94,000+ (more!) eBooks: Ebsco Academic eBook Collection
6 Dec 2012

94,000+ (more!) eBooks: Ebsco Academic eBook Collection

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Ohrstrom Library is very pleased to share it’s newest eBook acquisition: the Ebsco Academic eBook Collection. This collection currently contains over 94,000 eBooks and is expected to add new titles every month. This collection can be searched in it’s entirety … Continued

New Reference Book: The Milton Encyclopedia
13 Nov 2012

New Reference Book: The Milton Encyclopedia

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The Milton Encyclopedia  edited by Thomas N. Corns, Yale University Press, 2012. Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 821 M64zC A single volume designed to “…enhance the experience of reading the works of John Milton” (xi).  The volume concentrates on … Continued

New Reference Book: Saints Preserved An Encyclopedia of Relics
2 Oct 2012

New Reference Book: Saints Preserved An Encyclopedia of Relics

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Saints Preserved: An Encyclopedia of Relics by Thomas J. Craughwell, Image Books, 2011. Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 235.2 C85S This volumes contains 350 entries, focused on the “…most important, interesting, unusual, or rare relics” (xv).  Catholic relics of U.S. … Continued

ebrary eBook Reader – There’s an App for that!
2 Mar 2012

ebrary eBook Reader – There’s an App for that!

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ebrary recently released an app for iOS devices.  After downloading the app, one can then download & read offline, up to 10 ebrary ebooks for up to 2 weeks. Ohrstrom Library’s ebrary collection currently contains 72,000 ebooks, predominantly academic titles … Continued