The Union Institute & University Library wishes Matthew Pappathan, Library Director, a fond farewell as he embarks on his upcoming retirement. During his tenure at Union, the library was transformed from a small physical collection in Vermont to an entirely digital collection available to students, faculty, and staff around the world.
His many accomplishments include:
Overseeing the digitization of UI&U doctoral dissertations and their permanent archiving in the Dissertations & Theses Global database
Quickly assembling a large e-book collection as part of the transformation to a fully online library
Expanding memberships in regional library consortia, including SWON and Lyrasis
Shepherding the library through the challenging closures of the Montpelier and Brattleboro Vermont Academic Centers
Implementing the EBSCO Discovery Service, also known as OneSearch, allowing simultaneous searching of subscription and open access databases.
Increasing the scope and depth of the library’s digital collections
Over the years, the library benefited greatly from his expertise in budgeting, change management, short- and long-range planning, developing research collections, and advocating for the importance of high-quality research collections to our academic community.
Thank you for your 22 years of service to Union. Best of luck!
Posted By: Susan at 4:06 pm
Date: Thu, Aug 10, 2023
Farewell to Susan Whitehead
Union Institute & University Library bids a fond farewell to Reference Librarian Susan Whitehead, who will be embarking on new adventures with the Howe Library at the University of Vermont. Susan began working at Union in October of 2008, when our library was books, bricks, and mortar in Montpelier, Vermont. Over the years, she has provided reference services for bachelor through doctoral-level students, and also assisted with collection development, copy cataloging, electronic resources, and interlibrary loan.
Her many accomplishments at Union include:
Improving research services with welcome letters, an online help center, improved research appointment scheduling, and custom searches for doctoral students.
Expanding evening and weekend coverage during peak academic periods.
Leading the development and implementation of the library’s information literacy learning objectives.
Creating and delivering presentations and tutorials on topics including: citations, bibliographic management tools, data management, evaluating sources, literature reviews, open access textbooks and journals, peer-review, qualitative and quantitative methodologies, the research process, and advanced search strategies.
Helping to develop high-quality, cost-effective digital collections to support Union’s academic community.
Susan, we are grateful for your dedication and commitment to the students, faculty, and staff of Union. Thank you for your fifteen years of generous service. Best of luck with your future endeavors!
Posted By: Susan at 5:15 pm
Date: Wed, Aug 09, 2023
Phrase Searching
Looking for a specific article or book? Try adding quotation marks around the title. Quotation marks allow you to search two or more adjacent words together as a phrase. For example, the search “Leadership for a Better World” will find this exact phrase rather than articles or books that mention the words Leadership,World, and Better.
In addition to article and book titles, phrase searches are helpful when searching for quotations, names, and organizations.
To find a resource in the library, copy and paste the title into the search box on the library homepage. If available, there will be a Read Online link that you can click to access the resource. Please contact a librarian at library@myunion.edu if you need assistance.
Find an Article, E-book, or Video
Go to the UI&U Library homepage (library.myunion.edu or google UI&U Library)
Copy & paste the title into the OneSearch search box
If available, there will be a “read online” or “watch online” link that you can click to access the resource.
Find a Book Chapter
Search by the book’s title
Use the table of contents to find the chapter title
Find a Dissertation
Copy & paste the title into the OneSearch search box
In the left sidebar, you can select the Source Type “Dissertations/Theses.” If missing, click the “show more” link in the source types section to see all options.
Click “View Dissertation.”
Also try searching ProQuest’s Dissertations & Theses Global database as not all ProQuest dissertations are available in OneSearch
Search Hints
If there are too many results, try adding the author’s last name or quotation marks around the title e.g. “Moby Dick” Melville
Be careful about differentiating between a book and any reviews or critiques written about it
Research a Topic
Use keywords to find books, articles, and other resources on your topic.
Scope: a manageable research topic will have 2-3 concepts. For example, the use of an emergent curriculum in preschool classrooms.
Add the most important words to the search box. A simpler search is often best when beginning your search.
Posted By: Susan at 10:30 am
Date: Thu, Jul 13, 2023
Free Subscriptions
The Union Institute & University community has free access to The Chronicle of Higher Education and The New York Times. It is now easier than ever to read world-class journalism using these school-wide subscriptions.
The Chronicle of Higher Education
“The Chronicle of Higher Education has the nation’s largest newsroom dedicated to covering colleges and universities. As the unrivaled leader in higher education journalism, we serve our readers with indispensable real-time news and deep insights, plus the essential tools, career opportunities, and knowledge to succeed in a rapidly changing world.” –The Chronicle Website
The diverse coverage will be of interest to many, with sections devoted to teaching, administration, leadership & governance, faculty, research, publishing, technology, finance, admissions, student aid, graduate students, campus spaces, and technology. The Chronicle also provides a variety of newsletters focused on teaching, educational technology, quick tips, and news briefings delivered daily or weekly.
Students, faculty, and staff members can access to the Chronicle of Higher Education using their regular MyUnion username and password. Note: you can ignore the subscribe/login information in the top, right-hand corner of the Chronicle website. Creating a personal account is only needed for posting comments and subscribing to newsletters.
The New York Times
“The New York Times is dedicated to helping people understand the world through on-the-ground, expert and deeply reported independent journalism.” –The NYT Website
The paper covers a variety of topics with unsurpassed quality and depth through breaking news articles, blogs, videos and interactive features. Faculty members can visit the New York Times in Education website for a curated collection of teaching resources and ideas about how to integrate NYT content into online courses. To activate your pass, visit UI&U’s group pass page. Select Create Account. Enter your information and choose a personal account password. You will need to reauthorize your Pass once every 365 days from the UI&U group pass page. Once activated, your Pass will provide access to New York Times website or mobile apps from any location. Visit the New York Times website to login and begin your free subscription today.
If you have any questions about these subscriptions, please contact a librarian at library@myunion.edu or 513-487-1487.
Posted By: Susan at 1:17 pm
Date: Sun, Jul 02, 2023
Happy Fourth of July
The University will be closed on Monday, July 3rd and Tuesday, July 4th to celebrate Independence Day. Online resources will continue to be available during this time. Library services will resume on Wednesday, July 5th.
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Sat, Jul 01, 2023
APA & MLA Formatted Citations!
Are you frustrated by the APA, Chicago or MLA citation styles? The library provides resources to help you to create, format, and manage bibliographies. One of our favorite tools is OneSearch Cite. Resources in OneSearch come with formatted APA, Chicago, and MLA citations that you can copy and paste into your research papers. Please note that citations are automatically formatted and need to be checked for accuracy. The Citation & Plagiarism page in the library help center includes citation examples that you can use to check your citations.
Find the article/book
Click the Cite icon
Copy & paste the citation into your research paper. Fix any errors.
Posted By: Susan at 11:45 am
Date: Fri, May 26, 2023
Teaching Online Mastercourse
The Films on Demand collection includes a Teaching Online Mastercourse from Makematic. The Teaching Online Mastercourse consists of a 61 video series covering a variety of topics including best practices, universal design, discussions, student success and engagement, feedback and assessment,
Welcome to a new year at Union Institute & University! As you enter your online courses, remember that the library is here to support you throughout your academic program. We offer a variety of resources and services, including:
A wide-variety of online resources, including 500,000+ e-books, 100,000+ peer-review journals, 100,000+ streaming videos, and 5,000,000+ dissertations and theses
Citation examples for the APA, Chicago, and MLA styles
Citation formatting tools
Interlibrary loan
Career and job search videos
Free subscriptions to the New York Times and the Chronicle of Higher Education
Librarians are available for in-depth orientations and research consultations. We have a new Calendly tool that makes it easy to schedule an appointment at a time of your convenience. There is also a UI&U Library Tutorial that provides a comprehensive introduction to the library.
Have a great term and please let us know if we can help in any way!
Best regards,
Matt Pappathan, Library Director
Aura Fluet, Electronic Resources Librarian
Susan Whitehead, Reference Librarian
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Mon, May 01, 2023
New Video Series on Health Inequality
Popcorn – 46/365 by Joakim Wahlander (Creative Commons CC BY-NC 2.0)
The Films on Demand collection includes over 37,000 streaming videos available to the Union Institute & University community for free. These videos can be streamed online and embedded in Brightspace courses. The collection includes quality video productions from A&E, PBS, the BBC, National Geographic, HBO Documentary Films, Open University, Annenberg Learner, TED, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, and more. The database recently added 34 new videos, including the series Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?
Unnatural Causes, for the first time on film, sounds the alarm about our disturbing socioeconomic and racial inequities in health—and searches for their root causes. But those causes are not what we might expect. There’s much more to our health than bad habits, healthcare, or unlucky genes. The social conditions in which we are born, live, and work profoundly affect our well-being and longevity. -Film Description
We value your feedback and hope you have a few minutes to share your thoughts with us. This survey is anonymous and all questions are optional. This short, 6 question survey will take approximately 5 minutes to complete. Thank you.
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Apr 14, 2023
Open Access Textbooks & OER
Open-access textbooks, journals, images, videos, and other educational resources has been one of the most exciting developments in academic scholarship during the last two decades. In response to the rising costs of academic publishing and higher education, many concerned scholars have decided to publish their work with open copyright licenses. These open access resources are free to everyone without hindrance of subscription fees, licensing terms, logins, contracts, and other barriers. They provide universal access to research and knowledge.
Faculty, below is a compilation of some of the most popular websites for open access textbooks and educational resources. If you are interested in learning more about how you can incorporate these resources into your course, please let a UI&U Librarian know. We would be happy to help.
Includes textbbooks from the Open Textbook Library, Open Textbooks SUNY, Open Stax, Open Oregon & more.
From a single point of access in OER Commons, you can search, browse, and evaluate resources in OER Commons’ growing collection of over 50,000 high-quality OER. -Website Description
The MERLOT system provides access to curated online learning and support materials and content creation tools, led by an international community of educators, learners and researchers…The MERLOT collection consists of tens of thousands of discipline-specific learning materials, learning exercises, and Content Builder webpages, together with associated comments, and bookmark collections, all intended to enhance the teaching experience of using a learning material. -Website Description
Open Culture brings together high-quality cultural & educational media for the worldwide lifelong learning community. Web 2.0 has given us great amounts of intelligent audio and video. It’s all free. It’s all enriching. But it’s also scattered across the web, and not easy to find. Our whole mission is to centralize this content, curate it, and give you access to this high quality content whenever and wherever you want it. Some of our major resource collections include: 1,300 Free Online Courses from Top Universities, 1,150 Free Movies, Online: Great Classics, Indies, Noir, Westerns, etc., 900 Free Audio Books: Download Great Books for Free, 800 Free eBooks for iPad, Kindle & Other Devices, MOOCs from Great Universities (Many With Certificates), Learn 46 Languages Online for Free: Spanish, Chinese, English & More, 200 Free Kids Educational Resources: Video Lessons, Apps, Books, Websites & More. -Website Description
Video tutorials for math, computer programing, statistics, economics, art history, history, grammar, biology, anthropology, and personal finance.
Creative Commons & Public Domain Pictures
Pictures can make a presentation or course come alive. So how can you find pictures that are copyright-safe and freely available? One strategy is to use pictures in the public domain or creative commons. Public domain images are out of copyright and have no restrictions about how they can be used. Creative commons images can be used in accordance with their creative commons license.
The Creative Commons Search is your portal to creative commons licensed images on popular websites like YouTube, Flickr, Google Images, Europeana, and Jamendo. Creative Commons Kiwi (short video about using Creative Commons)
UI&U Library & OneSearch
While most resources in the UI&U Library are not open access, they are freely available to the UI&U Academic Community. To access library resources, go to the library homepage and enter keywords in OneSearch. Search results can be limited by publication date (last few years), source type (ebooks and books), and availability to “available online (full text)”. Another strategy is to use the publisher limiter to limited to common textbook publishers such as Taylor & Francis, SAGE, Elsevier, Wiley, Springer, Oxford, Cambridge, Open Textbook Library, and University Presses.
Spring has arrived. It’s a time of budding trees, sunshine, and getting ready for summer. It is also a great time for a “spring cleaning” of your internet browser. Complete the three steps below to ensure a better experience on the library website and every other website you visit.
Current Browser: Use a current internet browser such as Mozilla FireFox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, or Microsoft Edge. (Microsoft has discontinued Internet Explorer.)
Update Browser: Take a few minutes to update your internet browser. This fixes many website problems and ensures a safer online experience. Learn how to update: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, or Microsoft Edge.
Clear Cache: Open your internet browser and then press Ctrl+Shift+Delete (Windows) or Command+Shift+Delete (Mac). The website Lifewire also has an excellent guide to clearing your cache.
If you need help with your internet browser, please contact a UI&U Librarian or the IT Help Desk for assistance.
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Mar 17, 2023
Pictures for Courses & Presentations
Pictures can make a presentation or course come alive. So how can you find pictures that are copyright-safe and freely available? One strategy is to use public domain or creative commons pictures.
Artistic, Bright, Color, Colored, Colorful, Colors by Public Domain Images Creative Commons CC0
Public domain images are out of copyright and have no restrictions about how they can be used. Although it is a best practice to include an citation with your image, there are no legal requirements. Popular websites for locating public domain images include the PublicDomainArchive and pixabay.
Creative commons images can be used in accordance with their creative commons license. For example, a creator may require non-profit use or attribution. The Creative Commons Search is your portal to creative commons licensed images on popular websites like YouTube, Flickr, Google Images, Europeana, and Jamendo.
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Mar 03, 2023
Career & Job Search
Whether you are looking for a job or polishing your professional skills, the library has hundreds of resources that offer the knowledge and tools that you are looking for. The links below are shortcuts to some of the resources that will help you succeed:
Videos: the library collection includes over 500 career & job search videos, divided into the following categories: career fields, job success, job search, and career exploration.
