Celebrate National Library Week with Us!
This week in the Law Library we're celebrating National Library Week! We're also teaching Advanced Legal Research, celebrating Arab American and Scottish American Heritage Month, and raising awareness about sexual assault.
This Week's Research Sessions
Monday, April 7, 2025
Advanced Legal Research: Transactional
Instructional & Reference Services Librarian Laura Dixon-Caldwell
Room 135
9:00am – 9:55am
Advanced Legal Research: Ohio
Associate Director Susan Boland
Room 135
10:05am – 10:55am
Wednesday, April 9, 2025
Advanced Legal Research: Fiction and Fact
Research Instructional Services Librarian Shannon Kemen
Room 107
10:05am – 11:00am
It's National Library Week!
It’s National Library Week! What draws people to the library? Everything! From books and digital resources to legal research and scholarship support, libraries are essential to thriving law schools. Whatever draws you in, the library has something for everyone.
National Library Week, April 6–12, 2025, is a time to celebrate the many ways libraries bring people together, spark imagination, and support lifelong learning.
Right to Read Day
Monday, April 7 is Right to Read Day. The State of America’s Libraries Report is released, including Top Ten Most Challenged Books of 2024. #RightToReadDay #DrawnToFreedom.
National Library Workers Day
Tuesday, April 8 is National Library Workers Day, a day for everyone to recognize the valuable contributions made by library workers. We encourage everyone to recognize the amazing STARS who work in our libraries. Nominate a stellar library worker! #NLWD25
National Library Outreach Day
Wednesday, April 9 is National Library Outreach Day, a day to celebrate library outreach and the dedicated library professionals who are meeting their patrons where they are.
Take Action for Libraries Day
Thursday, April 10 is Take Action for Libraries Day, a day for all library advocates to rally and support libraries.
- Contact your members of Congress by phone or email and ask them to protect federal library funding.
- Sign up to receive advocacy alerts.
- Become a Supporter of the American Library Association.
Stand with your community to defend the freedom to read and celebrate what makes libraries essential.#TakeActionForLibraries #ForOurLibraries
About National Library Week
First sponsored in 1958, National Library Week is sponsored by the American Library Association (ALA) and observed in libraries across the country each April. All types of libraries – school, public, academic and special – participate. Follow National Library Week activities at our library, the American Library Association, and I Love Libraries on social media by tracking the hashtags: #NationalLibraryWeek | #RighttoRead
Celebrate Arab American Heritage Month
About National Arab American Heritage Month
April is National Arab American Heritage Month (NAAHM) and celebrates the heritage, culture, and contributions of Arab Americans. Immigrants with origins from the Arab world have been arriving to the United States since before our country’s independence and have contributed to our nation’s advancements in science, business, technology, foreign policy, and national security. The Arab American Foundation and Arab America initiated the National Arab American Heritage Month in 2017. States and other organizations began recognizing April as National Arab American Heritage Month and last year President Biden issued an official proclamation.
The Arab American Institute estimates there are 3.7 million Arab Americans. Arab Americans are found in every state, but “[n]early 75% of all Arab Americans live in just twelve states: California, Michigan, New York, Texas, Florida, Illinois, New Jersey, Ohio, Minnesota, Virginia, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania …”
Resources to Learn More on Arab American Heritage
Arabic E-Journals at the University of Cincinnati
A collection of e-journals at the University of Cincinnati regarding Arabic language or news.
America: History and Life (EBSCO)
America: History and Life is a comprehensive bibliography of articles on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. AHL offers abstracts and citations for articles appearing in over 2¸000 journals published worldwide in history¸ related humanities¸ and the social sciences. Coverage also includes citations to book reviews from approximately 140 major journals of American history and culture¸ and relevant dissertations from Dissertation Abstracts International. Coverage: 1964 – present
Ethnic NewsWatch
Full text articles from newspapers and periodicals published by the ethnic and minority press in America, some dating back to 1985.
Index Islamicus
The Index Islamicus database indexes literature on Islam, the Middle East and the Muslim world. It is produced by the Islamic Bibliography Unit at Cambridge University Library. The Unit was established in 1983 to continue the compilations and publications of the Index Islamicus bibliography and to transmit knowledge about Islamic and Middle East studies, which have been part of the curriculum at Cambridge University since the early 17th century. Records included in the database cover almost a century of publications¸ with some going back to 1906.
