Archive for the tag 'History'

New Reference Post: Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies

April 23rd, 2012

Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies edited by Craig Kridel, Sage, 2010.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 375 K89E

A 2-volume set, with a North American focus, presenting articles on and related to the field of curriculum studies.

Entry Examples:

  • Academic Freedom
  • Border Crossing
  • Experienced Curriculum
  • Social Control Theory
  • Ways of Knowing

Helpful for: Curriculum Studies, Educational Studies, Humanities, History

New Research Guide: Latin II

April 19th, 2012

A new research guide for the Latin II project  is available on the library’s website.  Use this guide to identify and review:

The sources contained in this guide are purchased/subscribed to by SPS.  These sources are not available freely on the Internet.

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.

New Database: CQ Global Researcher

February 23rd, 2012

Love CQ Researcher for its direct, pithy yet thorough, presentation of current U.S. issues?

Ohrstrom Library recently began subscribing to CQ Global Researcher.

Like its long-respected counterpoint (80 years!), CQ Global provides in-depth, balanced reporting.  The Global product presents reports on a wide variety of  international issues.

Recent reports include:

  • Future of the Gulf States
  • Rising Food Prices
  • Gendercide Crisis
  • Weapons in Space
  • Communism Today
  • Organ Trafficking

This database can be search singularly or simultaneously with CQ Researcher.

Please feel free to contact Ms. Sanborn (lsanborn at sps dot edu) with any questions about or to arrange for a personal tour of this product.

New Research Guide: Daughters of Eve

February 9th, 2012

A new research guide for the Daughters of Eve project  is available on the library’s website.  Use this guide to identify and review: useful eReference sources, recommended library catalog searches (for both print and eBooks),  journal collections, Artstor, and Noodlebib citation tutorials.

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.

Updated Research Guide: Literature of Witness

February 2nd, 2012

A newly updated research guide for the Literature of Witness project  is available on the library’s website.  Use this guide to identify and review: reference materials, Biography Database, library catalog (printed books & eBooks), newspaper collections, NBC newsreels, and Noodlebib citation tutorials.

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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