Ebooks: there are many career and job search e-books available.
In addition to these resources be sure to take advantage of UI&U Career Services. Services include career counseling appointments, resume and cover letter assistance, practice interviews, additional career resources, assessments and more! Get in touch with your career counselor at CareerServices@myunion.edu / 800.861.6400, ext. 1190.
Posted By: Susan at 10:30 am
Date: Fri, Feb 17, 2023
Library Tutorials
Interested in learning more about citations, fake news, or peer-review? The library help center has a wide-variety of tutorials available. New additions include a Research Data Management tutorial, APA citation examples for the seventh edition, and significant updates to fourteen help pages and tutorials.
If you would like to learn more about these tutorials, or request a personal tour of the library, please contact a librarian by email at library@myunion.edu.
We look forward to helping you!
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Feb 03, 2023
Thesis Turned Cookbook Helps Million+
What do eggs, dried beans, rice, oatmeal, yoghurt, and seasonal vegetables all have in common? They are food staples in Good and Cheap, a cookbook designed to help people live on $4/day. For her master’s thesis at New York University, Leanne Brown challenged herself to create affordable, healthy, and tasty meals for students, seniors, people on food stamps, and anyone else on a tight budget.
In her own words, “I wanted to make something that not only summed up the work I had done during my studies, but also had a useful life outside of academia…it bothered me that so many ideas for fixing the food system leave out the poor: it seemed like they didn’t have a voice in the food movement. I wanted to create a resource that would promote the joy of cooking and show just how delicious and inspiring a cheap meal can be if you cook it yourself.”
Her thesis turned kickstarter project has resulted in one million+ free or discounted cookbooks. A Spanish version, Bueno y Barato, is also available in PDF and book formats.
Mouthwatering recipes include:
Broiled Grapefruit
Cold (and Spicy?) Asian Noodles
Cornmeal Crusted Veggies
Brussels Sprout Hash and Eggs
Potato Leek Pizza
Black-Eyed Peas and Collards
Half-Veggie Burgers
Coconut Chocolate Cookies
Inspired to try out some of these recipes? You can download a free copy of Good & Cheap or purchase a print copy (and a second copy will be donated). Writing your own thesis or dissertation? The library has resources to help! To find one of the audiobooks or ebooks listed below, copy and paste the title into the search box on the library homepage.
They Say, I Say
Available in audiobook format
“The New York Times best-selling book on academic writing―in use at more than 1,500 schools.
“They Say / I Say” identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves. And, because these moves are central across all disciplines, the book includes chapters on writing in the sciences, writing in the social sciences, and―new to this edition―writing about literature.” -Publisher
Stylish Academic Writing by Helen Sword
Available in ebook and audiobook format
“Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to academic writing. For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions, and for specialists who want to write for a larger audience but are unsure where to begin, here are imaginative, practical, witty pointers that show how to make articles and books a pleasure to read―and to write. Dispelling the myth that you cannot get published without writing wordy, impersonal prose, Sword shows how much journal editors and readers welcome work that avoids excessive jargon and abstraction. Sword’s analysis of more than a thousand peer-reviewed articles across a wide range of fields documents a startling gap between how academics typically describe good writing and the turgid prose they regularly produce…” -Publisher
Masters
Doing Your Master’s Dissertation: From Start to Finish. Just starting your Master′s? Worried about your dissertation? This book is an indispensable] guide to writing a successful Master′s dissertation. The book begins by addressing issues you′ll face in the early stages of writing a dissertation, such as deciding on what to research, planning your project and searching for literature online. It then guides you through different aspects of carrying out your research and writing up, helping you to: write a research proposal, choose one or more methods, write the introduction and conclusion, discuss the literature, analyze your findings, edit and reference, formulate research questions, and build your argument. –Publisher’s description
How to Write a Thesis. How to Write a Thesis [by Rowena Murray] provides an invaluable resource to help students consider, plan and write their theses. The third edition of this best-selling and well loved book builds on the success of the second edition. –Publisher’s description
Writing A Successful Thesis Or Dissertation: Tips And Strategies For Students In The Social And Behavioral Sciences. The advice and resources you need to complete your thesis or dissertation! Written in a conversational style for both faculty and students, this how-to manual covers quantitative and qualitative research methods and provides comprehensive guidance for successfully completing a master′s thesis or doctoral dissertation. Drawing on 40 years of experience supervising dissertations, the authors provide examples from 100 completed projects to guide readers through: choosing a topic and writing research hypotheses, selecting a chair or committee, ensuring a successful proposal and oral defense, adapting the finished product for publication, using the Internet and desktop publishing effectively. –Publisher’s description
Doctoral
Writing a Proposal for Your Dissertation: Guidelines and Examples. This user-friendly guide helps students get started on–and complete–a successful doctoral dissertation proposal by accessibly explaining the process and breaking it down into manageable steps. Steven R. Terrell demonstrates how to write each chapter of the proposal, including the problem statement, purpose statement, and research questions and hypotheses; literature review; and detailed plan for data collection and analysis. Of special utility, end-of-chapter exercises serve as building blocks for developing a full draft of an original proposal. Numerous case study examples are drawn from across the social, behavioral, and health science disciplines. Appendices present an exemplary proposal written three ways to encompass quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods designs. –Publisher’s description
Helpful videos on purpose statements, problem statement, theoretical frameworks, literature reviews, methodology and more.
Publishing Your Work
Revising your Dissertation: Advice from Leading Editors. The aftermath of graduate school can be particularly trying for those under pressure to publish their dissertations. Written with good cheer and jammed with information, this lively guide offers hard-to-find practical advice on successfully turning a dissertation into a book or journal articles that will appeal to publishers and readers. It will help prospective authors master writing and revision skills, better understand the publishing process, and increase their chances of getting their work into print. This edition features new tips and planning tables to facilitate project scheduling, and a new foreword by Sandford G. Thatcher, Director of Penn State University Press. –Publisher’s description
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Jan 20, 2023
Logins, Links, and Troubleshooting
Having the right computer and software is an essential step toward success as an online student. This page includes recommended computer specifications, username and password information, and strategies for troubleshooting common technology problems. The UI&U Librarians and the IT Help Desk are also available to answer questions and help you.
MyUnion Username and Password
Union Institute & University has a single sign-on (SSO) application that allows students, faculty, and staff to access multiple resources with one set of login credentials. The library uses the same login and password that is used for CampusWeb and email.
If you reach a restricted library resource, the MyUnion login screen will appear and you will be prompted to enter your username and password (please see the image below). You can reset your username or reset your password in CampusWeb.
For assistance with your MyUnion username and password, contact the IT Help Desk.
Other Logins & Passwords
Many library databases include an option to create a personal database account with a login and password of your choice. We recommend not creating personal database accounts as these needlessly complicate your research. Below is an example of a personal database login that you can ignore.
If you reach a non-MyUnion login page or a page asking you to pay for an article, please contact a librarian for assistance.
Non-Working Link in OneSearch
If a “Read Online” or “Watch Online” link in OneSearch is not working, please report the problem.
PDF Documents Not Displaying
If library PDFs are not displaying in Mozilla Firefox, check your Adobe Reader Plug-in settings.
Go to: Open Menu (icon with three lines)
Select Options
Scroll down to the Applications section
Find “Portable Document Format (PDF)” in the Content Type column.
Its action should be “Use Adobe Acrobat (in Firefox).” If you have both Adobe Acrobat and Adobe Reader, you will need to make this change in both applications.
Close and then reopen FireFox. Return to the library website.
General Troubleshooting
If you encounter difficulty using the library website, here are a few steps you can take to fix the most common issues.
Browser. Make sure you are using a current internet browser such as Mozilla FireFox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, or Microsoft Edge.
Update Browser. Take a few minutes to update your internet browser. This fixes many website problems and ensures a safer online experience. Learn how to update: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, or Microsoft Edge.
Clear the Cache. Open your internet browser and then press Ctrl+Shift+Delete (Windows) or Command+Shift+Delete (Mac). The website Lifewire also has an excellent guide to clearing your cache.
Try a Different Internet Browser. If the problem is specific to your internet browser settings, switching to a different internet browser can solve the problem.
Try a Different Computer. If the problem is specific to your computer, switching to a different computer can solve the problem. Some computers, especially ones you use at work, may have firewalls and other restrictions that might interfere with your research.
Restart your computer. Restart your computer using the restart button and not the shutdown button. Restarting your computer is a simple, but it is surprisingly effective step.
Recommended Computer Specifications
Computer hardware
Processor: Intel Core i5 and higher or AMD equivalent
Memory: 8 GB
Hard Drive: 160 GB and higher
Computers using Microsoft Windows
Supported operating systems: Windows 7, 8 and 10
Supported versions of Microsoft Office: Office 365 and Office 2013 and higher
Supported internet browsers: Internet Explorer: MS Edge or Internet Explorer (latest version), Google Chrome (latest version), Mozilla Firefox (latest version)
Apple Computers
Supported operating systems: Mac OS 10.12 (Sierra) or higher
Supported versions of Microsoft Office: Office 365 and Office 2016 and higher
Supported internet Browsers: Apple Safari 10 and higher (latest version), Google Chrome (latest version), and Mozilla Firefox (latest version)
If you are still having difficulty, please contact a UI&U Librarian or the IT Help Desk. We would be happy to troubleshoot the problem with you.
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Jan 06, 2023
Theses
Congratulations! You are nearing the end of your academic journey! Now comes the final challenge…writing your master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation. The UI&U Library has many resources that will help you to plan, research and create your culminating work. Faculty supervisors, we’ve also included a few titles for you. Your UI&U Librarians have highlighted some favorites, but there are many more theses and dissertation handbooks in OneSearch.
We welcome any suggestions from students and faculty about other ebooks that would help to improve our collection, so please let us know of any helpful and interesting titles!
“The New York Times best-selling book on academic writing―in use at more than 1,500 schools.
“They Say / I Say” identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves. And, because these moves are central across all disciplines, the book includes chapters on writing in the sciences, writing in the social sciences, and―new to this edition―writing about literature.” -Publisher
“Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to academic writing. For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions, and for specialists who want to write for a larger audience but are unsure where to begin, here are imaginative, practical, witty pointers that show how to make articles and books a pleasure to read―and to write. Dispelling the myth that you cannot get published without writing wordy, impersonal prose, Sword shows how much journal editors and readers welcome work that avoids excessive jargon and abstraction. Sword’s analysis of more than a thousand peer-reviewed articles across a wide range of fields documents a startling gap between how academics typically describe good writing and the turgid prose they regularly produce. Stylish Academic Writing showcases a range of scholars from the sciences, humanities, and social sciences who write with vividness and panache. Individual chapters take up specific elements of style, such as titles and headings, chapter openings, and structure, and close with examples of transferable techniques that any writer can master.” -Publisher
Proposal
Writing a Proposal for Your Dissertation: Guidelines and Examples. This user-friendly guide helps students get started on–and complete–a successful doctoral dissertation proposal by accessibly explaining the process and breaking it down into manageable steps. Steven R. Terrell demonstrates how to write each chapter of the proposal, including the problem statement, purpose statement, and research questions and hypotheses; literature review; and detailed plan for data collection and analysis. Of special utility, end-of-chapter exercises serve as building blocks for developing a full draft of an original proposal. Numerous case study examples are drawn from across the social, behavioral, and health science disciplines. Appendices present an exemplary proposal written three ways to encompass quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods designs. –Publisher’s description
Masters
Doing Your Master’s Dissertation: From Start to Finish. Just starting your Master′s? Worried about your dissertation? This book is an indispensable] guide to writing a successful Master′s dissertation. The book begins by addressing issues you′ll face in the early stages of writing a dissertation, such as deciding on what to research, planning your project and searching for literature online. It then guides you through different aspects of carrying out your research and writing up, helping you to: write a research proposal, choose one or more methods, write the introduction and conclusion, discuss the literature, analyze your findings, edit and reference, formulate research questions, and build your argument. –Publisher’s description
How to Write a Thesis. How to Write a Thesis [by Rowena Murray] provides an invaluable resource to help students consider, plan and write their theses. The third edition of this best-selling and well loved book builds on the success of the second edition. –Publisher’s description
Writing A Successful Thesis Or Dissertation: Tips And Strategies For Students In The Social And Behavioral Sciences. The advice and resources you need to complete your thesis or dissertation! Written in a conversational style for both faculty and students, this how-to manual covers quantitative and qualitative research methods and provides comprehensive guidance for successfully completing a master′s thesis or doctoral dissertation. Drawing on 40 years of experience supervising dissertations, the authors provide examples from 100 completed projects to guide readers through: choosing a topic and writing research hypotheses, selecting a chair or committee, ensuring a successful proposal and oral defense, adapting the finished product for publication, using the Internet and desktop publishing effectively. –Publisher’s description
Doctoral
Destination Dissertation: A Traveler’s Guide to a Done Dissertation. Dissertations aren’t walls to scale or battles to fight; they are destinations along the path to a professional career. Destination Dissertation is a handbook that helps students successfully develop and complete their dissertations. It uses travel as a metaphor framing the process as an exciting trip of 29 steps that can be completed in less than nine months. Designed for use by students in all disciplines and for both quantitative and qualitative dissertations, the book shows concrete and efficient processes for completing those parts of the dissertation where students tend to get stuck, from conceptualizing a topic to editing the final work. It includes a wealth of real-life examples from throughout the dissertation process, such as creating the proposal and coding data. This time-tested method comes from the authors’ successful work at the Denver-based Scholars’ Retreat. –Publisher’s description
How to Write a Thesis By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italy’s most celebrated intellectuals, a distinguished academic and the author of influential works on semiotics. Some years before that, in 1977, Eco published a little book for his students, How to Write a Thesis, in which he offered useful advice on all the steps involved in researching and writing a thesis — from choosing a topic to organizing a work schedule to writing the final draft. Now in its twenty-third edition in Italy and translated into seventeen languages, How to Write a Thesis has become a classic… -Publisher’s Description Also Available as an Audiobook.
