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• Librarians’ Holiday: Recommended Reading from Ohrstrom’s Staff

  20Nov

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  By Lisa Laughy - Library Web Services
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  Heading into Thanksgiving break you may be craving the luxury of escaping into a good book. Sure, you read all the time for school and cracking the covers of a book may be the farthest thing from how you plan to relax over the break. Consider taking the time to do some recreational reading during your down time, it may be just the thing you need to unwind.

  With that in mind Ohrstrom Library staff has put together a special display in the Baker Reading Room of recommended recreational reading. Stop by Ohrstrom before heading out on your break and pick up something fun and distracting to read while away.

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  Tags: Baker Reading Room, book display, Ohrstrom Library, recommended reading

• Happy Birthday OED, Happy Birthday To You!

  19Nov

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  Ohrstrom Library celebrates The Oxford English dictionary’s 80th birthday with a small book display in the Baker Reading Room.  Included in the display are The New Shorter Oxford English Dictionary and two of Simon Winchester’s books about the OED.  The complete unabridged 2nd edition of the OED can be found in the Reference Room at Ref. 423 Ox2.  Take a moment to browse these amazing resources.

  The idea of the dictionary was conceived in 1857, but the finished first edition was not published until 1928.  In 2000, Oxford University Press started its first online edition.  Since then, the uses for the OED have expanded and evolved.  For example, it has become a treasure trove for those looking for quotations.  After browsing through the paper version, fire up the Ohrstrom Library website and explore the OED’s ever-expanding depth and breadth of knowledge by clicking HERE.  If your appetite for dictionaries is still not satiated, please take a look at the much earlier  Johnson’s Dictionary (Johnson’s Diction: a Modern Selection) available online in a complete digitized version HERE.

  Tags: Johnson's Dictionary, OED, Oxford English Dictionary, Simon Winchester

• New Reference Book: Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate

  18Nov

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  Deb Baker – Interim Reference Librarian

  Encyclopedia of Weather and Climate by Michael Allaby, illustrated by Richard Garratt, Facts-On-File, 2007.

  Find it in Ohrstrom at: Ref. 551.5 AL5 v.1 & v.2

  Allaby, author or editor of over 90 books on environmental science, has revised, updated, and reorganized this two volume set to reflect the latest science, with over 1400 entries, 350 illustrations, and 10 appendices. Looking for maps of ocean currents? Wonder why ice storms occur, when thermometers were invented, how wine harvest records help climatologists, or what in the world a cloud street is? Look no further.

  HELPFUL FOR: Terrestrial Ecology, Topics in Global Events, Limnology and Marine Biology, Origins of Modern Science

  FUN FOR: Weather Channel fans, amateur meteorologists, Eco-Action members

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  Tags: climate, climatology, global warming, Limnology, Marine Biology, New Reference Book, Origins of Modern Science, Terrestrial Ecology, Topics in Global Events, weather, Web Resources

• New Embedded Search Box is EBSCO-licious!

  17Nov

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  The Ohrstrom Library Database web page now has a new search box for the EBSCOHost suite of databases.  The new embedded search box allows users to start searching EBSCO’s sixteen databases right from the library website without the need to navigate through the EBSCO launch and database selection screens.  The new embedded search box provides seamless access to EBSCOHost’s thousands of resources including:

  • magazines
  • journals
  • newspapers
  • selected reference material

  Once your search is executed you can access advanced search options including selecting specific databases to focus your search results.  EBSCOHost database searches are faster and more direct thanks to the new embedded search box.  Try a search now and see how efficient it is: then consider adding EBSCOHost to your arsenal of research tools for your next homework assignment.

  Tags: Databases, EBSCO, EBSCOHost, Web Resources

• Ohrstrom Library 2.0: Join Our New Facebook Group!

  14Nov

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  Ohrstrom Library now has a group on Facebook called, surprisingly enough, The Ohrstrom Library Group!  If you are a St. Paul’s Student, Faculty or Staff member and have a Facebook account you are cordially invited to join the group by clicking HERE and then following the links to join.  The Ohrstrom Library Group is a place to discuss ideas and thoughts about your library experience, ask questions about library use, and share information among other group members.  If you already use Facebook as your social networking source, why not contribute your views and ideas to the Ohrstrom Library Group to help make Ohrstrom an even better resource for the St. Paul’s community?  Join today and get the discussion under way!

  Tags: Facebook, Facebook Groups, Ohrstrom Library, Ohrstrom Library 2.0, St. Paul's School

• New Reference Book: Encyclopedia of the Solar System

  13Nov

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  Deb Baker – Interim Reference Librarian

  Encyclopedia of the Solar System edited by Lucy-Ann McFadden, Paul R. Weissman, and Torrence V. Johnson, Elsevier Inc., 2007.

