Lura Sanborn 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.
Lura Sanborn 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:
Lura Sanborn January 10th, 2012
Arab Filmmakers of the Middle East: A Dictionary by Roy Armes, Indiana U. Press, 2010.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 791.43 Ar5R
A helpful introduction on filmmaking in the Middle East is then followed by an alphabetical list of filmmakers in and from the Middle East. Each name is followed by a brief biography and filmography.
Examples:
Helpful for: Film Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Humanities, History, Global Studies, Gender Studies
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.
Lura Sanborn November 8th, 2011
Fashion: Critical and Primary Sources edited by Peter McNeil, Berg, 2009.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 391 M23F
This four volume set discusses and presents global fashion and accessories throughout four distinct time periods. Each volume is devoted to a particular point in time:
Helpful for: Fashion Studies, Art, Humanities, Popular Culture, Social Sciences, History
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