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Lura Sanborn January 26th, 2012

Earlier in the school year ArtStor made a minor change:  Users wishing to save pictures from the ArtStor database must now log in to their user account. Thankfully, creating an account and logging in to it is very easy.  There is a prompt in the upper right-hand corner of the ArtStor main page, immediately visible after a user enters the digital art library:

Registering must be done from an SPS networked computer.  Following this, users may then access their ArtStor account from off the grounds.

ArtStor has written more detailed instructions about registering for an account HERE.

Or watch their YouTube video below:

Tags: Art, ARTstor, Fine Arts, Global Studies, Humanities, reference, register, Research

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Lura Sanborn April 12th, 2011

The Encyclopedia of Herbs: A Comprehensive Reference to Herbs of Flavor and Fragrance by Arthur O. Tucker and Thomas Debaggio, Timber Press, 2010.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 635 T79E

Noted as a best Reference of 2009 by Library Journal.

An alphabetical list of of herbs meant to identify and describe cultivation and uses.  Examples include:

• Artemisia
• Cymbopogon citratus
• Lavandula
• Rosmarinus officinalis
• Thymus
• Zingiber mioga

Helpful for:  Botany, Science, Fine Arts, Herbology

Tags: Botany, Fine Arts, herbs, New Reference Book, Plants, reference, Research, Science

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Lura Sanborn April 5th, 2011

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

Tags: American History, Disney, Fine Arts, Humanities, Music, New Reference Book, popular culture, reference, Research

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Lura Sanborn November 2nd, 2010

Musicians & Composers of the 20th Century, edited by Alfred W. Cramer,  Salem, 2009.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 780.92 C84M

A five volume set, being a biographical catalog of international (yet mostly Western) musicians.  Most entries are between three and five pages in length.

Examples include: Mary J. Blige, John Dever, Luciano Pavarotti, Salt and Pepa, Tammy Wynette

Helpful for: Music, Humanities, Humanities V Paper, Pop Culture

Tags: biography, Fine Arts, Humanities, Humanities V, Music, New Reference Book, Pop Culture, reference, Research

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Lura Sanborn October 12th, 2010

Encyclopedia of Latin American & Caribbean Art edited by Jane Turner, Oxford, 2000.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 709.8 T85L

This single volume discusses art from every country in Central and South America and the Caribbean.  Art history, artists and art movements are all discussed.  The volume contains illustrations. For even more artwork, visit the library’s subscription database: ARTstor.

Examples include:  African Diaspora, Guatemala: Textiles, Kapo, Perceptismo, Spazialismo, Uruguay: Architecture

Helpful for:  Art, South American Studies, Caribbean Studies, Spanish Studies, Global Studies, Humanities V

Tags: Art, Caribbean Studies, Fine Arts, Global Studies, Humanities V, New Reference Book, reference, Research, South American Studies, Spanish Studies

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