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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

• Databases , Fine Arts , History , Humanities , Language , Research , Social Sciences
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Lura Sanborn October 20th, 2011

A new Latin I research guide is available for those working on the Latin I research project.  Use this guide to identify and review: useful eReference sources, recommended library catalog searches, ArtStor (image source) 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: Art, eBooks, Latin I, Pompeii, reference, Research, Vesuvius, Web Resources

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Lura Sanborn September 27th, 2011

Encyclopedia of Latin America edited by Thomas M. Leonard, Facts on File, 2010.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 980 L55L

A 4-volume set covering the pre-Columbian period through modernity.  Entry focus includes politics, economics, history, and culture.

Examples:

• Amazon Regional Cooperation Agreement
• Chacabuco, Battle of
• Guadalupes, Society of
• Mexico, independence of
• West Indies Federation

Helpful for: Latin American Studies, Humanities, History, Global Studies, Gender Studies, Economics

Tags: Economics, gender studies, Global Studies, History, Humanities, Latin American Studies, New Reference Book, reference, Research

• Geography , History , Humanities , Language , Religion , Research , Social Sciences
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Lura Sanborn September 30th, 2010

Ohrstrom Library is pleased to announce the addition of 400 new journals to our digital holdings.

Project Muse contains the full-text of 400 journals covering research in the Humanities, Arts, Sciences, International Studies and Social Sciences.

A complete title list is available by clicking  HERE, or browse a list of journals by discipline located HERE.

In most cases, articles are added to the Project Muse database before the corresponding print issue is even mailed.

To access Project Muse, please visit Ohrstrom’s website HERE and select Project Muse from the database menu:

Contact Ohrstrom Library with questions about Project Muse or any of the Library’s other digital research collections by clicking HERE.

Tags: American History, Databases, Global Studies, History, Humanities, Humanities V Research Paper, reference, Religion, Science, Social History

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Lura Sanborn May 25th, 2010

The Eloquent Shakespeare by Gary Logan, University of Chicago Press, 2008.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 822.3 zL82E

A pronouncing dictionary to  Shakespeare’s complete dramatic works, with notes.  Written by the director of the Shakespeare Theatre Company’s Academy for Classical Acting this unique reference book seeks to standardize pronunciation for the stage.

Learn to pronounce:
•    Alphonso
•    cap-a-pe
•    eyas-musket
•    Oxfordshire
•    wolt

Helpful for:  Humanities III, Humanities V, Shakespeare, Theater, Fiske Cup

Tags: Drama, Fiske Cup, Humanities, Humanities III, Humanities V, New Reference Book, reference, Research, Shakespeare, theater

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