Publishing a Dissertation
From Dissertation to Book. Since its publication in 2005, From Dissertation to Book has helped thousands of young academic authors get their books beyond the thesis committee and into the hands of interested publishers and general readers. Now revised and updated to reflect the evolution of scholarly publishing, this edition includes a new chapter arguing that the future of academic writing is in the hands of young scholars who must create work that meets the broader expectations of readers rather than the narrow requirements of academic committees… –Publisher’s description
Revising your Dissertation: Advice from Leading Editors. The aftermath of graduate school can be particularly trying for those under pressure to publish their dissertations. Written with good cheer and jammed with information, this lively guide offers hard-to-find practical advice on successfully turning a dissertation into a book or journal articles that will appeal to publishers and readers. It will help prospective authors master writing and revision skills, better understand the publishing process, and increase their chances of getting their work into print. This edition features new tips and planning tables to facilitate project scheduling, and a new foreword by Sandford G. Thatcher, Director of Penn State University Press. –Publisher’s description
Faculty Supervision
Making the Implicit Explicit: Creating Performance Expectations for the Dissertation Despite their and other stakeholders’ consistent demand for excellence, doctoral programs have rarely, if ever, been assessed in terms of the quality of the dissertations departments produce. Yet dissertations provide the most powerful, objective measure of the success of a department’s doctoral program. Indeed, assessment, when done properly, can help departments achieve excellence by providing insight into a program’s strengths and weaknesses. This book and the groundbreaking study on which it is based is about making explicit to doctoral students the tacit “rules” for the assessment of the final of all final educational products—the dissertation… –Publisher’s description
Understanding Supervision and the PhD. Explores the experience of supervision and the PhD, drawing on a range of key viewpoints to further understanding of this complex educational experience. –Publisher’s description
Designing and Teaching Undergraduate Capstone Courses. Designing and Teaching Undergraduate Capstone Courses is a practical, research-backed guide to creating a course that is valuable for both the student and the school. The book covers the design, administration, and teaching of capstone courses throughout the undergraduate curriculum, guiding departments seeking to add a capstone course, and allowing those who have one to compare it to others in the discipline. The ideas presented in the book are supported by regional and national surveys that help the reader understand what’s common, what’s exceptional, what works, and what doesn’t within capstone courses. -Publisher’s description
For your enjoyment, here is a comic about e-books from Jeffrey Koterba. The original can be found on jeffrey.koterba.com and is used with permission. As a kid, Jeff began drawing cartoons as an escape from the pandemonium surrounding him—a house filled with broken TVs his dad fixed and sold for extra money. A jazz drummer whose big dreams never panned out, his dad displayed tics—symptoms of Tourette’s Syndrome, a condition Jeff inherited. From the canyons of electronics and discouragement great and small, emerged a young man determined to follow his creative spirit to grand heights. He found himself on a journey back to the father he once longed to escape.Inklings is an exuberant, heart-felt memoir infused with a uniquely irresistible optimism.
Congratulations! You are nearing the end of your academic journey! Now comes the final challenge…writing your master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation. There are many resources that will help you to plan, research and create your culminating work. Faculty supervisors, we’ve also included a few titles for you. Your UI&U Librarians have highlighted some favorites, but there are many more dissertation handbooks in OneSearch. We welcome any suggestions from students and faculty about other ebooks that would help to improve our collection, so please let us know of any helpful and interesting titles!
“The New York Times best-selling book on academic writing―in use at more than 1,500 schools.
“They Say / I Say” identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves.” -Publisher
“Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to academic writing. For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions, and for specialists who want to write for a larger audience but are unsure where to begin, here are imaginative, practical, witty pointers that show how to make articles and books a pleasure to read―and to write. Dispelling the myth that you cannot get published without writing wordy, impersonal prose, Sword shows how much journal editors and readers welcome work that avoids excessive jargon and abstraction. Sword’s analysis of more than a thousand peer-reviewed articles across a wide range of fields documents a startling gap between how academics typically describe good writing and the turgid prose they regularly produce. Stylish Academic Writing showcases a range of scholars from the sciences, humanities, and social sciences who write with vividness and panache. Individual chapters take up specific elements of style, such as titles and headings, chapter openings, and structure, and close with examples of transferable techniques that any writer can master.” -Publisher
Writing a Proposal for Your Dissertation: Guidelines and Examples. This user-friendly guide helps students get started on–and complete–a successful doctoral dissertation proposal by accessibly explaining the process and breaking it down into manageable steps. Steven R. Terrell demonstrates how to write each chapter of the proposal, including the problem statement, purpose statement, and research questions and hypotheses; literature review; and detailed plan for data collection and analysis. Of special utility, end-of-chapter exercises serve as building blocks for developing a full draft of an original proposal. Numerous case study examples are drawn from across the social, behavioral, and health science disciplines. Appendices present an exemplary proposal written three ways to encompass quantitative, qualitative, and mixed-methods designs. –Publisher’s description
Destination Dissertation: A Traveler’s Guide to a Done Dissertation. Dissertations aren’t walls to scale or battles to fight; they are destinations along the path to a professional career. Destination Dissertation is a handbook that helps students successfully develop and complete their dissertations. It uses travel as a metaphor framing the process as an exciting trip of 29 steps that can be completed in less than nine months. Designed for use by students in all disciplines and for both quantitative and qualitative dissertations, the book shows concrete and efficient processes for completing those parts of the dissertation where students tend to get stuck, from conceptualizing a topic to editing the final work. It includes a wealth of real-life examples from throughout the dissertation process, such as creating the proposal and coding data. This time-tested method comes from the authors’ successful work at the Denver-based Scholars’ Retreat. –Publisher’s description
Students entering a graduate program often encounter a new type of assignment that differs from the papers they had to write in high school or as college undergraduates: the literature review (also known as a critical review essay). Put briefly, a literature review summarizes and evaluates a body of writings about a specific topic. The need to conduct such reviews is by no means limited to graduate students; scholarly researchers generally carry out literature reviews throughout their research careers. In a world where the Internet has broadened the range of potentially relevant sources, however, doing a literature review can pose challenges even to an experienced researcher.In drafting this overview, I have incorporated some points made by Paul Pitman in a lecture delivered to students at the Naval Postgraduate School. I have also incorporated some suggestions contained in a handout prepared by John Odell for students in the School of International Relations at the University of Southern California. -Extract
This accessible text provides a roadmap for producing a high-quality literature review–an integral part of a successful thesis, dissertation, term paper, or grant proposal. Each step of searching for, evaluating, analyzing, and synthesizing prior studies is clearly explained and accompanied by user-friendly suggestions, organizational tips, vignettes, and examples of student work. Also featured are excerpts from peer-reviewed quantitative, qualitative, and mixed methods articles. This is the first book to focus on crafting different types of reviews (systematic, traditional–narrative, or hermeneutic–phenomenological) that reflect the writer’s research question, methodological choices, and approaches to knowledge. It describes what all reviews have in common and highlights distinct characteristics of each type. The book includes dos and don’ts for evaluating studies and constructing an argument, and software suggestions for locating, organizing, and arranging sources. -Publisher’s Description
Revising your Dissertation: Advice from Leading Editors. The aftermath of graduate school can be particularly trying for those under pressure to publish their dissertations. Written with good cheer and jammed with information, this lively guide offers hard-to-find practical advice on successfully turning a dissertation into a book or journal articles that will appeal to publishers and readers. It will help prospective authors master writing and revision skills, better understand the publishing process, and increase their chances of getting their work into print. This edition features new tips and planning tables to facilitate project scheduling, and a new foreword by Sandford G. Thatcher, Director of Penn State University Press. –Publisher’s description
How to Write a Thesis By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italy’s most celebrated intellectuals, a distinguished academic and the author of influential works on semiotics. Some years before that, in 1977, Eco published a little book for his students, How to Write a Thesis, in which he offered useful advice on all the steps involved in researching and writing a thesis -Publisher’s Description Also Available as an Audiobook.
From Dissertation to Book. Since its publication in 2005, From Dissertation to Book has helped thousands of young academic authors get their books beyond the thesis committee and into the hands of interested publishers and general readers. Now revised and updated to reflect the evolution of scholarly publishing, this edition includes a new chapter arguing that the future of academic writing is in the hands of young scholars who must create work that meets the broader expectations of readers rather than the narrow requirements of academic committees… –Publisher’s description
Faculty Supervision
Making the Implicit Explicit: Creating Performance Expectations for the Dissertation Despite their and other stakeholders’ consistent demand for excellence, doctoral programs have rarely, if ever, been assessed in terms of the quality of the dissertations departments produce. Yet dissertations provide the most powerful, objective measure of the success of a department’s doctoral program. Indeed, assessment, when done properly, can help departments achieve excellence by providing insight into a program’s strengths and weaknesses. This book and the groundbreaking study on which it is based is about making explicit to doctoral students the tacit “rules” for the assessment of the final of all final educational products—the dissertation… –Publisher’s description
Understanding Supervision and the PhD. Explores the experience of supervision and the PhD, drawing on a range of key viewpoints to further understanding of this complex educational experience. –Publisher’s description
Designing and Teaching Undergraduate Capstone Courses. Designing and Teaching Undergraduate Capstone Courses is a practical, research-backed guide to creating a course that is valuable for both the student and the school. The book covers the design, administration, and teaching of capstone courses throughout the undergraduate curriculum, guiding departments seeking to add a capstone course, and allowing those who have one to compare it to others in the discipline. The ideas presented in the book are supported by regional and national surveys that help the reader understand what’s common, what’s exceptional, what works, and what doesn’t within capstone courses. -Publisher’s description
Whether you are interested in publishing your research or just want to improve your academic writing skills, the UI&U Library is here to help. Check out the library’s newest e-books for tips on persuasive and effective writing, finding the right home for your research, and understanding the publishing process. You can also access additional publishing and writing resources in OneSearch.
“The New York Times best-selling book on academic writing―in use at more than 1,500 schools.
