JSTOR is currently working to resolve intermittent access issues that have been impacting all JSTOR users since this morning. Access to JSTOR may be inconsistent today.
Category Archives: E-journals
August 8: Proquest Unavailable for Maintenance
On Saturday, August 8, ProQuest will be upgrading its systems infrastructure to improve performance, security, and overall reliability. The system maintenance window is scheduled to begin at 7:00 PM Pacific Standard Time and will last for eight (8) hours.
August 1: Service interruption for Elsevier Research Platforms
On Saturday, August 1, access to Elsevier platforms will be unavailable due to a scheduled maintenance for approximately 4.5 hours starting at 03:00 PM PST. The platforms involved are ScienceDirect, Engineering Village, Reaxys.
Trial Databases: LGBT Studies in Video & LGBT Thought and Culture
LGBT Studies in Video is a cinematic survey of the lives of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people as well as the cultural and political evolution of the LGBT community. This first-of-its-kind collection features award-winning documentaries, interviews, archival footage, and select feature films exploring LGBT history, gay culture and subcultures, civil rights, marriage equality, LGBT families, AIDS, transgender issues, religious perspectives on homosexuality, global comparative experiences, and other topics. LGBT Studies in Video provides students and researchers across disciplines a multi-content perspective on the LGBT political, cultural and social movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day. It also provides key resources of interest to students and researchers in sociology, anthropology, psychology, counseling, history, political science, gender studies, cultural studies, and religious studies.
LGBT Thought and Culture is an online resource hosting books, periodicals, and archival materials documenting LGBT political, social and cultural movements throughout the twentieth century and into the present day. The collection illuminates the lives of lesbians, gays, transgender, and bisexual individuals and the community with content including selections from The National Archives in Kew, materials collected by activist and publisher Tracy Baim from the mid-1980s through the mid-2000s, the Magnus Hirschfeld and Harry Benjamin collections from the Kinsey Institute, periodicals such as En la Vida and BLACKlines, select rare works from notable LGBT publishers including Alyson Books and Cleis Press, as well as mainstream trade and university publishers.
These OSU Trials runs through 8/31/2015.
Please tell us what you think. Comments on these resources can be submitted on the electronic resource evaluation form.
Scheduled Maintenance: Walter De Gruyter Online
Due to scheduled maintenance on March 18th 2015, De Gruyter Online will be unavailable for approximately 1 hour between 9:00 AM and 1:00pm PST. The outage will affect all content on http://www.degruyter.com
Trial Database: GeoScienceWorld
GeoScienceWorld (GSW) is a resource for research and communications in the earth sciences built on a core database of peer-reviewed journals. The database gives researchers a single point of access to 45 full-text scholarly journals plus specialized searching capabilities and links to millions of relevant resources hosted elsewhere on the Web.
GSW also offers an e-book collection dedicated to the study of the earth sciences. The full e-book collection contains more than 1,000 earth science titles from 10 leading society publishers.
This OSU Trial runs through 3/31/2015.
Please tell us what you think. Comments on this resource can be submitted on the electronic resource evaluation form.
Scheduled Maintenance: BioOne (1/30)
The BioOne website will be undergoing maintenance starting Friday, January 30th. Scheduled downtime will begin at 3:00 p.m. PST and may last up to 4 hours. During this time content and services on bioone.org will be unavailable.
Trial Literature Collection: Romanticism Redefined
Romanticism Redefined is a searchable collection of Romantic-era literature focusing on the period between 1800 and 1830. In partnership with Pickering & Chatto Publishers, Alexander Street Press has published canonical and previously unrecognized writers from Britain, the British Empire, and North America. While the emphasis is on literature—poetry, novels, short fiction, and drama—there are also letters and diaries; political, philosophical, theological and sociological works; literary criticism; historical writings; speeches, lectures, and conversations; travel and exploration literature; and other forms. Also included is The Wordsworth Circle, an international academic journal for the study of English Romantic literature, culture, and society. Romanticism Redefined provides the only digital version of the complete run of the journal (1970-present).
This OSU Trial runs through 9/14/2014.
Please tell us what you think. Comments on this resource can be submitted on the electronic resource evaluation form.
Convenient Access: Chronicle of Higher Education
The Chronicle of Higher Education is now conveniently available on any mobile device or PC when you use your OSU email address to register for a Chronicle.com account.
REGISTER FOR A FREE ACCOUNT
Go to Chronicle.com and click on the “log in” link at the top, right hand side of the page. Then click the “Create a free Account” button. Enter and confirm your OSU e-mail address, then follow the steps on the account setup pages.
Note: After you login with your new OSU-associated account, the locks will still appear on premium content, but you will have access.
ACCESS WITH YOUR SMARTPHONE, TABLET, or PC
- Go to chronicle.com on your Web browser and select “Log In” at the top.
- Type your Chronicle login account information associated with your OSU e-mail address.
DOWNLOAD THE CHRONICLE iPAD APP
- Open the iPad App Store.
- Find The Chronicle app and select the download option. You will be asked for your iTunes/Apple ID username and password, enter it in and then your app will download and install.
- Once installed, tap The Chronicle app.
- When the app opens up, tap “Sign In” on the top right.
- Type the login information for your Chronicle account associated with your OSU e-mail address.
Scheduled Maintenance: BioOne (6/20)
The BioOne website will be undergoing maintenance starting Friday, June 20. Scheduled downtime will begin at 6:30 p.m. PST and may last up to 4 hours. During this time content and services on bioone.org will be unavailable.