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• New Reference Book: Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts

  24Feb

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  By Lura Sanborn - Reference Librarian
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  Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts edited by Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr., Greenwood, 2003.

  Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 305.8 R83

  A one-volume guide concerning the study of global ethnic conflict during the 20th Century.  Each of the thirty-eight individual entries discusses the historical background of a particular ethnic conflict, how the conflict was managed, and the impact of the conflict.

  Examples include:

  • Canada: The Nationalist Movement in Quebec
  • China: Ethnic Conflict and the International System
  • France: The “Foreigner” Issue
  • Middle East: The Arab-Jewish Struggle for Palestine to 1948
  • Rwanda: Hutu-Tutsi Conflict and Genocide in Central Africa
  • United States: The United States – Puerto Rico Relationship

  Helpful for:  Literature of Witness, Middle Eastern Voices, Gender Studies, International Studies, Social History, World Politics, Humanities

  Tags: Conflict, gender studies, Genocide, History, Humanities, Literature of Witness, Middle Eastern Voices, New Reference Book, Politics, reference, Religion, Religion and Ethics, Research, Social History

• New Reference Book: Census Atlas of the United States: Census 2000 Special Reports, U. S. Census Bureau

  07Jan

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  By Lura Sanborn - Reference Librarian
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  Census Atlas of the United States: Census 2000 Special Reports, U. S. Census Bureau, 2007.

  Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 912 Un3C

  Over 250 pages of maps and data reflect characteristics of the United States.  Comparative historical data is often included.

  Compare the percentage of foreign born residents from in England in 1900 to 2000 (pg 151), look at a map of the U.S. presenting commuters leaving home before 6 a.m. in 1990 and also 2000 (pg 191), consider the child-to-woman ratio across the U.S. in 2000 (pg 81) or examine multi-generational households across the U.S. in 2000 (pg 81).

  View the online version HERE.

  Helpful for: Humanities IV, American History, Social History, Statistics

  Tags: American History, Humanities IV, New Reference Book, reference, Research, Statistics

• New Reference Book: Nature and the Environment in 20th-Century American Life

  21May

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  Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian

  Nature and the Environment in 20th-Century American Life by Brian Black, Westport: Greenwood, 2006.

  Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 304.2 B56N20

  Did recent Earth Day activities generate an interest in topics related to the environment?  This new reference book is a great way to continue fueling the inspiration.  Read about oil and the automobile, the evolution of the National Park Service and/or the Donora Smog of 1948.  Dozens of additional topics are covered and discussed in this new source.  Photos and primary texts are scattered throughout the volume.

  Helpful for: Humanities IV, U.S. History Research, Environmental Research

  Tags: environment, environmental science, Humanities IV, nature, New Reference Book, Research, U.S. History, United States

• All Journeys Begin at SPS

  27Feb

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  By Lura Sanborn - Reference Librarian
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  The Ohrstrom Library gang wishes you ALL an enjoyable and healthy break.

  Happy Trails in particular to the SPS:

  • Baseball Team – traveling to Florida for spring training and early games
  • Choir Members – traveling to South Africa
  • Habitat for Humanity – traveling to Mississippi
  • French students – traveling to Paris to study at Ecole Alsacienne
  • German students – traveling to Leipzig to study at Humboldt Schule
  • England Cultural Exchange students – traveling to London to study at Eton College and St. Paul’s Girls School
  • Sweden Cultural Exchange students – traveling to Sweden to study at Sigtuna School

  Enjoy your journeys, and we look forward to your safe return.

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  Ohrstrom Library will be open during the March break and will follow the schedule below:

  Sunday, March 1	10:00 a.m. – 1:00 p.m.
  Monday, March 2 – Friday, March 6	8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  Saturday, March 7 – Sunday, March 8	CLOSED
  Monday, March 9 – Friday, March 13	8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  Saturday, March 14 – Sunday, March 15	CLOSED
  Monday, March 16 – Friday, March 20	8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
  Saturday, March 21	CLOSED
  Sunday, March 22	1:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
  Monday, March 23	8:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.

  Tags: Florida, Happy Trails, Leipzig, London, Mississippi, Paris, South Africa, Sweden

• New Reference Book: New Encyclopedia of Africa

  26Feb

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  By Deb Baker - Interim Reference Librarian
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  Deb Baker – Interim Reference Librarian

  New Encyclopedia of Africa edited by John Middleton and Joseph C. Miller, Charles Scribner’s Sons, 2008.

  Find it in Ohrstrom at: Ref. 960 M858 2008 v.1-v.5.

  

  A comprehensive introduction to Africa past and present, these five volumes contain over 1200 cross referenced entries with bibliographies, covering geography, human and natural history, politics, and culture, from ancient times to the present. The fifth volume’s reference aids include a chronology, charts of ethnic and other identity groups, a detailed index, and a thematic outline, grouping related entries.

  HELPFUL FOR: Humanities III & V, Leadership for Social Justice, American Foreign Policy, The Cold War World, Introduction to Islam: Its Literature and Practice, Topics in Global Events

  FUN FOR: global citizens, armchair travelers

  Tags: Africa, American Foreign Policy, Humanities III, Humanities V, Introduction to Islam, Leadership for Social Justice, New Reference Book, The Cold War World