“They Say / I Say” identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have said and providing templates to help them make those moves. And, because these moves are central across all disciplines, the book includes chapters on writing in the sciences, writing in the social sciences, and―new to this edition―writing about literature.” -Publisher
“With more than three-quarters of a million copies sold since its first publication, The Craft of Research has helped generations of researchers at every level—from first-year undergraduates to advanced graduate students to research reporters in business and government—learn how to conduct effective and meaningful research. Conceived by seasoned researchers and educators Wayne C. Booth, Gregory G. Colomb, and Joseph M. Williams, this fundamental work explains how to find and evaluate sources, anticipate and respond to reader reservations, and integrate these pieces into an argument that stands up to reader critique.” -Publisher
“Now in its fifth edition, Academic Writing helps international students succeed in writing essays and reports for their English-language academic courses. Thoroughly revised and updated, it is designed to let teachers and students easily find the topics they need, both in the classroom and for self-study. The book consists of five parts: The Writing Process Elements of Writing Language Issues Vocabulary for Writing Writing Models The first part explains and practises every stage of essay writing, from choosing the best sources, reading and note-making, through to referencing and proofreading. The four remaining parts, organised alphabetically, can be taught in conjunction with the first part or used on a remedial basis. A progress check at the end of each part allows students to assess their learning. All units are fully cross-referenced, and a complete set of answers to the practice exercises is included. New topics in this edition include Writing in Groups, Written British and American English, and Writing Letters and Emails. In addition, the new interactive website has a full set of teaching notes as well as more challenging exercises, revision material and links to other sources. Additional features of the book include: Models provided for writing tasks such as case studies and essays Use of authentic academic texts from a wide range of disciplines Designed for self-study as well as classroom use Useful at both undergraduate and postgraduate level Glossary to explain technical terms, plus index Written to deal with the specific language issues faced by international students, this practical, user-friendly book is an invaluable guide to academic writing in English.” -Publisher
“The Handbook of Scholarly Writing and Publishing is a groundbreaking resource that offers emerging and experienced scholars from all disciplines a comprehensive review of the essential elements needed to craft scholarly papers and other writing suitable for submission to academic journals. The authors discuss the components of different types of manuscripts, explain the submission process, and offer readers suggestions for working with editors and coauthors, dealing with rejection, and rewriting and resubmitting their work. They include advice for developing quality writing skills, outline the fundamentals of a good review, and offer guidance for becoming an excellent manuscript reviewer.” -Publisher
“Elegant data and ideas deserve elegant expression, argues Helen Sword in this lively guide to academic writing. For scholars frustrated with disciplinary conventions, and for specialists who want to write for a larger audience but are unsure where to begin, here are imaginative, practical, witty pointers that show how to make articles and books a pleasure to read―and to write. Dispelling the myth that you cannot get published without writing wordy, impersonal prose, Sword shows how much journal editors and readers welcome work that avoids excessive jargon and abstraction. Sword’s analysis of more than a thousand peer-reviewed articles across a wide range of fields documents a startling gap between how academics typically describe good writing and the turgid prose they regularly produce. Stylish Academic Writing showcases a range of scholars from the sciences, humanities, and social sciences who write with vividness and panache. Individual chapters take up specific elements of style, such as titles and headings, chapter openings, and structure, and close with examples of transferable techniques that any writer can master.” -Publisher
“Getting a qualitative article or book published involves more than simply doing the research, writing it up, and sending it off. You also need to know how to navigate the social relations of presenting your work to the journal editor or book publisher—and how to craft your message to them—if you want to be successful. Written by a highly-respected publisher of qualitative research, this brief, practical resource shows you how to identify the right home for your work. It also guides you through the publications process– from crafting the abstract to writing, production, and marketing–once you’ve found the best publisher. The author -demystifies what publishers and journal editors do, how they make their decisions on qualitative articles, research studies, and methods. [Also] discusses edited books, how to publish from your dissertation, and when to consider open access and electronic publications. Includes case studies, appendixes, forms, and resources to help the aspiring academic” -Publisher
“This concise and practical volume guides the reader through the process of article writing for submission to scholarly journals. It provides helpful examples and clarification of the steps involved and will prove to be an invaluable resource for both novice and experienced researchers. Chapters include selecting a topic, proposal design, research design and methodological considerations, submitting an article for publication and the role of critical readers.” -Publisher
“This accessible, informative and entertaining book provides practical strategies to help maximize the chances of success in getting your work published in the journal of your choice. It offers advice on vital topics such as: how to write and get the style right; what to select for publication; how to plan for success; how to cope with writer’s block; working with editors and reviewers; and how to cope with rejection. It is a must-have book for anyone seeking to write for successful journal publication.” -Publisher
“Using rich examples and engaging pedagogical tools, this book equips students to master the challenges of academic writing in graduate school and beyond. The authors delve into nitty-gritty aspects of structure, style, and language, and offer a window onto the thought processes and strategies that strong writers rely on. Essential topics include how to: identify the audience for a particular piece of writing; craft a voice appropriate for a discipline-specific community of practice; compose the sections of a qualitative, quantitative, or mixed-methods research article; select the right peer-reviewed journal for submitting an article; and navigate the publication process. Readers are also guided to build vital self-coaching skills in order to stay motivated and complete projects successfully.” -Publisher
“How do you write good research articles — articles that are interesting, compelling, and easy to understand? How do you write papers that influence the field instead of falling into obscurity? Write It Up offers a practical and revealing look at how productive researchers write strong articles. The book’s guiding idea is that academics should write to make an impact, not just to get something published somewhere. Your work will be more influential if you approach it reflectively and strategically. Based on his experience as an author, journal editor, and reviewer, Paul Silvia offers systematic approaches to problems like picking journals; cultivating the right tone and style; managing collaborative projects and coauthors; crafting effective Introduction, Method, Results, and Discussion sections; and submitting and resubmitting papers to journals. With its light-hearted style and practical advice, Write It Up will help graduate students struggling with writing their first paper, early career professors who need advice on how to write better articles, and seasoned academic writers looking to refresh their writing strategy or style.” -Publisher
“This is not a standard guide to writing a dissertation, thesis, project report, journal article or book. Rather, this book will help researchers who are dissatisfied with the typical recipe approaches to standardized forms of writing-up and want to explore how academic writing can be used to greater effect. Packed with examples from a range of writing projects (papers, dissertations, theses, reports, journal articles and books), this book provides a practical and refreshing way to approach and present research. Through case studies the authors offer a step-by-step guide from the early stages of planning a writing project, whether an undergraduate paper or a professional publication, to the polishing processes that make the difference between a merely descriptive account to an argument that intends to be critical and persuasive. This book will inspire a wide range of researchers from undergraduates to postgraduates, early career researchers and experienced professionals… and demonstrate how research can have more impact in the real world. -Publisher
This book is for graduate students–and others–who want to become more productive writers. It’s especially written for those who want to:
• increase their motivation, focus, and persistence to move a project to completion
• overcome procrastination and perfectionistic tendencies
• reduce (or write in spite of) their anxiety and fear of writing
• manage their time, work, energy (and advisor) for greater productivity
The process or craft of sustained writing is not a matter that’s taught to undergraduate or graduate students as part of their studies, leaving most at sea about how to start a practice that is central to a career in academe and vital in many other professional occupations.
This book grew out of conversations Jan Allen has held with her graduate students for over 30 years and reflects the fruit of the writing workshops and boot camps she has conducted at three universities, her own and numerous colleagues’ experiences with writing and advising, as well as the feedback she receives from her popular Productive Writer listserv.
While Jan Allen recognizes that writing is not an innate talent for most of us, she demonstrates that it is a process based on skills which we can identify, learn, practice and refine. She focuses both on the process and habits of writing as well as on helping you uncover what kind of writer are you, and reflect on your challenges and successes. With a light touch and an engaging sense of humor, she proposes strategies to overcome procrastination and distractions, and build a writing practice to enable you to become a more productive and prolific writer.
Jan Allen proposes that you read one of her succinct chapters – each devoted to a specific strategy or writing challenge – each day, or once a week. When you find one that increases your concentration, motivation or endurance, make it a habit. Try it for two weeks, charting the resulting increased productivity. It will become part of your repertoire of writing and productivity tools to which you can progressively add.
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Nov 04, 2022
Smart Shopping
Smart shopping involves saving time and money by selecting the best product. You don’t want something that will fall apart within the year, and that requires product research. The library collection includes magazines with product reviews, such as Consumer Reports and Wired.
To find product reviews, use the search box on the library homepage. Search for your product or product type, i.e. “coffee makers” (see search tips tutorial).
Once in OneSearch, limit the search results by adding the keyword “reviews” to the search box or specifying “Reviews” as the Source Type (limits to product reviews, book reviews, film reviews, etc.). You can narrow the search results further by limiting the publication date to the last few years.
Wirecutter
Another great place for product research is Wirecutter, which is owned by the New York Times. “Wirecutter is a list of the best gear and gadgets for people who want to save the time and stress of figuring out what to buy. Whatever sort of thing you need—tableware or TV or air purifier—we make shopping for it easy by telling you the best one to get…our recommendations are made through vigorous reporting, interviewing, and testing by teams of veteran journalists, scientists, and researchers. Consider us a best-of list for everyday things; a curated gallery filled with only interesting, useful objects; a thank-you note to the designers and engineers who create the stuff that makes our lives better; a geeky friend with next-level research skills who tests everything they buy so you don’t have to. The point is to make buying great gear quickly easier so you can get on with living your life.”
So before you hit the sales, make sure you are getting the best value for your money with product reviews.
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Oct 21, 2022
You Deserve a Librarian
The UI&U Librarians are committed to helping you succeed. We know that juggling life as a student is a challenge, and we want to make the library work for you. You deserve a librarian.
During regular library hours, you can contact a librarian by phone (513-487-1487) or email (library@myunion.edu). No appointment is needed. Regular hours are Monday through Friday, 9 am – 5 pm Eastern (6 am – 2 pm Pacific).
For assistance outside of regular hours, please schedule an appointment. We’ve made this easy to do by adding a scheduling form to the Ask a Librarian page.
We hope to hear from you soon!
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Oct 07, 2022
Stay Current with Journals in your Field
Reading the top journals in your field is a great way to stay up-to-date, and the library is full of free, peer-reviewed journals!
Popular journals in the library’s collection include: Academy of Management Review, Journal of Clinical Child & Adolescent Psychology, Signs, Journal of Human Lactation, Police Chief, Research on Social Work Practice, and the American Political Science Review.
The library collection even includes popular magazines such as Oprah, The Smithsonian, and Consumer Reports.
Your librarians are ready to help you find the right journals for you, and to set-up alerts so new issues are delivered straight to your inbox! There is also a journals alert tutorial in the library’s help center with journal suggestions and instructions for creating an alert.
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Sep 23, 2022
New to Interlibrary Loan?
In addition to the many resources available from the UI&U Library, current students, faculty, and staff can request articles and book chapters using the library’s free Interlibrary Loan Service, ILLiad. With OneSearch, placing a request is easy. Just select “Request through interlibrary loan,” and OneSearch will fill in the citation information for you. Verify that the information is correct, and click Submit Request. If the library is able to borrow the article or book chapter, it will be delivered electronically to your email, usually within one week.
Note: The first time you use interlibrary loan, you will need to create an ILLiad account:
From the Library Website, select the Interlibrary Loan Tab.
Select “Create an Account or Place a Request.”
You will be directed to login using your Union ID# and password.
Next, enter your contact information, and select “Submit Information.”
Now, you are ready to begin using Interlibrary services! From this page, you can view outstanding requests, submit requests, and update your contact information, if needed. Need additional assistance? Check out the library’s Interlibrary Loan FAQs or Contact a Librarian.
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Sep 09, 2022
Alumni: New Password for Academic Search Alumni Edition
Alumni of Union Institute & University have access to Academic Search Alumni Edition, which provides access to more than 3,190 trade and research journals in the humanities, arts, businesses, social sciences, and health sciences. You can learn more on the library’s Alumni Services page.
Please use the username myunion to access the database. The password changes each fall, and can be obtained by contacting the library at library@myunion.edu. The new password will go live on October 11th.
Posted By: Susan at 8:00 am
Date: Tue, Sep 06, 2022
Copyright Self-Assessment Game for Faculty
Confused about copyright? Interested in learning more about the copyright-safe images, videos, and other resources available for your courses? The library’s Copyright for Online Courses page explains many of the complex issues surrounding copyright. These issues often pose a challenge for dedicated instructors who want to make their courses interesting using multimedia resources. We designed the page with the busy professor in mind. It focuses on the most common issues and questions that can occur in the online course environment.
The copyright page now includes a faculty self-assessment with 14 questions and a drag & drop game faculty can use to sharpen their knowledge about copyright. Enjoy!
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Sep 02, 2022
Make this your Best Term Yet
Would you like to become a better presenter? Better at organizing your time? Interested in finally mastering APA citations? The UI&U Library has many handbooks, videos, and other resources that can help make this your best term yet!
UI&U Librarians strive to provide interesting news announcements every week. During the past year, we highlighted: research tips, citation tools, new ebooks and videos, and much more. Although you can always view news announcements on the library homepage, you can now have them delivered directly to your inbox.
If you use an RSS feed reader like Outlook or feedly.com, you can add the UI&U Library news using this address: http://library.myunion.edu/feed
Add the UI&U Library RSS feed to Outlook*:
1. In MS Outlook, click the File tab.
2. Click Account Settings, and then click Account Settings.
3. On the RSS Feeds tab, click New.
4. In the New RSS Feed dialog box, type http://library.myunion.edu/feed
5. Click Add.
6. Click OK.
10 Ways the Library Transforms your Academic Journey
Dear Students:
It’s National Library Week and this year’s theme is Libraries Transform. During this week of celebration, we want to share with you 10 ways the library can transform your academic journey.
1. Vast resources Our library offers a growing collection of 150+ research databases, containing over 60,000 journals, 250,000 e-books, and millions of theses and dissertations from universities worldwide. Start searching here.
2. Trusted research
The library provides access to academic, scholarly resources that offer accurate information to support your research.
3. Personal service
We provide quality, friendly service. Our librarians are available to meet with you individually, and are willing to work around your busy schedule. Librarian assistance is available by email (library@myunion.edu) and phone (513-487-1487). Schedule your appointment today.
4. Work from the convenience of home
The library offers students flexibility and convenience that is only a click away. You don’t have to find a parking space, or physically search for books.
5. Citations made easy
Working with the APA or MLA citation styles? Our databases have citation tools that will automatically format citations for your bibliography.
6. Stay current
Librarians can help you identify the top journals in your field. With database journal alerts, new journal issues will be delivered directly to your inbox. Sign up today.
7. Interlibrary loan
Need a book or article that is not in the library? Place an interlibrary loan request and we will get it from another library for free!
8. Career & job search
Looking for a job or polishing your professional skills? The library has hundreds of resources that offer the knowledge and tools to help you on your search.
9. Support
Don’t go it alone. Facing a daunting paper? Librarians are ready to help you think it through and find the sources you need to ace your assignment. Let’s start that project together.
10: Just for fun
We think research is fun. To help you improve your research skills and have fun, we developed a treasure hunt with six clues hidden throughout the library website.
Matthew Pappathan
Director of Library Services
Union Institute & University
Posted By: Susan at 12:00 pm
Date: Fri, Aug 12, 2022
Foxtrot Wikipedia Comic
For your enjoyment, here is Wikipedia Comic by Foxtrot author Bill Amend. To find more fun Foxtrot comics, please visit Foxtrot.com! When your done, watch the video below to learn about the ways you CAN use Wikipedia as part of the research process.
Using Wikipedia for Academic Research by Michael Baird (CC BY-NC-SA 3.0)
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Aug 12, 2022
DOAJ: Free Articles for Life
The development of open-access journals has been one of the most exciting developments in academic scholarship during the last two decades. Open-access journals are free publications that are available to everyone without hindrance of subscription fees, logins, contracts, or other barriers. They provide universal access to research and knowledge.
Access to this journal content has been facilitated by the development of open access databases, most notably the Directory of Open Access Journals (DOAJ). Maintained by the Infrastructure Services for Open Access, the database provides access to over 2 million journal articles from countries throughout the world. This is a multidisciplinary database with coverage in the arts, biology, business, environmental sciences, medicine, history, literature, mathematics, philosophy, and the social sciences. All journals are also peer-review or have editorial quality control, making DOAJ an excellent resource high quality, current research.
The Microsoft Office 2010 Speak (text-to-speech) feature can be used to proofread papers in MS Word and emails in MS Outlook.
Add the Speak Icon (one time)
1) Open MS Word or Outlook
2) In the top, left-hand corner you will see several icons. Usually a save icon, undo/redo icons, and a black arrow pointing down, which is the Customize Quick Access Toolbar button.
