By Lura Sanborn - Research & Instruction Librarian September 17th, 2015
Looking for a current event in China? Need some history related the event? Some background information? Newsreels?
Try the new Modern China LibGuide. The guide supplies those library-purchased research collections providing the content described above.
Questions? Thoughts? lsanborn@sps.edu
By Lura Sanborn - Research & Instruction Librarian April 12th, 2010
Berkshire Encyclopedia of China edited by Linsun Cheng, Berkshire, 2009.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 951 B45
Just in time for writing your Ma Prize essay, Ohrstrom Library has acquired this five-volume set with 800+ articles about historical and modern day China. Includes articles that focus on: art, philosophy, economics & development, people, social & cultural history, the natural world and international relationships.
Examples include: Bamboo; Clothing, Traditional – Hong Kong; Dragon Boat Festival; Energy, Renewable; Ming Dynasty; and Yungang Caves
Helpful for: Asian Studies, Global Studies, Ma Essay Prize, Humanities V
By Lura Sanborn - Research & Instruction Librarian September 17th, 2009
Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian
Encyclopedia of Ancient Literature by James Wyatt Cook, Facts on File, 2008.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 820.9 C77A
This volume focuses on the standard ancient texts and their authors from ancient Greece, Rome, China, Japan, South America and India.
Examples include: Mahabharata, Lady Kasa, Gilgamesh, and Augustus Caesar.
For the incoming IIIrd Form: Take a look at this text for some background information on Homer and The Odyssey.
Helpful for: Humanities III, Literature, Summer Reading Assignment
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