Lura Sanborn 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.
Tags: eBooks, gender studies, Global Studies, History, Humanities, Literature of Witness, reference, Religion, Research, Research Guide
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.
Tags: Art, Latin I, Mythology, new research guide, reference, Research
Lura Sanborn January 24th, 2012
The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars edited by Spencer C. Tucker, ABC-CLIO, 2010.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 973.928 T79M
A 5-volume set focusing on U.S. involvement and engagement in conflicts in the Middle East.
Entry Examples:
- Aircraft, Reconnaissance
- Casualties, Operation Enduring Freedom
- Egypt, Armed Forces
- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries
- Warlords, Afghanistan
Helpful for: Political Studies, Military Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Humanities, History, Global Studies
Tags: Global Studies, History, Humanities, Middle Eastern Studies, Military Studies, New Reference Book, Political Studies, reference, Research
Lisa Laughy January 19th, 2012
A new eBook is available from the St. Paul’s School Archives eBook collection:
In Celebration of Cricket: From School Sport to Celebrated Tradition is available in ePub format for download and viewing on your iPad, iPhone, and iPod Touch devices with iBooks installed. It has been designed specifically for viewing in iBooks, but can also be read with a more basic layout on any eBook reader that supports the ePub file format.
You can download this new eBook by clicking HERE.
This eBook presentation is a companion to the archives online exhibit of the same name viewable HERE. It contains photographs from the St. Paul’s School archives collection and includes descriptions and information related to the history of the game of cricket at SPS and the enduring popularity of the Cricket Holiday tradition.
Visit the Ohrstrom Library Digital Archives eBook page to see other available titles by clicking HERE.
Tags: Concord, cricket, eBook, ePub, iBook, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, NH, SPS, St. Paul's School
Lura Sanborn January 17th, 2012
Lend Me Your Ears: Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations edited by Anthony Jay, Oxford University Press, 4th edition, 2010.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 808.88 Ox2P
A compendium of politically-related quotes.
Examples:
- Joan Baez – “The only thing that’s been a worse flop than the organization of non-violence has been the organization of violence.”
- Saul Bellow – “Sitting tight is power.”
- Michael Heseltine – “The market has no morality.”
- Jean-Pierre Raffarin – “We have a country which loves ideology, and we need pragmatism.”
- Grover A. Whalen – “There’s a lot of law at the end of a nightstick.”
Helpful for: Political Studies, Humanities, History, Global Studies