3) Go to: Customize Quick Access Toolbar button > More Commands > Change default “Popular Commands” to “All Commands”
4) Scroll down and highlight the “Speak” option
5) Click “Add >>”
6) Click “OK” to return to the document
Use the Speak Button
1) Highlight the text you want read aloud or use the keyboard shortcut Control+A to highlight the entire document
2) Click the Speak button on the Quick Toolbar
To view a demonstration of the Speak tool, please watch the view below.
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Jul 08, 2022
Librarians Who Changed History
Here is a list of 25 librarians who changed history for better and for worse from Laura Mulligan’s former OnlineBestColleges blog.
1. Ben Franklin: Ben Franklin didn’t sit behind a circulation desk and help college kids find research materials, but he is still a legitimate librarian. In 1731, Franklin and his philosophy group Junto organized the “Articles of Agreement,” which set up the nation’s first library. Their library, called The Library Company, was first meant to benefit only the members of Junto, so that they could share books on the issues they discussed during meetings. It was organized as a subscription library, and members of Junto payed a small fee to retrieve books.
Franklin was actually the second librarian, and the Company grew to include more books than most university libraries at the time, plus artifacts like coins and fossils. Over time, The Library Company granted access to members of the Second Continental Congress, the Constitutional Convention and others.
2. Melvil Dewey: Founder of the Dewey Decimal System, Melvil Dewey was born in New York in 1851. While a student at Amherst College, he worked in the school library to support his living expenses and stayed on as a librarian after graduation. After experimenting with different cataloging and organization methods for library collections, Amherst College published his work A Classification and Subject Index for Cataloguing and Arranging the Books and Pamphlets of a Library. Dewey has been named the “Father of Modern Librarianship” and even helped created the American Library Association in 1876.
3. Eratosthenes: The Greek scholar Eratosthenes discovered the system of latitude and longitude and made significant contributions to astronomy. Eratosthenes was also the chief librarian of the Great Library of Alexandria.
4. Saint Lawrence: As one of the patron saints of librarians, Saint Lawrence, or Lawrence of Rome, was a Catholic deacon who was killed by the Romans in 258 for refusing to turn over the collection of Christian treasures and documents he was entrusted to protect.
5. Mao Zedong: Mao Zedong, the man responsible for uniting China during the 1940s and 50s when he organized the People’s Republic of China, was a librarian. In 1918, Mao lived in Peking China as a young man, he was as assistant librarian at Peking University. The chief librarian at Peking University was a Marxist, and succeeded in converting Mao to communism.
6. Seyd Mohammad Khatami: Seyd Mohammad Khatami was the fifth president of Iran and a former Iran Minister of Culture. He is also a former head of the National Library and Archives Organisation of Iran. He is considered to be a reformist in Iranian culture and politics, supporting freedom of expression and foreign diplomacy.
7. Golda Meir: Golda Meir was the fourth prime minister of Israel, from 1969-1974. She was also one of the twenty-four who signed the Israeli declaration of independence in 1948; am ambassador to the Soviet Union; Minister of Labour from 1949-1956, and the inspiration for the Broadway play Golda, which starred Anne Bancroft. Before her distinguished political career, however, Golda Meir worked as a librarian.
8. J. Edgar Hoover: As the legendary director of the FBI, J. Edgar Hoover led domestic investigations from 1924-1972, as head of the Bureau of Investigation and when he founded the FBI in 1935. In his early life, however, Hoover went to night school at George Washington University and supported himself by working at the Library of Congress. There, he was a messenger, cataloguer and clerk. In 1919, Hoover left the Library of Congress and worked as a special assistant to the Attorney General.
9. John J. Beckley: John J. Beckley is recognized as being the first political campaign manager in the U.S. He was also the first Librarian of the United States Congress, serving from 1802-1807. In 1789, he was sponsored by James Madison to be the Clerk of the House and supported the new Republic party in 1792, backed by Thomas Jefferson and James Madison.
10. Giacomo Casanova: The infamous spy, writer, diplomat and lover Casanova was born in Venice during the first half of the 18th century. Although he studied to become a priest at the University of Padua and the seminary of St. Cypria, Casanova is well-known for being a drinker and for having scandalous love affairs with numerous women. Later in life, he worked as a librarian for the Count of Waldstein in Dux, Bohemia.
11. Pope Pius XI, or Achille Ratti: Pope Pius XI served from 1929 -1939, during which time he established the feast of Christ the King and spoke out against social justice crimes and unethical financial corruption practices. Before he became pope, Ratti was a librarian and scholar, and at the Vatican, Pope Pius XI famously reorganized the archives.
12. David Hume: Scotsman David Hume contributed greatly to 18th century philosophy and economics, writing important works like Dialogues Concerning Natural Religion and A Treatise on Human Nature. He was an anti-Mercantilist, and according to The New School, Hume “was also one of the better articulators of the Quantity Theory and the neutrality of money.” In 1752, Hume became a librarian at the Advocate’s Library in Edinburgh, where he wrote his famous History of England.
13. Marcel Duchamp: Marcel Duchamp is considered to be one of the most significant and influential modern artists of the Dadaist and Surrealist movements. Duchamp was born in the Haute-Normandie region in France, where he took drawing and painting classes as a child. In the early 1900s, Duchamp experimented with Cubism, nude works, and was active in the intellectual and artistic groups influencing the newest culture and trends in Paris at the time. Around 1912, Duchamp became tired of painting and worked as a librarian at the Bibliotheque Sainte-Genvieve, during which he devoted his time to math and physics experiments.
14. Lewis Carroll: The author of Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass, Lewis Carroll’s real name was Charles Lutwidge Dodgson. Dodgson grew up in Cheshire and Yorkshire, England, and after graduating from Oxford with a B.A. in mathematics, he became a sub-librarian at Christ Church there. He left that position in 1857 to become a Mathematical Lecturer. Dodgson first told the story of Alice Adventures in Wonderland to the three daughters of the Dean of Christ Church, in 1862. The book was published three years later and continues to be a popular and significant work of fiction today.
15. Beverly Cleary: Popular children’s book author Beverly Cleary wrote the Ramona Quimby books and Henry Higgins books and has received three Newbery Medals. But before she became a celebrated author, Beverly grew up in a tiny town in Oregon, where her mother asked the State Library to send books to their farm. During the Depression, Beverly went to junior college in California and later attended the University of California at Berkeley. She then attended the School of Librarianship at the University of Washington, Seattle, and became a children’s librarian.
16. Laura Bush: Former First Lady Laura Bush earned her Master’s degree in Library Science from the University of Texas at Austin after working as an elementary school teacher. As the First Lady of Texas, she supported George W. Bush’s campaigns and started her own public projects regarding education and literacy. When George W. Bush became President of the United States, Laura supported librarian recruitment initiatives and toured many libraries around the world.
17. Madeleine L’Engle: American author Madeleine L’Engle’s A Wrinkle in Time is still a popular book among junior high students and almost like a rite of passage for young fiction readers. She has won multiple Newbery Medals and other awards, but later in life, she served as the librarian and writer-in-residence at Cathedral of St. John the Divine in New York City.
18. Marcel Proust: At once one of the most celebrated and obscure novelists and critics of all time, Marcel Proust once decided to go to school to become a librarian. The French writer was born in 1871, and his most famous work, In Search of Lost Time is still studied today.
19. Jorge Luis Borges: Jorge Luis Borges is an Argentine writer who made significant contributions to fantasy literature in the 20th century. He shared the International Publishers’ Formentor Prize with Samuel Beckett and was a municipal librarian from 1939-1946 in Argentina, before getting fired by the Peron regime. One of his most famous short stories, “The Library of Babel,” depicts the universe as a huge library.
20. Joanna Cole: Joanna Cole’s The Magic School Bus series has served to educate and entertain elementary-aged children about the human body, space, and more. She has also worked as a librarian, a schoolteacher, book editor and writer/producer of the BBC children’s TV show Bod.
21. Jacob Grimm: Grimms’ Fairy Tales was first published in 1812, but the stories, including “Hansel and Gretel,” “Cinderella,” and “Snow White,” are still classic children’s stories constantly reinvented as plays, Disney movies and more. Jacob Grimm worked as a librarian in Kasel, after graduating with a law degree. During this time, Jacob and his brother Wilhelm collected German folk tales from ordinary citizens in hopes of uniting area kingdoms on the basis of sharing a similar culture.
22. Philip Larkin: English poet Philip Larkin was born in 1922 in Coventry. He began publishing poems in 1940 and was even offered the Poet Laureateship of England after the death of Sir John Betjeman, but he declined. Besides writing poetry and novels, Larkin worked as an assistant librarian at the University College of Leicester, a librarian at the University of Hull and was elected to the Board of the British Library in 1984, the same year he received an honorary D.Litt. from Oxford.
23. Stanley Kunitz: Stanley Kunitz is a celebrated American poet who was named the United States Poet Laureate in 2000. He has also been awarded a Guggenheim Foundation fellowship, the Levinson Prize, the National Medal of the Arts, and more. Before being named the U.S. Poet Laureate, Kunitz was Consultant in Poetry at the Library of Congress from 1974-1976.
24. Jessamyn West: Jessamyn West is taking information science into the future with her website, librarian.net. Besides creating the Library 2.0 and “cool librarian” site, West served on the American Library Association Council and strongly promotes the freedom of speech and expression.
25. Nancy Pearl: Nancy Pearl is kind of like a celebrity librarian. She has an action figure and travels around the country giving lectures and spreading the good news of books. She started the trend of city-wide book clubs when she organized the “If All of Seattle Read the Same Book,” program in 1998. She also has a Women’s National Book Association Award, served as Executive Director of the Washington Center for the Book, and wrote an immensely popular, best-selling book called Book Lust.
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Jul 08, 2022
The Library is for Our Staff, Too!
It is common knowledge that university libraries provide resources to support student learning and faculty research, but did you know that our library includes resources for university staff members, too? As a UI&U staff person, you have access to many online periodicals and magazines that can help you to develop professionally while an employee here. These so-called “trade journals” include articles that professionals in a wide variety of fields can read to stay current with best practices directly related to their work expertise. Here are just a few examples of these, all accessible 24 hours a day, every day, via our library website:
Free Subscription to the Chronicle of Higher Education.The Chronicle of Higher Education is the top source for news in post-secondary education. It brings you news stories concerning faculty, administration and technology as well as academic news from around the globe. You also have access to many blogs devoted to different aspects of the university experience and also to the forums where you can connect with people involved in higher education around the country and around the world.As a member of the Union Institute & University community, you have complementary access to the Chronicle of Higher Education using your regular MyUnion username and password. Note: you can ignore the subscribe/login information in the top, right-hand corner of the Chronicle website. Creating a personal account is only needed for posting comments and subscribing to newsletters.
Whether you are a staff member interested in reading more about the latest news and trends in your chosen field of work or a staff supervisor seeking to find convenient and budget-friendly ways to encourage those who work in your department to engage in professional development, our librarians are ready to help you find key professional journals (and e-books, too!) that can keep you at the forefront of your job knowledge. We can also help you to set up an RSS feed that will enable you to have selected articles of interest sent right to your email or mobile device automatically each time they are published.
Interested? Please contact a member of our library reference team at library@myunion.edu or by phone at 513-487-1487 so we can help you get started.
Matt Pappathan
UI&U Library Director
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Jun 24, 2022
Immigration? Gun Control? Read both sides.
U.S. opinion is highly polarized on a number of different political and social issues. These opinions are often based on a person’s individual biases without having been researched thoroughly, or many factors having been taken into consideration. Critical thinking and civil political discourse, however, demand that we actively explore and consider alternative perspectives.
Whether you are researching a topic out of personal interest, or required to include an opposing perspective in an academic paper, the UI&U Library’s Opposing Viewpoints in Context database can help you find the information necessary to provide a sound basis for the perspective that you are investigating. The database includes topic pages on a variety of issues such as gun control, abortion, same-sex marriage, capital punishment, nuclear energy, immigration, and more. Each topic page includes opposing viewpoints, reference materials, historical background information, journal articles, and statistics that you can use to begin your research.
The Opposing Viewpoints database can be accessed from the UI&U Library’s all databases page (go to: library homepage > databases link > scroll to the Opposing Viewpoints in Context database).
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Jun 10, 2022
Saving to OneSearch Folders
Resources in OneSearch can be saved to your OneSearch (or My EBSCOhost) account.
Librarians do not recommend using personal database accounts as it needlessly complicates the researching process. It is easier to save a PDF to your computer or keep a running list of your sources in MS Word.
Note: you must be signed in to permanently save resources. If not signed in, your resources will only be saved for that session and will disappear when you close your browser window. The UI&U Librarians recommend using alternative methods such as downloading or printing the PDF (please see the Saving & Organizing tutorial).
Sign in to OneSearch
1) Go to OneSearch
2) Click Sign In (top, right)
3) Login to your OneSearch (My EBSCOhost) account. If you do not have an account, click the “Create a new Account” link. Then create an account with a login and password of your choice.
Save to Folders
Each item in the search results will have a blue folder/plus mark icon. Click the icon to save. To see your saved resources, click the Folder icon (top, right).
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, Jun 03, 2022
Google Like an Expert
Do you love Google? Interested in learning Google tricks? This HackCollege infographic includes search operators, keyboard shortcuts*, and other strategies for becoming a Google expert!
* Substitute the Control button for the Command button if you are using keyboard shortcuts in Windows.
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, May 27, 2022
Zotero at UI&U
Have you heard of Zotero? Zotero is a powerful citation and research management tool that can save you time and help safe-guard your research. This program allows you to import citations and save PDFs of most resources to your personal Zotero Library. Your Zotero Library helps you organize research, link back to articles and webpages, and provides the information needed to create a bibliography and in-text citations. Zotero is compatible with Microsoft Word and LibreOffice, and using either of these programs, it will instantly generate citations formatted in thousands of styles.
