Archive for the 'Databases' Category

Updated Research Guide: Literature of Witness

February 2nd, 2012

A newly updated research guide for the Literature of Witness project  is available on the library’s website.  Use this guide to identify and review: reference materials, Biography Database, library catalog (printed books & eBooks), newspaper collections, NBC newsreels, 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.

New Research Guide: Mythology in Art

January 31st, 2012

A new research guide for the Latin I Mythology in Art project  is available on the library’s website.  Use this guide to identify and review: ARTstor, Oxford Art Online and library books.

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.

ArtStor Update: Login to Save images

January 26th, 2012

Earlier in the school year ArtStor made a minor change:  Users wishing to save pictures from the ArtStor database must now log in to their user account. Thankfully, creating an account and logging in to it is very easy.  There is a prompt in the upper right-hand corner of the ArtStor main page, immediately visible after a user enters the digital art library:

Registering must be done from an SPS networked computer.  Following this, users may then access their ArtStor account from off the grounds.

ArtStor has written more detailed instructions about registering for an account HERE.

Or watch their YouTube video below:

 

 

New Research Guide: Cold War Speech Project

January 12th, 2012

A new research guide for the humanities Cold War Speech project  is available on the library’s website.  Use this guide to identify and review: useful eReference sources, recommended library catalog searches (for both print and eBooks), historical newspapers, historical newsreels 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.

The Library in Your Lap

December 12th, 2011

This phrase, coined by current senior, RG ’12, is such a great way of expressing the always available digital content purchased/subscribed to by Ohrstrom library.

When you are off the SPS grounds, such as during the upcoming Winter Break, simply visit vpn.sps.edu and log in with your SPS credentials.  All of the library’s digital holdings will now become available, including:

Analog hungry?  Stop by the library before the break to pick up a physical book(s).  We will be happy to provide an extended due date.

Image courtesy of rogdorf under this Creative Common license.

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