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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.

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).

eReference @ Ohrstrom

Lura Sanborn — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:00:31 +0000

Teacher says no Wikipedia allowed? Concerned about author credibility? Try searching Ohrstrom Library’s digital reference collections, available from the library’s eReference page.

These eReference collections will quickly provide essential background information, written by known experts and backed by an academic publishing house.

The Credo Reference product provides access to 500+ digital reference titles, all searchable simultaneously.

The Gale Reference product is being built title-by-title, and includes such classics as The Encyclopedia of Religion.

Please feel free to contact Ms. Sanborn (lsanborn at sps dot edu) to discuss or review the library’s eReference products.

New Reference Book: Milestone Documents of World Religions

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:00:23 +0000

Milestone Documents of World Religions edited by David M. Fahey, Schlager, 2011.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 200 F14M

This 3-volume set combines primary religious sources with paired analysis. Almost 100 entries span the 3rd millennium BCE to the 21st Century.

Examples:

Hymn to the Nile ca. 1990-1950 BCE
Ptolemy: Letter to Flora: ca. 150 CE
Shantideva: Bodhicaryavatara: ca. 700-763
Allan Kardec: The Spirits’ Book: 1857
Imar Schorsch: The Sacred Cluster: 1995

Helpful for: Religious Studies, Humanities, History, Global Studies, Gender Studies

Accessing eBooks at Ohrstrom

Lura Sanborn — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:00:12 +0000

Ohrstrom Library provides access to an ever-growing collection of eBooks. The library currently has 86,000+ eBooks available, all with unlimited simultaneous user access.

There are two methods of locating eBooks: using the online catalog or by visiting any of the library’s individual eBook collections available on the library’s eBook page.

Library eBook collections are viewable on most versions of the following: PCs, tablets and hand-held devices.

This short video tutorial describes accessing the libraries eBooks and demonstrates two of the library’s current collections:

As always, when accessing the library’s digital collections when off the grounds, please log in with your SPS user credentials to: vpn.sps.edu

Please feel free to contact Lura Sanborn (lsanborn at sps dot edu) with your question(s) about the library’s eBook collections.

New Reference Book: Encyclopedia of Latin America

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 12:00:49 +0000

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

New Reference Book: The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History

Lura Sanborn — Thu, 19 May 2011 12:00:11 +0000

The Oxford International Encyclopedia of Legal History edited by Stanley N. Katz, Oxford, 2009.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 340 Ox21

This 6-volume set focuses on concepts and subjects related to international legal history from ancient times to the present day. Examples include:

Adoption – Ancient Greek Law
Doctors’ Commons
Gambling in Chinese Law
Land – Leases of Land in English Common Law
Punishment – United States Law
Succession – Hindu Law

Helpful for: Historical legal research, Global Studies, Humanities, Social Justice Club

New Reference Book: The History of British Art

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:00:17 +0000

The History of British Art by edited by Tim Ayers, Yale, 2009.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 709.41 B51H

A 3-volume set that chronologically discusses British Art from 600 to the present.

Examples include: Westminster Abbey, Signs of the Cross; Medieval Religious Images and the Interpretation of Scripture, British Art and the Social World, Watercolour Painting in the Eighteenth Century, Going Modern

Helpful for: Humanities, Humanities V, European History, Humanities V Art Paper, Fine Arts

New Reference Book: Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:00:53 +0000

Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus edited by Craig A. Evans, Routledge, 2008.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 232.9 Ev1H

A reference volume dissecting the life and world of Jesus. Particular focus is given to the teaching of Jesus, the titles of Jesus, and important events and people in the life of Jesus.

A sampling of included articles: Baptism of Jesus, Curses and Woe, Death and Burial of Jesus, Family, Love, and Mary, mother of Jesus.

Helpful for: Humanities V, Humanities IV, Humanities III, Religious Studies, Jewish Studies

New Reference Book: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 12:00:11 +0000

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World edited by John L. Esposito, Oxford, 2009.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 956 Ox2I

This comprehensive six volume set covers religious, historical and contemporary Islamic world topics.

Also: Consider using the library database Oxford Islamic Studies for reference articles gathered from a variety of Islamic studies material, including The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World.

Articles are arranged alphabetically, and include the following major categories:

History & Geography
Religious belief
Religious practice, Devotionalism and Ritual
Mysticism
Islamic Law
Theology, Philosophy, Ideology
Schools of Thought
Politics
Economics
Culture and Society
Institutions, Organizations and Movements
Biographies
Islamic Studies

Examples: Afsharid Dynasty, Criminal Law, Games and Sports, Kashmir, Persian Literature

Helpful for: Islamic Studies, Global Studies, Humanities, Humanities V Research Paper, Middle Eastern Voices