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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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Lura Sanborn April 20th, 2010

Honor & Respect: The Official Guide to Names, Titles & Forms of Address by Robert Hickey, The Protocol School of Washington, 2008.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 395.4 H52H

A handy guide, useful when introducing an individual, addressing a letter or referring to another person in a conversation.  Focus is on U.S. terms and usage although end chapters include country names and corresponding officials.

Discover:
•    DV – is an acronym for distinguished visitor
•    Elector – is a person who is eligible to vote in an election
•    Envoy – is any senior diplomat
•    Rector – is an administrator at an academic or religious institution
•    RHIP – is an acronym for Rank Has Its Privileges
•    Prior – is a religious rank directly beneath abbot

Helpful for:  Letter writing, Chapel speeches, Formal Dinner Parties, Introductions

Tags: forms of address, introductions, Letter writing, New Reference Book, reference, Research, speeches

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Lisa Laughy October 20th, 2009

Lisa Laughy – Library Web Services

Three new research guides are now available through the Ohrstrom blog – just in time to help with current research projects.

Ms. Sanborn has put together research guides for Middle Eastern Voices, the Humanities V Renaissance Artists research project, and the Latin I class.  The research guides contain helpful lists of Reference books, catalog search topics for  finding circulating books, citation examples, and database search tips.

You can access the research guides through the links in the Ohrstrom Blog sidebar to the left of this post (see image above) or through the main menu of the Ohrstrom Library website (ie., Research > Research Guides > Latin I).  Each research guide has a link to a PDF version of the guide for printing or downloading to your computer.

Tags: Humanities, Humanities V, Latin I, Middle Eastern Voices, Renaissance art, Renaissance Artists, research guides

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