Lura Sanborn December 8th, 2011
We already love Project Muse for recent journal content, but very soon we will also have the opportunity to fall in love with Project Muse all over again – this time with eBooks! Earlier this year Project Muse announced it would be adding an eBook component to its database. Expected to launch in early 2012, the eBook content is projected to exceed 12,000 unique eBook titles, all searchable simultaneously within the existing journal content.
Project Muse has a beta site, currently containing 300 scholarly eBooks, available now at: http://beta.muse.jhu.edu/
Look for an announcement in 2012 regarding access to Project Muse eBook collections via Ohrstrom Library.
If you have questions about accessing Ohrstrom Library’s eBook or digital journal collections, please contact Ms. Sanborn (lsanborn at sps dot edu).
Tags: Art, eBooks, Global Studies, History, Humanities, journals, Periodicals, Project Muse, reference, Religion, Research, Science, Web Resources
- Databases , General Works , History , Humanities , Natural Sciences , Periodicals , Religion , Research , Social Sciences , Uncategorized , Web Resources
Lura Sanborn November 17th, 2011
Ohrstrom Library is pleased to share its most recent digital purchase: the Illustrated London News Archive. This database provides access to the complete London Illustrated News from 1842 – 2003.
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica the Illustrated London News was London’s first illustrated periodical and the first to use photographs. This title is noted for its coverage of global events.
The default search is keyword: keyword will look for search terms in the title and author fields.
To search the entire full-text of all newspaper articles, simply change the radio button to ‘entire document.’
Please feel free to contact Ms. Sanborn (lsanborn at sps dot edu) with any questions about or to arrange for a personal tour of this product.
Tags: database, Global Studies, History, Humanities, Illustrated London News, London, newpapers, photographs, primary sources, Research
Lisa Laughy November 3rd, 2011
For those of you with an iPhone, iPod Touch or iPad with iBooks installed, you have the option to download specially designed eBooks based on OLDA online exhibits. These eBooks are formatted and designed to be viewed using the iBooks reader, available free through the Apple App Store, but can also be read using any eBook reader that is compatible with the ePub file format.
OLDA eBooks are available for the following exhibits:
Access the links above while on your iBooks activated device and click the “Open in iBooks” button that appears. This will automatically load your eBook onto your iBook bookshelf. You will then be able to access your OLDA eBook any time and anywhere you go, allowing you to read about the history of St. Paul’s School in these brief presentations, richly illustrated with photographs from the St. Paul’s School archives collection.
Technical questions? Use the contact form located HERE.
Access OLDA eBooks using the links above or on the permanent page located HERE.
Tags: Archives, Early Libraries of St. Paul's School, eBook, eBook reader, eBooks, ePub, iBook, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, Ohrstrom Library Digital Archives, OLDA, Places of Invention, The Form Plaques of St. Paul's School
Lura Sanborn October 20th, 2011
A new Latin I research guide is available for those working on the Latin I research project. Use this guide to identify and review: useful eReference sources, recommended library catalog searches, ArtStor (image source) and Noodlebib citation tutorials.
Please feel free to contact Ms. Sanborn (lsanborn at sps dot edu) for a research consultation and/or to discuss any of the items in this guide.
Tags: Art, eBooks, Latin I, Pompeii, reference, Research, Vesuvius, Web Resources
Lisa Laughy October 13th, 2011
A new archives exhibit is in place in Ohrstrom Library and a new online exhibit is now available through the Ohrstrom Library Digital Archives. A selection of photographs are on display in the library on the upper level display cases located in the lobby. These photos from the archives collection outline the history of the sport of cricket at St. Paul’s School, and the continuing tradition of Cricket Holiday.
Last Thursday saw the announcement of the fall term’s best known and most anticipated surprise, Cricket Holiday, but it is possible that only a few students are aware of the history of the sport that brought it into being. The archives photo display, accompanied by excerpts from Arthur Stanwood Pier’s book, St. Paul’s School 1855-1934, helps to illustrate the strong tradition of cricket at St. Paul’s School.
Additionally, an online exhibit, called In Celebration of Cricket, provides further information gathered from researching the details of specific photographs using the resources in the St. Paul’s School archives. Fourteen images have been selected for the exhibit from the thirty-two photographs that have recently been digitized and added to the archives online database from the archives collection.
Next time you are in the library take a few minutes to view the physical exhibit, and click through the link below to view the online exhibit as well.
In Celebration of Cricket
Tags: cricket, Cricket Holiday, St. Paul's School
