OhioLINK FAQ

Resources in OhioLINK are available to current Antioch University New England and Antioch Leadership PhD students, staff and faculty only. Log in required.

Access OhioLINK’s home page, its portal to hundreds of databases and other online resources.

What is OhioLINK?
What’s in OhioLINK?
How do I use OhioLINK?
What about OhioLINK’s Quick Search feature?
How do I get to OhioLINK?
How do I log in to OhioLINK?
OhioLINK and ILL

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What is OhioLINK?

OhioLINK stands for Ohio Library and Information NetworK and is the name of a group of libraries which got together to pool their financial resources. This results in greater buying power for library materials, which are shared among member libraries. ANE Library has access to resources provided through OhioLINK because our parent institution, Antioch University, is in Ohio and is a member of OhioLINK.

What’s in OhioLINK?

OhioLINK provides access to over 100 electronic research databases and almost 7000 electronic journals. Remember that OhioLINK is a collection of resources, not a single resource.

How do I use OhioLINK?

The best way to use OhioLINK is to use one of its subject-specific research databases. See what these are by browsing OhioLINK’s database subject list. A subject-specific research database will pinpoint relevant material for you quickly and easily.

What about OhioLINK’s Quick Search feature?

The Quick Search in OhioLINK allows you to do a very simple, broad search in multiple databases which usually results in thousands of citations - that is, not a very useful search. Here’s what OhioLINK says about using Quick Search: “Advanced researchers [such as graduate students!] who need the most comprehensive and authoritative results are better served by using the specialized databases in their field. Only a specialized database interface can provide sophisticated tools such as a thesaurus, proximity operators, specialized limits, complex export options, etc.” In other words, choose a subject-specific database instead of Quick Search.

How do I get to OhioLINK?

Access any of OhioLINK’s resources through OhioLINK’s homepage.
Access specific OhioLINK research databases through our Database Quicklist or our Databases webpage.
Access specific electronic journals in OhioLINK through our Journals A-Z list. Look up a journal title on this list and you will see if it is available in OhioLINK.

How do I log in to OhioLINK?

At the screen which says “select your institution” the default should say Antioch College. Click “submit.”
At the log in screen:
- user = lastname[space] firstname — You must put a space between your last name and your first name
- barcode = anne[your Antioch ID number] — Do not put a space between anne and your number. Your Antioch ID number is the number used to log in to your FirstClass account.
- Example:
  user = potter harry
  barcode = anne0999000

Note: When you enter your ’barcode’ it will actually appear as asterisks:

If you have any problems logging in to OhioLINK contact the library, or visit OhioLINK’s Remote Authentication Help page.

OhioLINK and Interlibrary Loan

We do not use any of the interlibrary loan services offered in OhioLINK.

If you find a book title in an OhioLINK catalog, you must either see if ANE Library owns the book OR use our own Interlibrary Loan form to request the book.
If you need a journal article which is not available full text in OhioLINK, check to see if ANE Library subscribes to that journal OR use our own Interlibrary Loan form to request the article.