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Lura Sanborn January 13th, 2011

Agriculture in History edited by R. Kent Rasmussen, Salem, 2010.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 630.9 R18A

A three-volume set presenting articles related to food production.  Close to 200 chronologically arranged articles beginning with the 10th millennium BCE and ending with 2002 CE.  Articles are global in scope.

Examples: 1471-1493: Inca Empire Expands and Strengthens Its Economic System; 17th Century Pepper Trade Drives the Global Economy; 1894-1895: Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Launch Dry Cereal Industry; October 1990, Africanized Bees Threaten U.S. Agriculture

Helpful for:  Eco-Action, Sustenance & Society, Global Studies, Humanities, Humanities V Research Paper, Humanities IV Research Paper, Social Justice Club.

Tags: Eco-Action, Global Studies, History, Humanities, Humanities IV Research Paper, Humanities V Research Paper, New Reference Book, reference, Research, Social Justice Club, Sustenance & Society

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Lura Sanborn October 5th, 2010

Energy, Transportation & the Environment: A Statistical Sourcebook and Guide to Government Data: Information Publications, 2009.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 363.7 In3E

Largely focusing on three main areas:
1.    Energy
2.    Transportation
3.    Environment

This guide contains the most pertinent statistics from the vast information resource gathered by the federal government. Each section is broken down into additional subsections.  For example, read about:
•    Energy production and consumption by source, 1949-2007
•    Fossil fuel production on federally-run land, 1980-2007
•    Alternative-fueled vehicles on the road, 1995-2006
•    Alternative fueling stations by state and type, 2008
•    Projected world oil supply and use, 2006-2030

Helpful for: Eco-Action, Global Issues, Sustainability Studies, Ecology, Statistics

Tags: Eco-Action, Ecology, Global Issues, global warming, New Reference Book, reference, Research, Science, Statistics, Sustainability

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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 September 23rd, 2010

Ohrstrom Library is pleased to announce our inaugural collection of eBooks.

To utilize these digital texts, please visit the Library’s website: library.sps.edu

Using the eBooks link, pictured above, one may then exclusively search the eBook collection.  The eBooks have also been integrated into the Library catalog and are searchable and accessible alongside the print collection.

This eBook collection is from the American Council of Learned Societies and contains 2,800 scholarly texts with a focus on the Humanities including the following areas: History, Art, Religion, Folklore, Musicology, Literature and Science history.

As you try this new eBook collection the library encourages you to share your experience with us.  Your feedback would be particularly helpful as the Library is investigating and evaluating additional eBook packages.

Tags: Art, eBooks, History, Humanities, Literature, Philosophy, Religion, Research

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Lisa Laughy May 31st, 2010

A new online exhibit, called Places of Invention: Science and Mathematics at St. Paul’s School, is now part of the Ohrstrom Library website. This online exhibit is based on a more in-depth Archives photograph exhibit now on display in the upper level of Ohrstrom Library. Here is an excerpt from the introduction to the online exhibit:

With construction of the Lindsay Center for Mathematics and Science now well underway, it is fitting that the St. Paul’s School community reflects back upon the places that have served the study of science and mathematics so well throughout the School’s history.

Photos from the Archives were scanned specifically for the online exhibit including this image of a Biology classroom in the Westinghouse Lab:

The online exhibit features images ranging from the first science lab built on the St. Paul’s School grounds in 1889 to the architectural renderings of the Lindsay Center for Mathematics and Science, now under construction. The main gallery of thumbnail images includes links to individual pages that feature larger images and brief descriptions. There is also a slideshow of the images that can be initiated from any of the pages in the exhibit.

Take a few moments to browse through the gallery of images and follow the development of the places that have helped to facilitate the high standard of education in mathematics and science that has been a part of the St. Paul’s School vision from its very beginning.

Visit the online exhibit by clicking HERE.

Visit the full Archives exhibit in the upper level lobby of Ohrstrom Library.

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