The WRDS Unix server will be undergoing maintenance from 4:00am – 7:00am EST on Tuesday, February 28. They will be patching the system to provide the most up-to-date computing environment for your research programming needs. The WRDS website and the WRDS Microstructure Cloud will not be affected by the maintenance.

Users will not be able to access WRDS through UNIX or PC SAS Connect while the maintenance is in progress. Jobs and user sessions that are active when it begins will be interrupted and they will have to be restarted when the system is back online.

19th Century Masterfile is the largest resource for research into the published output of Anglo-American (and additional non-English) materials produced prior to 1925.  Our goal is to include all relevant indexes to periodicals, books, newspapers, patents and US and many UK government documents.  There are more than 8,000 periodicals, as well as extensive indexes sources for books, newspapers, patents and US and UK government documents.

This OSU Trial runs through 2/24/2012.

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This powerful online database provides over 1.4 million up-to-the-minute biographies of leaders and achievers from around the world in the areas of business, law, science, medicine, the arts, government, entertainment and more – in one convenient source!  It provides access to all biographies that have appeared in 24 Marquis Who’s Who print titles since 1985, plus historical biographies from our Who Was Who in America volumes from 1607–1985.

This OSU Trial runs through 2/23/2012.

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**Off-campus users – access Material ConneXion here. Free registration required.

Material ConneXion is the largest global resource of new materials. The Library houses over 1,400 new and innovative materials representing eight categories: polymers, glass, ceramics, carbon-based materials, cement-based materials, metals, natural materials and natural material derivatives; featuring truly cutting-edge materials and applications.

This OSU Trial runs through 2/6/2011.

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**Please note that download options are not available during this trial.** This powerful new resource offers unparalleled access to the single largest collection of working notebooks, verse manuscripts and correspondence of William Wordsworth and his fellow writers anywhere in the world, all digitized in full color. Supplementing the manuscript collection, this resource also includes full-color digital images of over two thousand fine art pieces from celebrated artists.

This OSU Trial runs through 1/3/2011.

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The Alternative Press Index is a biannual* subject index to over 300 alternative, radical and left periodicals, newspapers and magazines. Librarians consider the API to be the most comprehensive and up-to-date guide to alternative sources of information available today. Each article is listed and cross-referenced by subject. Every citation contains the title, author and information about the publication in which it is located.

 

This OSU Trial runs through 12/1/2011.

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The LandScan 2010 Global Population Database was developed by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) for the United States Department of Defense (DoD).  This dataset includes country-level demographic data, 1st level admin demographic data, pixel (1km²) level data, and a layer with area calculations for population density. Country and 1st level admin level data include age, gender, and age-by-gender population breakdowns. The pixel level data contains a total ambient population value for each cell. All data is georeferenced in the geographic projection WGS 1984. Included with the data is a toolbox for use with ESRI’s spatial analyst extension as well as pre-symbolized layer files to use for symbolizing the data.

This OSU Trial runs through 11/26/2011.

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US History in Context is an engaging online experience for those seeking contextual information on hundreds of the most significant people, events and topics in U.S. History. The new solution merges Gale’s authoritative reference content with full-text magazines, academic journals, news articles, primary source documents, images, videos, audio files and links to vetted websites organized into a user-friendly portal experience.

GREENR (The Global Reference on the Environment, Energy, and Natural Resources) focuses on the physical, social, and economic aspects of environmental issues. Topic, organization, and country portals form research centers around issues covering energy systems, health care, agriculture, climate change, population, and economic development. Portals include authoritative analysis, academic journals, news, case studies, legislation, conference proceedings, primary source documents, statistics, and rich multimedia. Use Browse Issues and Topics, World Map, Basic Search or Advanced Search to explore the database.