This week OhioLINK is profiling WittenbergÕs own Thomas Library as their feature library!Ê Read more at https://www.ohiolink.edu/content/featured_library_wittenberg_university_thomas_library

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It's time to Celebrate Your Freedom to READ!!!

According to the Office for Intellectual Freedom, there were 307 challenges to books reported in 2013. Here are the top 10:

1. Captain Underpants (series), by Dav PilkeyReasons: Offensive language, unsuited for age group, violence
2. The Bluest Eye, by Toni MorrisonReasons: Offensive language, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group, violence
3. The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian, by Sherman AlexieReasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, offensive language, racism, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
4. Fifty Shades of Grey, by E.L. JamesReasons: Nudity, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
5. The Hunger Games, by Suzanne CollinsReasons: Religious viewpoint, unsuited to age group
6. A Bad Boy Can Be Good for A Girl, by Tanya Lee StoneReasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, nudity, offensive language, sexually explicit
7. Looking for Alaska, by John GreenReasons: Drugs/alcohol/smoking, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
8. The Perks of Being a Wallflower, by Stephen ChboskyReasons: drugs/alcohol/smoking, homosexuality, sexually explicit, unsuited to age group
9. Bless Me Ultima, by Rudolfo AnayaReasons: Occult/Satanism, offensive language, religious viewpoint, sexually explicit
10. Bone (series), by Jeff SmithReasons: Political viewpoint, racism, violence

Have you ever wished you could search more than one library resource at once?

Your wish has been granted! One Search allows you to search EZRA, OhioLINK, many article databases, and even some open source article databases and online archives Ð all from one search box.

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One Search has been designed to act more like Google. It will return hundreds of thousands of results,

If you arenÕt sure where to start your search, try One Search. It will search many of the libraryÕs resources at once so you donÕt have to decide which database to search. One Search will bring back results that include items from multiple disciplines in a variety of formats. Ask a librarian how to narrow your result list by date, format, or discipline (email librarians@wittenberg.edu).

If you prefer going directly to EZRA, OhioLINK, or a subject-specific article database, donÕt worry Ð you still can. These tools are not going away. In some cases, these trusted resources are the ones we recommend first. If you are looking for a book and know the author or title, EZRA or OhioLINK is much faster and easier than One Search. Article databases are usually focused on a particular discipline, so your results will be automatically narrowed to articles published within that discipline.

Learn more about One Search: http://www6.wittenberg.edu/lib/help/onesearch.php

Try it today! Go to www.wittenberg.edu/lib and click the One Search tab.