Library Resources Update - IBISWorld Database

    IBISWorld Database has been added back to the AU Library resources! We are happy to have this significant resource back for our faculty and students to use in their research. IBISWorld was a resource previously held by the Library, but was discontinued in Summer 2020 due to budget cuts. 

 
   

   IBISWorld offers users industry profiles with key data on more than 700 U.S. industries, arranged by NAICS code. It can be searched by NAICS code, industry, Company, and keyword. Each report is about 25- 30 pages and covers Industry definitions, Industry performance, Key statistics, Jargon and glossary, and other information.

  It is live and ready to use for your research needs. The best place to find it is through the Library's A to Z Database guide. (https://libguides.ashland.edu/az.php) 

    If you have any questions or want to learn more about library resources, you can always reach out to the Reference Librarians via chat, on the homepage, email at Library@ashand.edu, or call (419.289.5402).

AU Library: Study Rooms

Looking for a quiet space to study during finals?

AU Library has designated the 4th and 5th floors as quiet spaces during extended hours and finals week, November 30th - December 10th. Comfortable open study areas are available to students on both floors.

Interested in reserving a study room?  

Stop at the circulation desk and reserve one of our study rooms on the 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th floors for a maximum of three hours. Please note, students using a reserved study room will be asked to vacate the room.

Spotlight: The Chronicle

The first in a series of spotlight posts featuring library resources, The Chronicle of Higher Education. One of the premier links on the library database by title page and immediately accessible using the Database by Title search on the main library page (keyword: Chronicle), The Chronicle is "No. 1 source of news, information, and jobs for college and university faculty members and administrators."

"Based in Washington, D.C., The Chronicle has more than 70 full-time writers and editors, as well as 17 foreign correspondents around the world."

"Online, The Chronicle is published every weekday and is the top destination for news, advice, and jobs for people in academe. The Chronicle's Web site features the complete contents of the latest issue; daily news and advice columns; thousands of current job listings; an archive of previously published content; vibrant discussion forums; and career-building tools such as online CV management, salary databases, and more."

"The Chronicle's audited Web-site traffic is routinely more than 12 million pages a month, seen by more than one million unique visitors." -- About the Chronicle

The Chronicle of Higher Education is also accessible through several library databases including Academic Search Complete (full text 1999 - present, one month embargo), Education Research Complete (full text 1999 - present, one month embargo) and LexisNexis Academic (1997 - present, one month embargo).

Library Resources: September 11, 2001

The following is an abbreviated list featuring available September 11, 2001 titles/resources:

• 09/11 8:48 AM: Documenting America's Greatest Tragedy
  HV6432 .N56 2001x
• 9-11
  HV6432.7.C48 2002
• The 9/11 Commission Report: Final Report of the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States
  HV6432.7 .N39 2004b
• Against All Enemies: Inside America's War on Terror
  HV6432.C53
• American Ground: Unbuilding the World Trade Center
  HV6432.L364 2003
• The Spirit of Terrorism and Requiem for the Twin Towers
  HV6432.B38 2002
• Last Man Down: A Firefighter's Story of Survuval and Escape from the World Trade Center
  HV6432.P5 2002
• Out of the Blue: The Story of September 11, 2001, from Jihad to Ground Zero
  HV6432.B47 2002
• September 11, 2001: A Collection of Newspaper Front Pages
  HV6432.S458 2001

For more information, see these catalog subject headings:

• September 11 Terrorist Attacks 2001
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks 2001 Anniversaries Etc
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks 2001 Economic Aspects
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks 2001 Juvenile Fiction
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks 2001 Juvenile Literature
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks 2001 Pictorial Works
• September 11 Terrorist Attacks 2001 Psychological Aspects

Please note that Ashland University Library is a Government Depository Library and "as a depository library, Ashland selects government documents useful in research for our library patrons'" Government documents on this topic are available.