Zotero Library
With the Zotero sync tool, you can access your research from any computer with an internet connection, and it is compatible with most major internet browsers. Perhaps best of all, Zotero is free to use. While this tool usually takes experienced researchers several days to learn, we highly recommend taking the time to master this resource if you are completing graduate-level research. If you are interested in using Zotero, please visit the UI&U help page for step-by-step instructions on creating a Zotero account. Your UI&U Librarians are also available for one-on-one training and assistance.
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Fri, May 13, 2022
OneSearch Quick Tips: Search Results Display
When using OneSearch, your default search results will display as a Brief View. This view shows the title and citation information for each result. If you want to quickly see the summary of a book or article from your search results page, change the result format to Standard by using the Page Options menu, found at the top of your Search Results. The Standard View displays the title and citation plus the first few lines of the abstract, when it’s available. The Detailed View will show the title, citation, and the full abstract. From the page options menu, you can also change the number of search results per page. If you want to save your display preferences, remember to sign in to your OneSearch Account.
Are you planning on publishing? Then you should be aware that not all academic publishers are reputable. One helpful tool in avoiding shady publishers is Beall’s List. Jeffrey Beall is a University of Colorado Librarian who maintains a list of “potential, possible, or probable predatory scholarly open-access publishers.”
You’ve finished the work, and you’re proud of it (as you should be!). But then you begin to wonder: now how do I get this thing published?
Whether you’re looking to sharpen your work through revision, focus on the craft of writing, learn the ins and outs of academic publishing, or focus on online writing, the UI&U Library has you covered. Below is a sample selection of titles to help you polish–and perhaps even publish–your work. For further assistance in accessing similar titles, please feel free to contact us.
Academic Publishing
From Dissertation to Book by Germano
The academic writer’s toolkit by Berger
Getting It Published: A Guide for Scholars and Anyone Else Serious About Serious Books by Germano
Writing for Academic Journals by Murray
The Handbook of Scholarly Writing and Publishing by Rocco
The UI&U Librarians are committed to helping you succeed in your academic program. We know that juggling life as an adult student is a challenge, and we have compiled a list of ways we can make things easier. Please don’t hesitate to get in touch with us if you are struggling to use the library or find the resources you need. We are happy to help and will work around your schedule.
“Sight is an amazing gift, and one which most of us learn from infancy, starting after birth when our eyes learn to focus. Through infancy, toddler years, and on into school years, our brains are trained to remember objects by how they look. The blind cannot do this. They use tactile sensations to identify and relate to everything.
When Shirl’s sight was restored, the visual overload was almost devastating. He had no idea what he was looking at and the task of learning it all was emotionally and mentally challenging, as well as a huge physical burden.
Barbara Jennings, Shirl’s wife, was determined that he could adjust to a life with sight and navigated unchartered waters to teach him everything – colors, alphabet, numerals, household objects, types of buildings and structural materials, trees and shurbs, animals, roads, railroads, airplanes, bridges, tunnels…the list was endless. There was always more for Shirl to learn.”- from atfirstsighthebook.com
Shirl Jennings creating art, courtesy of Barbara Jennings
The story of Barbara Jennings, a graduate of UI&U’s M.A. Psych program, and her late husband Shirl may be familiar to some of you, as their life story was given a glossy Hollywood adaptation in 1999 via the film At First Sight, starring Val Kilmer and Mira Sorvino. But as with any life story, perhaps the best narrator is the one who has lived it; in this case, Shirl himself, who, alongside Barbara and Margery Phelps, created At First Sight, the Shirl Jennings Story: The story behind the MGM motion picture, which is now available for purchase at Amazon.com.
Aside from the book, Barbara has preserved her husband’s inspiring legacy by posting his gorgeous artwork on the At First Sight website. There is a great deal of beauty in the couple’s story and in the work Shirl created, and we hope that you will take the time to experience it for yourself.
Sun and Rays by Shirl Jennings, courtesy of atfirstsighthebook.com
Posted By: unionlibrary at 2:32 pm
Date: Thu, Apr 07, 2022
Get Help from a Librarian
The UI&U Library contains millions of scholarly resources, and we know it can sometimes seem challenging to navigate through them. Luckily, library staff members are here to assist you by email (library@myunion.edu) or phone (513-487-1487). We welcome questions, so please let us know if you are struggling with anything. This is a no judgement zone.
After Hours Appointments
If you need assistance outside of regular hours, please schedule an appointment in advance and we would be happy to meet with you. We will work around your busy schedule.
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Thu, Mar 31, 2022
Locating Qualitative Research
Exam Time by Sofia GK (Creative Commons BY-NC-SA 2.0)
Methodology is not usually indexed in OneSearch. However, you can add qualitative keywords to the search box to find various types of research studies.
Methodology
Suggested Keywords
Qualitative
qualitative
Action Research
“action research”
Case Study
“case study” OR “case studies”
Ethnographic
ethnograph*
Interview
interview*
“semi-structured interview*”
“structured interview”
“unstructured interview*”
Phenomenology
phenomenol*
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Thu, Mar 17, 2022
Celebrating Hispanic Heritage
Hispanic Heritage Month is September 15–October 15. This month’s featured videos, available from Films On Demand through UI&U Library, celebrate Hispanic culture, contributions, and history.
Habla y Vota is the fourteenth installment of HBO Latino’s award-winning Habla series, which comprises over 200 testimonials from U.S. Latinos – including celebrities, recognized professionals, and everyday Latinos – who’ve shared their funny, poignant, and honest stories about being Latino in the U.S. Featuring leading Latino celebrities and inspiring personalities and in order to raise the voice of the Hispanic community during the 2016 elections, Habla y Vota will be part of a bigger effort to reach Latinos and encourage voting in November. This one-hour non-partisan documentary special, in both English and Spanish, will feature Latino storytellers sharing their personal experiences directly to the camera for a national audience. -Films on Demand
In April 2013, Spanish film maker Luis Mancha went to the University of California, Irvine to interview Alejandro Morales, an under-read Chicano author whose works present a vision of Southern California and America so different from the image that the United States projects abroad that Mancha felt compelled to make this documentary film. In it we follow Morales’ journey around Southern California as he tries to understand issues concerning the Latino population in California and the U.S. He and other Chicano/Latino academic experts discuss the first immigrants to California; how California was taken over by Anglo-Americans; how the city of Irvine came to be and its juxtaposition to Santa Ana; Barrios and “white flight;” Chicano literature; institutionalized racism and university barriers to ethnic studies programs; gang violence and the incarceration system; and future relations between the U.S. and Mexico. Also featuring Leo Chavez, María Herrera-Sobek, Francisco Lomelí, Belinda Campos, Raúl Fernandez, Mario García, Ellen McCracken, and Eleanor Guzman. -Films on Demand
An entrepreneur. A mayor. A mariachi. These are just a few of the remarkable Latinos who share their personal stories in Habla Texas. Filmed entirely in San Antonio and Austin, this one-hour, two-part special is an enlightening an entertaining look at the ups and downs, highs and lows of being Latino in the Great State of Texas. An HBO Production. -Films on Demand
This is the first major documentary series for television to chronicle the rich and varied history and experiences of Latinos, who have for the past 500-plus years helped shape what is today the United States and have become, with more than 50 million people, the largest minority group in the U.S. The series chronicles Latinos in the United States from the 1500’s to present day. It is a story of people, politics, and culture, intersecting with much that is central to the history of the United States while also going to places where standard U.S. histories do not tend to tread. Latino Americans relies on historical accounts and personal experiences to vividly tell the stories of early settlement, conquest and immigration; of tradition and reinvention; and of anguish and celebration, from the millions of people who come to the U.S. from Mexico, Spain, Puerto Rico, and countries in Central and South America. The programs are driven by the human dramas of individuals’ struggles and triumphs, successes and disappointments, featuring interviews with close to 100 Latinos from the worlds of politics, business, military, academia, literature, and pop culture, as well as deeply personal portraits of Latinos who lived through key chapters in American history. LATINO AMERICANS is the story of the gradual construction of a new American identity that connects and empowers millions of people today. -Public Broadcasting Series.
The last week of September is the Annual Banned Books Week! Since 1982, the American Library Association has been celebrating books that challenge our thinking. Join the UI&U Library in celebrating the freedom to read!
Artwork courtesy of the American Library Association
It’s part of our 1st amendment right to publish and have access to all types of material–not just the content that everyone agrees with. The decision to decide what material you read is up to YOU, not the government, not the library, not any other institution.
Did you know that in 2014, there were 426 book challenges issued across the country? And that’s just the challenges that were reported! Like many social injustices, many more incidents of banning occur without ever being reported. Even worse, people may choose to self-censor–not even put the book in a situation where outsiders might complain about it.
To explore more, check out the American Library Association’s banned books page.
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Mon, Sep 27, 2021
Celebrating National Breastfeeding Month
August is National Breastfeeding Month. Did you know that you can access many videos on breastfeeding promotion and general maternal health & wellness from the library? This month’s featured video, “Breastfeeding Overview,” is part of the Newborn Care Series, and is available from Films on Demand. In this video, viewers will “learn some of the benefits of breastfeeding your newborn, how to properly hold him or her, and attach her to your breast” (publisher’s description).
Each video in this series is around 5 minutes long, and covers topics on newborn care such as safely installing a car seat, developing a healthy sleep schedule, and addressing common health concerns.
The UI&U Films on Demand collection includes over 52,000 videos, which can be streamed online and added to CampusWeb courses.
Powerful words inspire people to action, and Dr. Martin Luther King was a consummate speaker and speechwriter. As we celebrate and remember the work of Martin Luther King on Monday the 18th, consider taking a few moments to listen to his “I Have a Dream” speech, and his “I’ve Been to the Mountain Top” address at the website: American Rhetoric.
While you’re there, check out some of the other Top 100 Speeches.
Barbara Jordan’s Keynote Address at the 1976 Democratic National Convention
The library will be closed on Monday the 18th in observance of the 87th birthday Martin Luther King, Jr. This marks the 30th year that this holiday has been celebrated.
We hope that you all are staying safe and healthy during this time. Because we are an online-only library, we don’t anticipate any disruptions to our in-house services. All of our online resources are still available and our librarians are available to answer your questions and to set up appointments.
There may be some difficulties obtaining interlibrary loan requests at this time as many academic and public libraries decide to temporarily close.
On a brighter note, you may find that there are many more full-text resources available than usual in OneSearch. Many vendors and publishers are opening up their collections and making more resources accessible to libraries during these uncertain times. Please be sure to download any PDFs of full text articles during this time as these additional resources are temporary.
If you need help finding e-book, journal article, video, or dissertation resources, please contact a librarian at library@myunion.edu or 513-487-1487.
Posted By: Susan at 8:52 am
Date: Wed, Mar 18, 2020
Online Teaching
Engaging students online can be challenging. But these challenges also create opportunities to teach with new approaches. The library has compiled a selected bibliography of online teaching and pedagogy e-books. The ebooks below can be read by copying & pasting the title into OneSearch. If you have a favorite title you would like to see on this list, please let us know.
Excellent Online Teaching: Effective Strategies for a Successful Semester Online by Johnson 2017
Online Learning in Higher Education by Ghilay 2017
Creating a Sense of Presence in Online Teaching: How to “Be There” for Distance Learners by Lehman and Conceição 2010
Discussion-Based Online Teaching to Enhance Student Learning: Theory, Practice and Assessment by Bender 2012
The Online Teaching Survival Guide: Simple and Practical Pedagogical Tips by Boettcher & Conrad 2016
Digital Technologies in Higher Education: Sweeping Expectations and Actual Effects by Guri-Rozenblit 2009
Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education is the top source for news in post-secondary education. It brings you news stories of concerning faculty, administration and technology as well as academic news from around the global. You also have access to many blogs devoted to different aspects of the university experience (admissions, scholarly publishing or building and grounds) and also to the forums where you can connect with people involved in higher education around the country and around the world.
The UI&U Library provides access to the Chronicle without the additional step of logging on through the library. Simply go to chronicle.com. In the upper right hand corner, click log in. (Don’t subscribe! We’ve done that for you!). Then create a free account using your Union email. Please contact a librarian if you have questions or need assistance.
Posted By: Susan at 10:05 am
Date: Mon, Jul 29, 2019
New Cite Button!
Resources in OneSearch come with formatted APA, Chicago, and MLA citations that you can copy and paste into your research papers. Please note that citations are automatically formatted and need to be checked for accuracy. The library help center includes citation examples that you can use to check your citations.
Find the article/book
Click the Cite icon
Copy & paste the citation
Posted By: Susan at 11:44 am
Date: Wed, May 29, 2019
For Faculty: Library Links in Courses
Dear UI&U faculty member,
The last year has seen a sea change in online library security with an increasing number of library vendors changing their website addresses from http to the more secure https to prevent hacking and malware. Recently, the library has received student reports of library links, also known as permalinks, not correctly redirecting to https. Incorrect redirects and other ongoing permalink challenges have made them no longer a viable option for sharing library resources.
The Center for Teaching and Learning and the UI&U Library recommend that faculty members remove library permalinks and have students locate library resources on their own. We believe this approach will have many ongoing benefits, such as:
Encouraging students to improve their information literacy skills
Easier maintenance for faculty, staff, and librarians
Prevention of student distress caused by links to required readings not working
What Should Faculty Do?
If your course includes a link to a UI&U Library article, e-book, video, or other resource, please delete the library link and replace it with a (non-hyperlinked) message letting students know their required reading is available in the library.
Here are several different “available in the library” messages you can use. You are also welcome to create a customized message for your students.
First Example
Baker, S. (2011). Life after death: An activity to investigate the scientific, legal, & racial issues of the Henrietta Lacks story. The American Biology Teacher, 73(6), 337-340.
