's college library)

• Met Opera on Demand (video recordings)
• Kanopy video (documentaries, live performances)
• Many other performances/recordings - Streaming video and audio

Cincinnati Public Library

• Cincinnati Public Library (many popular e-books and books)
• Options to get a public library card