Lura Sanborn May 11th, 2010
European Immigration edited by Anna Triandafyllidou and Ruby Gropas, Ashgate, 2007.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 305.7 T73E
A presentation of immigration patterns as related to the 25 European Union member states. Immigration policy(s), impact, history and related statistical data for each member state is included.
A sampling of included nations: Austria, Denmark, France, Latvia, Slovenia and the United Kingdom.
Helpful for: Humanities V, Global Studies, Statistics, European Studies
Tags: EU, Europe, European Union, Global Issues, Global Studies, Humanities, Humanities V, Immigration, New Reference Book, reference, Research, Statistics
Lura Sanborn February 24th, 2010
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
Lura Sanborn January 7th, 2010
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
Lisa Laughy May 21st, 2009
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
Lura Sanborn February 27th, 2009
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.
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| Monday, March 2 – Friday, March 6 |
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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| Saturday, March 7 – Sunday, March 8 |
CLOSED
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| Monday, March 9 – Friday, March 13 |
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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| Saturday, March 14 – Sunday, March 15 |
CLOSED
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| Monday, March 16 – Friday, March 20 |
8:30 a.m. – 5:00 p.m.
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| Saturday, March 21 |
CLOSED
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| Sunday, March 22 |
1:00 p.m. – 10:00 p.m.
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| Monday, March 23 |
8:30 a.m. – 10:00 p.m.
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Tags: Florida, Happy Trails, Leipzig, London, Mississippi, Paris, South Africa, Sweden
