Magazine Archive within Google Books

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 … Continued

eBooks in Project Muse Beta Site

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 … Continued

New Reference Book: Tis the Season TV

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 … Continued

From the Archives: Faculty Chess Tournament, 1894

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The Nugalia column in the February 22, 1894 edition of the Horae Scholasticae notes with unusual brevity: A chess tournament is being played among the masters.   Pasted to the page preceding that issue, in a bound volume of issues … Continued

New Reference Book: Encyclopedia of Motherhood

Encyclopedia of Motherhood edited by Andrea O’Reilly, Sage, 2010. Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 305.4 Or3M This three  volume set presents reference articles focusing on concepts, debates, and theories important to the field of global motherhood studies. Daugher-Centricity Ethics … Continued