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.
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:
Volume 1: Late Medieval to Renaissance
Volume 2: The Eighteenth Century
Volume 3: The Nineteenth Century
Volume 4: The Twentieth Century to Today
Helpful for: Fashion Studies, Art, Humanities, Popular Culture, Social Sciences, History
Fashion, Costume and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages edited by Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, UXL, 2004.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 391 P37F
This five volume set discusses and presents global fashion and accessories through five distinct time periods. Each volume is devoted to a particular point in time.
Volume 1: The Ancient World
Volume 2: Early Cultures Across the Globe
Volume 3: European Culture from the Renaissance to the Modern Era
Volume 4: Modern World Part I: 1900-1945
Volume 5: Modern World Part II: 1946-2003
Helpful for: Fashion Studies, Art, Humanities, Popular Culture, Social Sciences, History
Ohrstrom Library provides access to an ever-growing collection of eBooks. The library currently has 86,000+ eBooks available, all with unlimited simultaneous user access.
There are two methods of locating eBooks: using the online catalog or by visiting any of the library’s individual eBook collections available on the library’s eBook page.
Library eBook collections are viewable on most versions of the following: PCs, tablets and hand-held devices.
This short video tutorial describes accessing the libraries eBooks and demonstrates two of the library’s current collections:
As always, when accessing the library’s digital collections when off the grounds, please log in with your SPS user credentials to: vpn.sps.edu
Please feel free to contact Lura Sanborn (lsanborn at sps dot edu) with your question(s) about the library’s eBook collections.
The Complete Guide to National Symbols and Emblems by James Minahan, Greenwood, 2010.
