Stress Relief Library Guide

Stress Relief & Study Break Library Guide 

Ready for a break? Explore our library guide for a collection of games, puzzles, coloring pages, arts & crafts videos, yoga and walking videos, journaling, and more. You can even complete an Archer Library jigsaw puzzle online! Check back often, resources will continue to be updated.

Stress Relief Library Guide

Ready for a Break?

Explore this study break and stress relief library guide for a collection of games, puzzles, digital escape rooms, coloring pages, arts & crafts videos - including Tunisian crochet, yoga and walking videos, journaling, and more. You can even complete an Archer Library jigsaw puzzle online! 

It's not too late for help with that final project. Chat with a librarian online, email us to set up an appointment, or stop in to see a librarian in-person.

Stress Relief Library Guide

Need a Break? There's a Library Guide for that!

Explore our stress relief library guide for a collection of games, puzzles, digital escape rooms, coloring pages, arts & crafts videos - including Tunisian crochet, yoga and walking videos, journaling, and more. You can even complete an Archer Library jigsaw puzzle online! Check back often, resources will continue to be updated.

Stress Relief Guide: Are you Coloring?

Are you coloring?

"Share your work" by snapping a picture, posting it to twitter, and tagging the finished masterpiece #AUColoringPages

Visit the Stress Relief LibGuide for an assortment of color pages.

IRC Spotlight: Stress Relief

Last Week of Classes ... Finals

This is the time of year AU Library usually has stress relief programs and activities for students. While we can't bring the therapy dogs and coloring pages to you, we can provide a selection of online resources for stress relief.

Stress Relief Library Guide

Ready for a break? Browse our Stress Relief Resources guide for coloring pages, arts & crafts videos - including Tunisian crochet, yoga and walking videos, journaling, and more. You can even complete an AU Library jigsaw puzzle online! Check back often, resources will continue to be updated.

Need Help?

Contact the library via email or chat, call us, or schedule a zoom reference appointment. We are here to help .

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The more you know ... Faculty Resource Guide

Did you know?
If you are looking for online information resources for general education and teaching and learning pertaining to the current online teaching pivot, they are available on the AU Library Online: Faculty Resource guide. New resources are being added daily.


Resources & Info
News and information on a variety of higher education topics are presented, including:

• Copyright - Videos and links for copyright and fair use during the COVID-19 Pandemic.
• Chronicle of Higher Education - Premium content is available from AU Library, these links will require login.
• Inside Higher Ed - Explore articles, opinion essays, and blog posts.
• Higher Education  - Articles and blog posts from Educause, Getting Smart, EdSurge, and Faculty Focus

The resource guide is updated daily, check back for more information.  And remember, AU Library databases provide off campus access for your research needs.

*This information was previously published on the AU Library News & Information Blog.

AU Library Faculty Resource Guide

AU Faculty ➤ Faculty Resource Guide 

Welcome to the faculty resource library guide. Ashland University library continues to offer online and digital services to the campus community during AU's online only spring 2020 semester.

AU classes are online, and so are we. 

This guide is a starting place for library information and resources available to AU faculty teaching online. Navigate this guide using the left menu. Included here is information concerning general library help, instruction and library guide details, directions for locating our Blackboard Learn organization sites, and a library guide request form. You will also find direct links to the library A to Z database list and our Library Guide portal.

Whether a seasoned pro or online novice, we are here to support you and your students. The guide infographic features an overview of ways AU Librarians can help. A printable version (PDF) is available. Bookmark the resource guide, we will be adding new resources throughout the term. Take a few minutes for yourself, explore our wellness resources; listen to a podcast (or two) or take a virtual tour.

Banned Books Week: September 21-27 2014

It's time to celebrate Banned Books Week; this year's theme is "Celebrating the Freedom to Read." What is Banned Books Week?

"Banned Books Week is an annual event celebrating the freedom to read. Typically held during the last week of September, it highlights the value of free and open access to information. Banned Books Week brings together the entire book community –- librarians, booksellers, publishers, journalists, teachers, and readers of all types –- in shared support of the freedom to seek and to express ideas, even those some consider unorthodox or unpopular." -- ALA Banned Books Week

Interested in learning more about Banned Books Week? There's a Banned Books Week LibGuide for that! The library guide presents an overview of  Banned Books Week history and challenged books, Library Resources and Internet Resources for celebrating Banned Books Week, links to frequently banned and challenged books for the last ten years - and - challenged classics,  an interactive timeline highlighting 30 Years of Challenged Literature, and the IRC Pinterest site.

The IRC Pinterest site features a Banned Books Week board with additional resources.

Follow IRC's board Banned Books Week on Pinterest.

Get involved by sharing your Banned Books Week story on Twitter using the hash tag #bannedbooksweek, following Banned Books Week on Facebook, enjoying a variety of Read Outs on the Banned Books Week YouTube Channel, and find great display ideas from the Banned Books Week Pinterest page.

Whats New? LibGuides!

We are excited to announce an update to Ashland University Library's LibGuide information portal and Electronic Reserves. LibGuides - or Library Guides - feature the same great library research help, course support, and information; same easy access to electronic reserves; all with an updated design and increased functionality for users.

Accessing Library guides is easy; from the AU Library home page select the Research Guide link directly below OneSearch or the Library Help quick links. Electronic Reserves, or E-Res, are accessible from the library home page via the Reserves link on the left side bar. It is also possible to find E-Reserves directly from the LibGuides home page. We will be sharing more about our LibGuides update and resources available in the coming weeks.

Special thanks to Chad Draper and Joe Ellis in Web Services for their exceptional work customizing LibGuides, it functions seamlessly with the AU Library site.  We also would like to thank Kris Kennedy in marketing for his work on a new AU Library banner and Mark Usher in Information Technology for key updates to the site URL making it possible to 'go live' with LibGuides v2.

*Information originally published on the AU Library News Blog, 8/19/14

LibGuides & E-Res Availability

We are migrating AU Library LibGuides and Electronic Reserves content today, August 12th, and tomorrow, Wednesday, August 13th. During that time, LibGuides outages are expected and E-Res content will not be available. We apologize in advance for the service interruption.

Check back for updates and information about our NEW LibGuides and E-Reserves portal.