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Updated Research Guide: Literature of Witness

Lura Sanborn — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:09 +0000

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.

New Research Guide: Mythology in Art

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:00:42 +0000

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.

New Reference Book: The Encyclopedia of Middle East Wars

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:00:54 +0000

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

In Celebration of Cricket eBook Now Available

Lisa Laughy — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:48 +0000

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.

New Reference Book: Lend Me Your Ears: Oxford Dictionary of Political Quotations

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 17 Jan 2012 12:00:36 +0000

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

New Research Guide: Cold War Speech Project

Lura Sanborn — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 18:42:10 +0000

A new research guide for the humanities Cold War Speech project is available on the library’s website. Use this guide to identify and review: useful eReference sources, recommended library catalog searches (for both print and eBooks), historical newspapers, historical 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.

New Reference Book: Arab Filmmakers of the Middle East

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:09 +0000

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:

Al-Rais, Maria Mohammad
Badr, Liana
Khill, Ibrahim
Tabari, Ula
Zureikat, Sima

Helpful for: Film Studies, Middle Eastern Studies, Humanities, History, Global Studies, Gender Studies

Magazine Archive within Google Books

Lura Sanborn — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:00:24 +0000

Google Books contains a collection of magazines embedded within its larger Google Books tool. Titles range from American Woodworker, Current Organic Chemistry to Texas Monthly with many title in between. Date range varies widely by title.

This brief video describes how to extract and search Life from within Google Books. The same technique can be applied to any magazine within this Google collection.

Helpful for: Humanities, History, Science, Art, Popular Culture

eBooks in Project Muse Beta Site

Lura Sanborn — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:00:39 +0000

We already love Project Muse for recent journal content, but very soon we will also have the opportunity to fall in love with Project Muse all over again – this time with eBooks! Earlier this year Project Muse announced it would be adding an eBook component to its database. Expected to launch in early 2012, the eBook content is projected to exceed 12,000 unique eBook titles, all searchable simultaneously within the existing journal content.

Project Muse has a beta site, currently containing 300 scholarly eBooks, available now at: http://beta.muse.jhu.edu/

Look for an announcement in 2012 regarding access to Project Muse eBook collections via Ohrstrom Library.

If you have questions about accessing Ohrstrom Library’s eBook or digital journal collections, please contact Ms. Sanborn (lsanborn at sps dot edu).

New Reference Book: Tis the Season TV

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:00:26 +0000

Tis the Season TV: The Encyclopedia of Christmas-Themed Episodes, Specials and Made-for-TV Movies by Joanna Wilson, 1701 Press, 2011.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 791.45 W69T

A one volume set providing summaries of Christmas television. Entries fall with three categories: TV Show, Specials and Movies.

Examples:

The Christmas that Almost Wasn’t (1966)
The Little Troll Prince: A Christmas Parable (1987)
The Nick at Night Holiday Special (2003)
Nick & Jessica’s Family Christmas (2004)
Pokemon: Winter Vacation (1999)
The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
Xena Warrior Princess: A Solstice Carol (1996)

Helpful for: U.S. History, Popular Culture, Media Studies, Holiday Interests