Available in the UI&U Library
Skloot, R. (2010). The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. New York: Broadway Books. doi:10.1213/ANE.0b013e31828bfecc
Available in the UI&U Library
Second Example
The following required readings are available in the UI&U Library:
Baker, S. (2011). Life after death: An activity to investigate the scientific, legal, & racial issues of the Henrietta Lacks story. The American Biology Teacher, 73(6), 337-340.
Skloot, R. (2010). The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. New York: Broadway Books. doi:10.1213/ANE.0b013e31828bfecc
Third Example (Includes Search Instructions)
The following required readings are available in the UI&U Library.
To access: 1) open a new browser tab/window, 2) go to the UI&U Library homepage (https://library.myunion.edu or google UI&U Library), 3) copy & paste the title of the book, article, or video into the OneSearch search box, and 4) click the read online (or watch online) link to access the resource. If there are too many search results, try adding the author’s last name or quotation marks around the title e.g. “Moby Dick” Melville. When looking for a book chapter, search by the book’s title and use the table of contents to locate the chapter.
Baker, S. (2011). Life after death: An activity to investigate the scientific, legal, & racial issues of the Henrietta Lacks story. The American Biology Teacher, 73(6), 337-340.
Skloot, R. (2010). The immortal life of Henrietta Lacks. New York: Broadway Books. doi:10.1213/ANE.0b013e31828bfecc
Embedded Videos
The UI&U Library subscribes to several video collections including: Alexander Street Press, Films on Demand, Kanopy, and Psychotherapy.net. These videos can be shared using an Available in the UI&U Library message or their embed codes (videos must be embedded to count towards instructional hours). Instructions for embedding videos are available on the library’s Resources in Courses page.
Some embedded videos are currently not displaying in CampusWeb. Our IT department is working on a solution to this issue. As a temporary workaround, please instruct your students to search directly for the video by title using the library’s OneSearch feature.
Content Outside the UI&U Library
Resources outside the UI&U Library are not affected by this change. This includes open educational content on YouTube and other websites.
Help
We are requesting that faculty members review their courses and make the corrections as soon as possible. If you need assistance, please contact the library at 513-487-1487 or library@myunion.edu.
When Should a Direct Link Still be Used?
The library is now only recommending the use of direct links to library resources that are difficult to find in OneSearch. Please contact a librarian for assistance creating the direct link.
Why Are We Making this Change?
Permalinks are difficult to create and maintain
Redirects from HTTP to HTTPS can fail
When a permalink is copied from Microsoft Web Outlook into Microsoft Word, the link may reformat with Outlook login information
The displayed link text may be different from the underlying URL
Please contact a librarian if you would like more information on why we are recommending this change.
Best regards,
Your UI&U Librarians
Posted By: Susan at 3:58 pm
Date: Wed, May 01, 2019
270 New Videos
The Films on Demand collection includes over 98,000 digital videos available to the Union Institute & University community for free. These videos can be streamed online and embedded in CampusWeb courses. The collection includes quality video productions from A&E, PBS, the BBC, National Geographic, HBO Documentary Films, Open University, Annenberg Learner, TED, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, and more. This month’s featured video is the Infant-Toddler Learning Environment.
Infant-Toddler Learning Environment
Infants and toddlers are born explorers and the environments in which they are cared for become their laboratory. This program includes real-life examples on how to create a supportive infant-toddler learning environment that invites children to explore their surroundings and supports their sensory-motor way of learning. -Film Description
Looking for dissertations on your research topic? The library is pleased to announce that most ProQuest Dissertations and Theses are now available to read online directly from OneSearch.
Use the following steps to locate dissertations and theses:
Search by keywords, author name, or the title in OneSearch
In the left sidebar, select the Source Type “Dissertations/Theses.”
If missing, click the “show more” link in the source types section to see all options.
Click “Read online.”
Doctoral students should also search ProQuest’s Dissertations & Theses Global database as not all ProQuest dissertations are indexed in OneSearch. If you have questions, or would like research assistance, please contact your UI&U Librarians.
Posted By: Susan at 1:20 pm
Date: Fri, Mar 08, 2019
Library Quotes & Jokes
Love books and libraries? We do too! Here are some library quotes and jokes for your enjoyment. If you have a funny quote or joke to add to the list, please let us know.
Librarian is a service occupation. Gas station attendant of the mind. -Richard Powers
Be nice to the archivist or she will erase you from history. -Anonymous
Don’t join the book burners. Don’t think you’re going to conceal faults by concealing evidence that they never existed. Don’t be afraid to go in your library and read every book. -Dwight D. Eisenhower
Librarians are good for circulation -Anonymous
Beauty is only a light switch away. -Graffiti in the Perkins Library of Duke University
Should not the Society of Indexers be known as Indexers, Society of, The? -Keith Waterhouse
This is a library. Kids and adventurers welcome. All others stay out. -Dean Koontz
Libraries will get you through times of no money better than money will get you through times of no libraries. -Anne Herbert
My two favorite things in life are libraries and bicycles. They both move people forward without wasting anything. The perfect day: riding a bike to the library. -Peter Golkin
The Films on Demand collection includes over 98,000 digital videos available to the Union Institute & University community for free. These videos can be streamed online and embedded in CampusWeb courses. The collection includes quality video productions from A&E, PBS, the BBC, National Geographic, HBO Documentary Films, Open University, Annenberg Learner, TED, Films for the Humanities & Sciences, and more. This month’s featured video is the First Civilizations series.
Having lived as mobile foragers for 99 percent of our time on Earth, why did humans set out on the road to civilization? How did they create villages, towns, cities, and states, and establish the blueprint for the modern world? First Civilizations identifies four cornerstones of civilization – war, religion, cities and trade – and explores each in the context of a different location, from Mexico, Guatemala, Iraq, Turkey, Egypt, India, and Pakistan, to Oman, Morocco, France, Germany, Japan, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Unearth the latest archeological discoveries, test new theories, and uncover original information as dramatic reconstructions and computer graphics visualize the lost world of the first civilizations. In each of the four episodes, discover how our ancestors were motivated by the same impulses that persist today – the inevitability of war, a need for religion, the lure of the city, and a love of trade. -Film Description
Polish your email, phone, video conferencing, and other professional skills with these two videos from the library’s Films on Demand database. Interested in additional videos? The library has over 900 business education videos broken down into sub-collections for easy browsing. Sub-collections include: careers, communications, project management, diversity & ethics, leadership, and more.
Digital Communication Skills: Dos and Don’ts
From texting to email to video calls, digital technology has transformed how we communicate with each other. But in formal situations like at work or in school, which forms of communications are appropriate, and when? Viewers of this video, especially digital natives, may be surprised to discover that communicating isn’t just about sharing information—it’s creating it—and that the ways in which emails, texts or voice messages are composed and conveyed may make the difference in impressing or disappointing an employer or co-worker. Even for late adopters of digital technology, this video has important points on what you should do—and what you don’t want to do—when it comes to email, texting, video-conferencing and using the phone for business calls or voice mail. (28 minutes, 2015)
Business Etiquette: Professionalism 101
How should you balance social media and your job? What’s the best way to ask for a raise? Who should pick up the tab for a business lunch? In this program, both business experts and a focus group of young professionals advise viewers on the proper way to conduct oneself in different types of work-related situations. Among the many topics covered are nonverbal communication and “personal space,” handling dissatisfied callers, when and how to interrupt a busy colleague, composing professional e-mails, asking for a raise, and managing time effectively. The focus group also offers tips and anecdotes on what not to do at work. A viewable/printable instructor’s guide is available online. (30 minutes, 2012)
Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Thu, Jan 10, 2019
Fall Browser Cleaning
Fall has arrived. It’s a time of beautiful leaves, pumpkin spice coffee, woolly socks, and getting ready for winter. It is also a great time for a “fall cleaning” of your internet browser. Complete the three steps below to ensure a better experience on the library website and every other website you visit.
Current Browser: Use a current internet browser such as Mozilla FireFox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, or Microsoft Edge. (Microsoft has discontinued Internet Explorer.)
Update Browser: Take a few minutes to update your internet browser. This fixes many website problems and ensures a safer online experience. Learn how to update: Mozilla Firefox, Google Chrome, Apple Safari, or Microsoft Edge.
Clear Cache: Open your internet browser and then press Ctrl+Shift+Delete (Windows) or Command+Shift+Delete (Mac). The website Lifewire also has an excellent guide to clearing your cache.
If you need help with your internet browser, please contact a UI&U Librarian or the IT Help Desk for assistance.
Posted By: Susan at 9:39 am
Date: Mon, Oct 01, 2018
368 New Videos
The Films on Demand collection includes over 53,000 videos, which can be streamed online and added to CampusWeb courses. This month’s featured video is the Dead Reckoning series.
Popcorn – 46/365 by Joakim Wahlander (CC BY-NC 2.0)
From award-winning producer/writer/director Jonathan Silvers comes this three-part series, Dead Reckoning: War, Crime, and Justice from WW2 to the War on Terror, which reveals how the model of justice conceived by the Allies in the wake of the Second World War has evolved into a standard by which all conflicts are judged. However many decades and miles separate those conflicts and however inhumane the underlying crimes, all have been prosecuted according to protocols that the Allies devised for three unique situations: the determination of command responsibility; the pursuit of war criminals; and the accumulation of evidence and testimony at crime scenes. The series explores the origins of the Allied response to these unique situations, along with transformative conflicts and atrocities that have, for 70 years, shaped conceptions of war and peace. Taken as a whole, Dead Reckoning is an unprecedented inquiry into how justice has been secured – and occasionally denied – for crimes that continue to plague the world. -Film Description
If you log into OneSearch, you’ll notice some changes to the interface and privacy settings.
The library’s OneSearch service is provided by the EBSCOhost company, which is why you will see the words “EBSCOhost” on the sign-in page. We realize this is confusing and have requested improvements to the sign-in page interface.
These changes will not affect the functionality of your EBSCOhost/OneSearch account and your login and password will remain the same. (The EBSCOhost/OneSearch account is a personal account you can create to save search results to folders. It is different from your MyUnion login that is used to access UI&U services OneSearch, interlibrary loan, student email, and CampusWeb.) If you cannot remember your EBSCOhost/OneSearch username, please contact a UI&U Librarian for assistance.
After logging in, you will also be asked to accept EBSCO’s new privacy policy. In accordance with the European Union data protection legislation, EBSCO has increased privacy and security settings, including: requiring strong passwords, transitioning to HTTPS, and expanding privacy controls. A complete description of the new privacy and security enhancements is available on EBSCO’s support site.
Please contact a UI&U Librarian if you have any questions or need assistance.
Posted By: Susan at 4:51 pm
Date: Fri, Jun 08, 2018
SWON Direct Lend Program
The UI&U Library is a member of the SouthWest Ohio and Neighboring Libraries (SWON) Consortium. Many member libraries in the Greater Cincinnati area participate in the SWON Direct Lend Program. This program allows current UI&U students, faculty, and staff who reside in the Greater Cincinnati area to check-out library materials from participating institutions.
If you are interested in using this service, contact the UI&U Library to request your lending card. We will create your card and work with you to determine which local libraries participate in the direct lending program.
Posted By: Susan at 9:30 am
Date: Thu, May 10, 2018
Dissertation, Thesis & Faculty Handbooks
Congratulations! You are nearing the end of your academic journey! Now comes the final challenge…writing your master’s thesis or doctoral dissertation. The UI&U Library has many resources that will help you to plan, research and create your culminating work. Faculty supervisors, we’ve also included a few titles for you. Your UI&U Librarians have highlighted some favorites, but there are many more theses and dissertation handbooks in OneSearch.
We welcome any suggestions from students and faculty about other ebooks that would help to improve our collection, so please let us know of any helpful and interesting titles!
How to Write a Thesis (Masters) How to Write a Thesis [by Rowena Murray] provides an invaluable resource to help students consider, plan and write their theses. The third edition of this best-selling and well loved book builds on the success of the second edition. –Publisher’s description
How to Write a Thesis (Doctoral) By the time Umberto Eco published his best-selling novel The Name of the Rose, he was one of Italy’s most celebrated intellectuals, a distinguished academic and the author of influential works on semiotics. Some years before that, in 1977, Eco published a little book for his students, How to Write a Thesis, in which he offered useful advice on all the steps involved in researching and writing a thesis — from choosing a topic to organizing a work schedule to writing the final draft. Now in its twenty-third edition in Italy and translated into seventeen languages, How to Write a Thesis has become a classic… -Publisher’s Description
Destination Dissertation: A Traveler’s Guide to a Done Dissertation (Doctoral) Dissertations aren’t walls to scale or battles to fight; they are destinations along the path to a professional career. Destination Dissertation is a handbook that helps students successfully develop and complete their dissertations. It uses travel as a metaphor framing the process as an exciting trip of 29 steps that can be completed in less than nine months. Designed for use by students in all disciplines and for both quantitative and qualitative dissertations, the book shows concrete and efficient processes for completing those parts of the dissertation where students tend to get stuck, from conceptualizing a topic to editing the final work. It includes a wealth of real-life examples from throughout the dissertation process, such as creating the proposal and coding data. This time-tested method comes from the authors’ successful work at the Denver-based Scholars’ Retreat. –Publisher’s description
Revising your Dissertation: Advice from Leading Editors (Doctoral) The aftermath of graduate school can be particularly trying for those under pressure to publish their dissertations. Written with good cheer and jammed with information, this lively guide offers hard-to-find practical advice on successfully turning a dissertation into a book or journal articles that will appeal to publishers and readers. It will help prospective authors master writing and revision skills, better understand the publishing process, and increase their chances of getting their work into print. This edition features new tips and planning tables to facilitate project scheduling, and a new foreword by Sandford G. Thatcher, Director of Penn State University Press. –Publisher’s description
Making the Implicit Explicit: Creating Performance Expectations for the Dissertation (Faculty) Despite their and other stakeholders’ consistent demand for excellence, doctoral programs have rarely, if ever, been assessed in terms of the quality of the dissertations departments produce. Yet dissertations provide the most powerful, objective measure of the success of a department’s doctoral program. Indeed, assessment, when done properly, can help departments achieve excellence by providing insight into a program’s strengths and weaknesses. This book and the groundbreaking study on which it is based is about making explicit to doctoral students the tacit “rules” for the assessment of the final of all final educational products—the dissertation… –Publisher’s description
Understanding Supervision and the PhD (Faculty) Explores the experience of supervision and the PhD, drawing on a range of key viewpoints to further understanding of this complex educational experience. –Publisher’s description
Designing and Teaching Undergraduate Capstone Courses (Faculty) Designing and Teaching Undergraduate Capstone Courses is a practical, research-backed guide to creating a course that is valuable for both the student and the school. The book covers the design, administration, and teaching of capstone courses throughout the undergraduate curriculum, guiding departments seeking to add a capstone course, and allowing those who have one to compare it to others in the discipline. The ideas presented in the book are supported by regional and national surveys that help the reader understand what’s common, what’s exceptional, what works, and what doesn’t within capstone courses. -Publisher’s description
The Oxford English Dictionary defines peer review as, “The process by which an academic journal passes a paper submitted for publication to independent experts for comments on its suitability and worth; refereeing.” Peer review a process that protects scholarship by confirming that the research and writing of a scholarly article is valid, original, of high quality, and relevant to the journal to which it has been submitted. Usually articles in a peer reviewed journal have been reviewed by 2-5 independent experts in the field. The most commonly used forms are single and double-blind methods of review, where either the author, or the reviewer, or both, do not know each others identities. That acts as a protection against favoritism.
