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Lura Sanborn December 3rd, 2009

Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian

The Greenwood Encyclopedia of World Popular Culture edited by Gary Hoppenstand, Greenwood Press, 2007.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 306.03 G85W

Each volume in this 6-volume set  discusses popular culture from a particular area of the world.

Included are:
• Volume 1 – North America
• Volume 2 – Latin America
• Volume 3 – Europe
• Volume 4 – North Africa and the Middle East
• Volume 5 – Sub-Saharan Africa
• Volume 6 – Asia and Pacific Oceania

Each volume then discusses the following topics:
•    Architecture
•    Art
•    Dance
•    Fashion and Appearance
•    Film
•    Food and Foodways
•    Games, Toys and Pastimes
•    Literature
•    Love, Sex and Marriage
•    Music
•    Periodicals
•    Radio and Television
•    Sports and Recreation
•    Theater and Performance
•    Transportation and Travel

Helpful for: Humanities III, Humanities IV, Humanities IV Research Paper, Humanities V, Humanities V Research Paper, Topic Finding, History, Middle Eastern Voices, Global Studies

Tags: Africa, American History, Asia, Europe, Global Awareness, Global Studies, History, Humanities, Humanities III, Humanities IV, Humanities V, Latin America, Middle East, Middle Eastern Voices, New Reference Book, North America, popular culture, reference, Religion, Research, TV, U.S. History

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Lura Sanborn November 19th, 2009

Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian

Encyclopedia of Society and Culture in the Medieval World edited by Pam J. Crabtree, Facts on File, 2008.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 909.07 F11S

A 4-volume set comprised of more than 70 articles focused on Medieval society and culture.  Each entry discusses the article topic from the viewpoint of the following geographic areas:
•    Africa
•    The Americas
•    Asia and the Pacific
•    Europe
•    The Islamic World

Illustrations, maps and a smattering of primary source documents are included throughout.

Examples include: Calendars and Clocks, Education, Food and Diet, Gender Structures and Roles, Money and Coinage, Weaponry and Armor.

Helpful for:  Humanities III, History, European History, Medieval Studies, Medieval Enthusiasts

Tags: Art, Culture, Europe, Humanities, Humanities III, Humanities V, Islamic Studies, Medieval, New Reference Book, reference, Religion, Research

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Lura Sanborn October 22nd, 2009

Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian

The Facts on File Companion to British Poetry before 1600 by Michelle M. Sauer, Facts on File, 2008.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 821 F11B

This volume, the first of a projected four volume set, presents essays about poems and poets from Middle English and Early Renaissance British Isles. Examples include: Beowulf, Anglo-Saxon Riddles, The Faerie Queene, Alfred the Great and Arthurian Literature.

Helpful for: Humanities III, Humanities IV, Renaissance Studies, Poets

Tags: Beowulf, Humanities, Humanities III, Humanities V, Literature, New Reference Book, poetry, poets, reference, Renaissance, Research

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Lura Sanborn September 24th, 2009

Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian

The Grove Encyclopedia of Islamic Art and Architecture edited by Jonathan M. Bloom and Sheila S. Blair, Oxford U. Press, 2009.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 709.17 G911

Islamic art and techniques, as well as related people and places from Asia, Europe and Africa provide  the focus of this 3-volume set.

A sampling from the 1,600 entries: Fulani, Body Art; Jade; Carpets and Flatweaves; Metalwork; and Banknotes.

Helpful for: Middle Eastern Voices, Humanities III, Art, Art, Islamic Studies

Tags: Art, Humanities, Humanities III, Introduction to Islam, Islam, Islamic Studies, Middle Eastern Voices, New Reference Book, reference, Research

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Lura Sanborn 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

Tags: Caesar, China, Gilgamesh, Greece, Humanities III, India, Japan, New Reference Book, reference, Research, Rome, South America, The Odyssey

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