Archive for the tag 'American History'

New Reference Book: Encyclopedia of Sports in America

January 18th, 2011

Encyclopedia of Sports in America: A History from Foot Races to Extreme Sports by Murry R. Nelson, Greenwood, 2009.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 796 N33

This 2-volume set identifies and describes American sports, sporting events and key athletes from 1607 through the 2000′s.

Examples include: Auto Racing in the 1910′s, College Basketball in the 1930′s, Horse Racing in the 1950′s, The Houston Astrodome and Wayne Gretzky

Helpful for: Humanities, Humanities IV,  American History, Sports History

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New Research Guide: Humanities IV

January 10th, 2011

A new Humanities IV research guide is available for those writing the Humanities IV research paper.  Use this guide to identify chronologies, recommended catalog searches, historical newspaper articles, newsreel footage and online primary source collections.

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.

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New Reference Book: American Pop: Popular Culture Decade by Decade

January 4th, 2011

American Pop: Popular Culture Decade by Decade edited by Bob Batchelor, Greenwood, 2009.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 973.9 B21A

A four volume set presents decade-by-decade, articles related to specific areas of Pop Culture, including:

  • An overview of each decade
  • Advertising
  • Architecture
  • Books, Newspaper, Magazines and Comics
  • Entertainment
  • Fashion
  • Food
  • Music
  • Sports and Leisure
  • Travel
  • Visual Arts

Examples: Ragtime (1920′s), The Pentagon (1940′s), Fads of the 1950′s, Music Festivals of the 1960′s, Dungeons and Dragons (1970′s), Harry Potter Mania (2000′s).

Helpful for:   Humanities, Humanities IV Research Paper, American History, Art

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Project Muse @ Ohrstrom Library

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.

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New Reference Book: Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography

May 18th, 2010

Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography edited by Lynne Warren, Routledge, 2006.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 770.9 W25

Photography’s second century is recorded, analyzed and discussed in this new reference set.  Photography is placed in a variety of contexts such as: geography, institutions & exhibitions, inventions and people.  The set offers a glossary of photographic terms, bibliographies and B&W samples of artists work.

Check out entries on: Lotte Jacobi, Bracketing, Impressionism, Dada, and Works Progress Administration.

Looking for more examples of a particular artist’s work?  Try searching the artist’s name in ARTstor.


Helpful for: Humanities V, Humanities V Research Paper, Humanities IV, Humanities IV Research Paper, Photographers, Art

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