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.
A History of the U.S. Political System edited by Richard A. Harris and Daniel J. Tichenor, ABC-CLIO, 2010.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 320.973 H24
Divided in to seven major sections, this three-volume set discusses and describes the historical U.S. political system. Each of the seven sections includes supporting primary source documents.
Sections are titled as follows:
Foundations
Religion and American Politics
Cities, States and American Federalism
The Congress
The Presidency
The Federal Bureaucracy
The Courts
Helpful for: Humanities IV, U.S. History, Government Studies, Young Democrats, Young Republicans
Several folks have inquired recently about accessing the New York Times via library resources.
Presumably, this is due to recent changes in access-related policy at the New York Times.
The full archive is no longer freely available on the NYTs website. Currently, those with an existing print subscription have full access to online content. Personal digital-only subscriptions are also offered. Those without any subscription may view up to 20 articles per month.
The library’s Proquest Periodicals subscription will provide access to the NYTimes (East Coast edition). This is the fastest way to get there: Click HERE.
Although it does look/navigate differently than the old NYTimes.com interface, the article content is the same.
If you are off-campus & need access to this resource, please take the following steps:
Login in to vpn.sps.edu using your SPS username and password.
Click the Ohrstrom Library link.
Select Proquest Periodicals from the database menu (see below):
Once in Proquest Periodicals, use the Publications search tool to locate the New York Times:
The Disney Song Encyclopedia by Thomas S. Hischak and Mark A. Robinso, Scarecrow, 2009.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 780.92 D63S
An alphabetical list of Disney songs, from 1930 to the present day. Each song is briefly described and placed in it’s Disney context. Examples include:
Amigas Cheetahs
Cherry Tree Lane
Gummi Bears Theme
The Mickey Mouse Club March
Madagascar
1-2-Cha-Cha-Cha
Woody’s Roundup
Helpful for: Fine Arts, Music, Humanities, Popular Culture
The ice in the School Pond this year has averaged about thirty-six inches thick. Under the S. P. S. rink, which is kept clear of snow, it must have been close to the record thickness of forty-six inches.
The Disney Song Encyclopedia by Thomas S. Hischak and Mark A. Robinso, Scarecrow, 2009.