PAIS (ProQuest)
PAIS (Public Affairs Information Service) was established in 1914. There are two databases created from the files: PAIS International and PAIS Archive (now PAIS ProQuest). PAIS International includes records from the print PAIS Bulletin 1977 and forward; it also includes PAIS print Foreign Language Index published 1972-1990, at which time it merged with the PAIS Bulletin. The PAIS International database contains continually updated records for over half a million journal articles, books, government documents, statistical directories, grey literature, research reports, conference papers, web content, and more. PAIS (formerly PAIS Archive) is a retrospective conversion of the PAIS Annual Cumulated Bulletin, volumes 1-62¸ published 1915-1976. PAIS (ProQuest) contains over 1.23 million records and covers monographs, periodical articles, notes and announcements, and analytics. Note: try Arab Americans, MuslimAmericans, Lebanese Americans, etc.
Celebrate Scottish-American Heritage Month
About Scottish-American Heritage Month
April is also Scottish-American Heritage Month, celebrating the contributions of the Scottish-Americans who have had an impact on U.S. society. Tartan Day is observed on April 6th to commemorate the signing of the Declaration of Arbroath in 1320. This document was Scotland's Declaration of Independence.
Resources to Learn More About Scottish-Americans
America: History and Life (EBSCO)
America: History and Life is a comprehensive bibliography of articles on the history and culture of the United States and Canada from prehistory to the present. AHL offers abstracts and citations for articles appearing in over 2¸000 journals published worldwide in history¸ related humanities¸ and the social sciences. Coverage also includes citations to book reviews from approximately 140 major journals of American history and culture¸ and relevant dissertations from Dissertation Abstracts International. Coverage: 1964 – present
Historical Abstracts (EBSCO )
Historical Abstracts is a reference guide to the history of the world from 1450 to the present (excluding the United States and Canada, which are covered in America: History and Life). Over 2,000 journals published throughout the world are covered in the database. In addition to including the key historical journals from virtually every major country and journals of regional history, Historical Abstracts includes a targeted selection of hundreds of journals in the social sciences and humanities that are of special interest to researchers and students of history. Historical Abstracts also cites new books reviewed in key English-language history and review journals. Dissertation citations relevant to the serial's subject scope are derived from Dissertation Abstracts International.
Sabin Americana
Based on Joseph Sabin's landmark bibliography, this collection contains works about the Americas published throughout the world from 1500 to the early 1900's. Included are books, pamphlets, serials and other documents that provide original accounts of exploration, trade, colonialism, slavery and abolition, the western movement¸ Native Americans, military actions and much more. With over 6 million pages from 29,000 works, this collection is a cornerstone in the study of the western hemisphere.
SocINDEX with Full Text
SocINDEX with Full Text is the world's most comprehensive and highest quality sociology research database. The database features more than 1,910,000 records with subject headings from a 19,300 term sociological thesaurus designed by subject experts and expert lexicographers. SocINDEX with Full Text contains full text for 397 "core" coverage journals dating back to 1908, and 150 "priority" coverage journals. This database also includes full text for more than 720 books and monographs, and full text for 6,743 conference papers.
Sociological Collection
The database includes 615 full text titles covering all areas of sociology, including social behavior, human tendencies, interaction, relationships, community development, culture and social structure.
Sexual Assault Awareness Month
April is also Sexual Assault Awareness month.
More Resources to Raise Awareness about Sexual Assault
Last week we provided hotline information. This week we look at other resources to raise awareness of sexual assault.
End Rape on Campus, Survivor Resources
End Rape on Campus (EROC) works to end campus sexual violence through direct support for survivors and their communities; prevention through education; and policy reform at the campus, local, state, and federal levels. The resources page contains information for survivors and those close to them.
Joyful Heart Foundation
Joyful Heart has been a leading national organization with a mission to transform society’s response to sexual assault, domestic violence, and child abuse, support survivors’ healing, and end this violence forever. Joyful Heart carries out its mission through an integrated program portfolio of education and advocacy.
MaleSurvivor
MaleSurvivor is a 501(c)(3), non-profit, public benefit organization committed to preventing, healing, and eliminating all forms of sexual victimization of boys and men through support, treatment, research, education, advocacy, and activism. MaleSurvivor is dedicated to providing personalized support for men at every stage of the healing process.
Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence
The Ohio Alliance to End Sexual Violence is a statewide coalition that supports rape crisis centers around the state of Ohio. OAESV provides training for advocates and preventionists, technical assistance for local programs, systems advocacy, public policy work and much more.
Sexual Assault Kit Initiative
The National Sexual Assault Kit Initiative (SAKI) provides funding through a competitive program to enhance the criminal justice response to sexual assault and hold offenders accountable by maximizing evidence found in sexual assault kits (SAKs). SAKI is administered by the Bureau of Justice Assistance (BJA) and aims to create a coordinated response that ensures an effective resolution to sexual assault and other violent crimes through (1) supporting the investigation and prosecution of cases, (2) a comprehensive and victim-centered approach, and (3) jurisdictional capacity building to prevent unsubmitted SAKs in the future. The site includes webinars and a toolkit as resources.
Posted Apr. 7, 2025 by Susan Boland