How is a PRJ different than other magazines?
In journal world, there are basically three types of journals: scholarly (peer reviewed), popular, and trade. Popular journal names include Vogue, Popular Science, Time and Rolling Stone. Trade journals include such names as American Architect, Maritime Journal, and the Progressive Farmer, and are between popular and scholarly. Those two types include heavy advertising specifically aimed at their readership, usually in the profession in question, are written for a general population, and do not usually include notes or bibliographies. They are usually monthly, bi-weekly, or weekly.
PRJs, on the other hand, are written by credentialed experts in the field, use technical language specific to the subject, and are written for scholars, researchers and students. They are often bi-monthly or quarterly publications, and contain very little (but highly specialized) advertising. Examples of PRJs include Developmental Psychology, Journal of Personality Assessment, Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, and Humor: International Journal of Humor Research. Keep in mind that just because a journal is a PRJ, editorials and book reviews are not necessarily peer reviewed.
How to Find Peer Reviewed Articles and Journals
There are three ways to narrow your searches.
The first method is to narrow your search results by Peer Reviewed in OneSearch or a database that offers that option. Just because the journal is peer reviewed, however, does not mean that everything contained inside is peer reviewed. Editorials, letters to the editor, and book reviews are generally not peer reviewed, so use caution when choosing your resources!
Secondly, use the Publication Search to find information about the journal. The journal’s detailed record page will list varied and useful information about the publication, including whether or not it is peer reviewed.
The third method is to find the official website of the journal that contains an article that you have found (this is an appropriate use of Google), and you should find your answer on the home page. An example of this is the ISHS website, which describes the content, the level of peer review that is adhered to, and offers links to their editorial board and publisher information as well.
Posted By: unionlibrary at 10:00 am
Date: Thu, Jul 06, 2017
Find a Little Free Library Near You
Little Free Library is a non-profit organization that promotes neighborhood book sharing around the world. You can start your own Little Free Library by installing and displaying a box where everyone is invited to take a book or leave a book! This promotes community conversations and helps foster reading and literacy. To find a Little Free Library near you, search their map.
Check out a few of the Little Free Library boxes that we found in our local communities!
Technical Services and Electronic Resources Librarian, Tina Beis, with a Little Free Library in Cincinnati, Ohio
A Little Free Library in Rabbit Hash, Kentucky found by Mary Amos, Senior Academic Technologist and Designer in the Center for Teaching and Learning
A Little Free Library spotted in Brattleboro, Vermont by Assistant Librarian for Interlibrary Loan and Document Delivery, Klara Charlton
Reference Librarian, Susan Whitehead, found this Little Free Library in Montpelier, Vermont
A gnome gives this Little Free Library in Cincinnati some extra flair
There are many different ways to decorate a Little Free Library
Posted By: unionlibrary at 10:00 am
Date: Thu, Apr 13, 2017
Find UI&U Student Theses and Dissertations
Did you know that UI&U student theses and dissertations are available in OneSearch? You can find UI&U Bachelor’s and Master’s theses, as well as PhD and EdD dissertations with a single search.
Just follow the steps below:
1. Enter your keywords, student author name, or the title of the work into the OneSearch box.
2. On the results page, look for the UI&U Theses and Dissertations limiter on the left sidebar. It is located beneath Source Types.
3. Click on the arrow to view your options and then select your limiter: Dissertations, Bachelor of Arts Theses, or Master of Arts Theses.
4. Your result list will update and you can then click the View PDF Full Text link to access the document or click the blue title link to view the Detailed Record page and abstract.
Search Tip: If you are looking for UI&U M.A. Theses from a specific field of study, you can enter any of the following subject headings into OneSearch to retrieve relevant results:
M.A. final product—Creativity Studies
M.A. final product—Health & Wellness
M.A. final product—History & Culture
M.A. final product—Literature & Writing
M.A. final product—Leadership, Public Policy & Social Issues
If you have any questions or would like to set-up a research appointment, please contact your librarians.
Posted By: unionlibrary at 10:00 am
Date: Thu, Mar 30, 2017
Learn About the Library in 5 Minutes
Welcome to the UI&U Library! This brief, five minute video introduces the UI&U Library, the library website, OneSearch, formatted citations, tutorials, and librarian assistance.
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Posted By: Susan at 10:00 am
Date: Thu, Mar 23, 2017
Search Tips
Learning how to craft sophisticated searches will decrease the amount of time you spend researching and improve the relevance of your search results. Visit the Search Tips tutorial in the Help Center to learn about combining concepts, OneSearch limiters, and developing your search.
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Posted By: unionlibrary at 10:00 am
Date: Thu, Feb 23, 2017
Keep the Memory Alive with Eyes on the Prize
Keep the Memory Alive!
Produced by Blackside, Eyes on the Prize tells the definitive story of the civil rights era from the point of view of the ordinary men and women whose extraordinary actions launched a movement that changed the fabric of American life, and embodied a struggle whose reverberations continue to be felt today. Winner of numerous Emmy Awards, a George Foster Peabody Award, an International Documentary Award, and a Television Critics Association Award, Eyes on the Prize is the most critically acclaimed documentary on civil rights in America.
Through contemporary interviews and historic footage, the 14-part Eyes on the Prize series traces the civil rights movement from the Montgomery bus boycott to the Voting Rights Act, and from early acts of individual courage through the flowering of a mass movement and its eventual split into factions. Julian Bond, political leader and civil rights activist, narrates. –American Experience, PBS.org
Delsarte, Louis. (2010). Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial Mural [Mural]. City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs, Atlanta. Retrieved from https://flic.kr/p/c7Fe8m Creative Commons BY-NC-ND. Image Cropped.
Awakenings (1954–1956): Individual acts of courage inspire black Southerners to fight for their rights: Mose Wright testifies against the white men who murdered young Emmett Till, and Rosa Parks refuses to give up her bus seat to a white man in Montgomery, Alabama.
Fighting Back (1957–1962): States’ rights loyalists and federal authorities collide in the 1957 battle to integrate Little Rock’s Central High School, and again in James Meredith’s 1962 challenge to segregation at the University of Mississippi. Both times, a Southern governor squares off with a U.S. president, violence erupts — and integration is carried out.
Ain’t Scared of Your Jails 1960–1961: Black college students take a leadership role in the civil rights movement as lunch counter sit-ins spread across the South. “Freedom Riders” also try to desegregate interstate buses, but they are brutally attacked as they travel.
No Easy Walk 1961–1963: The civil rights movement discovers the power of mass demonstrations as the Rev. Martin Luther King, Jr. emerges as its most visible leader. Some demonstrations succeed; others fail. But the triumphant March on Washington, D.C., under King’s leadership, shows a mounting national support for civil rights. President John F. Kennedy proposes the Civil Rights Act.
Mississippi—Is This America? (1963–1964): Mississippi’s grass-roots civil rights movement becomes an American concern when college students travel south to help register black voters and three activists are murdered. The Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party challenges the regular Mississippi delegation at the Democratic Convention in Atlantic City.
Bridge to Freedom (1965): A decade of lessons is applied in the climactic and bloody march from Selma to Montgomery, Alabama. A major victory is won when the federal Voting Rights Bill passes, but civil rights leaders know they have new challenges ahead.
The Time Has Come (1964–1966): After a decade-long cry for justice, a new sound is heard in the civil rights movement: the insistent call for power. Malcolm X takes an eloquent nationalism to urban streets as a younger generation of black leaders listens. In the South, Stokely Carmichael and the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC) move from “Freedom Now!” to “Black Power!” as the fabric of the traditional movement changes.
Two Societies (1965–1968): Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) come north to help Chicago’s civil rights leaders in their nonviolent struggle against segregated housing. Their efforts pit them against Chicago’s powerful mayor, Richard Daley. When a series of marches through all-white neighborhoods draws violence, King and Daley negotiate with mixed results. In Detroit, a police raid in a black neighborhood sparks an urban uprising that lasts five days, leaving 43 people dead. The Kerner Commission finds that America is becoming “two societies, one black, one white, separate and unequal.” President Lyndon Johnson, who appointed the commission, ignores the report.
Power! 1967–1968: The call for Black Power takes various forms across communities in black America. In Cleveland, Carl Stokes wins election as the first black mayor of a major American city. The Black Panther Party, armed with law books, breakfast programs, and guns, is born in Oakland. Substandard teaching practices prompt parents to gain educational control of a Brooklyn school district but then lead them to a showdown with New York City’s teachers’ union.
Ain’t Gonna Shuffle No More (1964–1972): A call to pride and a renewed push for unity galvanize black America. World heavyweight champion Cassius Clay challenges America to accept him as Muhammad Ali, a minister of Islam who refuses to fight in Vietnam. Students at Howard University in Washington, D.C., fight to bring the growing black consciousness movement and their African heritage inside the walls of this prominent black institution. Black elected officials and community activists organize the National Black Political Convention in Gary, Indiana, in an attempt to create a unified black response to growing repression against the movement.
The Promised Land (1967–1968): Martin Luther King stakes out new ground for himself and the rapidly fragmenting civil rights movement. One year before his death, he publicly opposes the war in Vietnam. His Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) embarks on an ambitious Poor People’s Campaign. In the midst of political organizing, King detours to support striking sanitation workers in Memphis, where he is assassinated. King’s death and the failure of his final campaign mark the end of a major stream of the movement.
A Nation of Law? (1968-1971): Black activism is increasingly met with a sometimes violent and unethical response from local and federal law enforcement agencies. In Chicago, two Black Panther Party leaders are killed in a pre-dawn raid by police acting on information supplied by an FBI informant. In the wake of President Nixon’s call to “law and order,” stepped-up arrests push the already poor conditions at New York’s Attica State Prison to the limit. A five-day inmate takeover calling the public’s attention to the conditions leaves 43 men dead: four killed by inmates, 39 by police.
The Keys to the Kingdom (1974-1980): In the 1970s, antidiscrimination legal rights gained in past decades by the civil rights movement are put to the test. In Boston, some whites violently resist a federal court school desegregation order. Atlanta’s first black mayor, Maynard Jackson, proves that affirmative action can work, but the Bakke Supreme Court case challenges that policy.
Back to the Movement (1979-mid 1980s): Power and powerlessness. Miami’s black community — pummeled by urban renewal, a lack of jobs, and police harassment — explodes in rioting. But in Chicago, an unprecedented grassroots movement triumphs. Frustrated by decades of unfulfilled promises made by the city’s Democratic political machine, reformers install Harold Washington as Chicago’s first black mayor.
In addition to the many resources available from the UI&U Library, current students, faculty, and staff can request articles and book chapters using the library’s free Interlibrary Loan Service, ILLiad. With OneSearch, placing a request is easy. Just select “Request through interlibrary loan,” and OneSearch will fill in the citation information for you. Verify that the information is correct, and click Submit Request. If the library is able to borrow the article or book chapter, it will be delivered electronically to your email, usually within one week.
24. Jessamyn West: Jessamyn West is taking information science into the future with her website, librarian.net. Besides creating the Library 2.0 and “cool librarian” site, West served on the American Library Association Council and strongly promotes the freedom of speech and expression.
Luckily, library staff members are here to assist you by email (
Use the following steps to locate dissertations and theses:
The library’s OneSearch service is provided by the EBSCOhost company, which is why you will see the words “EBSCOhost” on the sign-in page. We realize this is confusing and have requested improvements to the sign-in page interface.
PRJs, on the other hand, are written by credentialed experts in the field, use technical language specific to the subject, and are written for scholars, researchers and students. They are often bi-monthly or quarterly publications, and contain very little (but highly specialized) advertising. Examples of PRJs include Developmental Psychology, Journal of Personality Assessment, Teachers and Teaching: Theory and Practice, and Humor: International Journal of Humor Research. Keep in mind that just because a journal is a PRJ, editorials and book reviews are not necessarily peer reviewed.