  Find it in Ohrstrom at: Ref. 523.2 M16

  

  Organized into 47 chapters authored by 76 scientists ranging from basic astronomy to advanced theories and recent discoveries, this encyclopedia is packed with images, charts, drawings, and diagrams. Every chapter has a bibliography, and the editors include an extensive glossary. In the foreword, Wesley T. Huntress tells readers, “This is your highway to the solar system.” Sightseer or pilgrim, you’ll enjoy the ride.

  HELPFUL FOR: Introduction to Astronomy, Stellar Astronomy, Galactic Astronomy, Physics Seminar: Relativity, Quantum, and Unification Theories

  FUN FOR: stargazers, future astronauts, SETI supporters, rocket scientists

  Tags: dark matter, Galactic Astronomy, Introduction to Astronomy, New Reference Book, Physics Seminar, Quantum Theory, Relativity, Solar System, Stellar Astronomy, Unification Theory

• New Archives Online Exhibit: The Roll of Honor

  10Nov

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  A new St. Paul’s School Archives online exhibit has been created making two publications available to read online through the Ohrstrom Library Website. The Roll of Honor: St. Paul’s School in the Great War and The Roll of Honor: St. Paul’s School in World War II reproduces two out-of-print and hard to find books originally published by the SPS Alumni Association: St. Paul’s School in the Great War (published in 1926) and St. Paul’s School in the Second World War (published in 1950).  The books contain short biographies of St. Paul’s Alumni who fought and gave their lives in the two World Wars.  The online exhibit contains direct scans of the pages from the books which have been converted into PDF files for easy reading online.  The two exhibits together contain one hundred and fifty two short biographies of St. Paul’s Alumni.

  Visit the online exhibit:

  The Roll of Honor: St. Paul’s School in the Great War, 1914-1918

  The Roll of Honor: St. Paul’s School in the Second World War

  Tags: Alumni Association, Archives, archives exhibit, St. Paul School, St. Paul's School in the Great War, St. Paul's School in World War II, World War I, World War II, World War II Seminar, WW I, WW II

• SPS Student Book Club

  07Nov

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  By Lura Sanborn - Reference Librarian
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  Come join the SPS Student Book Club this Friday, November 7th for a brief discussion and a cup of tea.  We’ll be meeting in the Library’s Shakespeare Room (upper floor) from 6:30-7:30 to discuss Ray Bradbury’s short story “The Veldt.”

  Come by to check it out, to discuss the story, have a cup of tea and/or to find out just what’s up with Book Club.

  Questions, comments or concerns?  Remark below or contact Mrs. Sanborn directly.

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  Tags: Book Club, Ray Bradbury

• Reference Book Spotlight: The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting

  06Nov

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  The Greenwood Library of American War Reporting – David A. Copeland, General Editor, Greenwood Press, 2005.

  Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 973 C79

  

  Check out volume three of this set while working on your Civil War project.  Volume three provides mini-collections of newspaper articles about particular Civil War events (i.e. Dred Scott, John Brown, Battle of Gettysburg).  All articles were originally published during the Civil War – so, primary sources!

  Browse the table of contents in the front of volume 3 for the topic of your choice, and/or, use the index in the back of volume 5 to pinpoint additional articles.
  HELPFUL FOR: Humanities IV, history scholars, newspaper buffs, Civil War addicts.

  Tags: Civil War, Dred Scott, Gattle of Gettusburg, Humanities IV, John Brown, primary sources, Spotlight On, war reporting

• New Reference Book: Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice

  04Nov

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  Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice edited by Gary L. Anderson and Kathryn G. Herr, Sage Publications, 2007.

  Find it in Ohrstrom at: Ref. 303.48 An2 v.1; Ref. 303.48 An2 v.2; Ref. 303.48 An2 v.3.

  

  Each volume of this set includes a list of the 960 entries and a “Reader’s Guide,” which groups related articles under broad subject headings. For example, under “Environmentalism,” the guide lists 40 pertinent entries scattered across all three volumes. The third volume contains an extensive index.

  HELPFUL FOR: Literature of Witness, Terrestrial Ecology, Religion and Ethics, Leadership for Social Justice, Biomedical Ethics, Community Outreach

  FUN FOR: Eco-Action members, protest song writers, activist poets

  Tags: Activism, Biomedical Ethics, Community Outreach, Leadership for Social Justice, Literature of Witness, New Reference Book, Religion and Ethics, Social Justice, Terrestrial Ecology