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New Research Guide: Humanities V

April 28th, 2011

A new Humanities V research guide is available for those writing the Humanities V research paper.  Use this guide to identify useful reference sources, recommended library catalog searches, newspaper, magazine and journal articles, as well as online primary source collections.  Also included: Research Flow Chart, Noodlebib tutorials and an xtranormal animated intro to the library’s new e-journal finder.

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: Encyclopedia of Play in Today’s Society

February 22nd, 2011

New Reference Book: Encyclopedia of Play in Today’s Society edited by Rodney P. Carlisle, Sage, 2009.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 790 C19P

A 2-volume set containing 450 articles focused on play, including: “games, toys, sports and entertainments found around the world.” (xii).


Examples include:  Academic Learning & Play, Hide & Seek, Highland Games, I Spy, Mother-Child Play, Play & Evolution

Helpful for:  Global Studies, Humanities, History, Social Studies, Sports, Anthropology

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New Reference Book: Agriculture in History

January 13th, 2011

Agriculture in History edited by R. Kent Rasmussen, Salem, 2010.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 630.9 R18A

A three-volume set presenting articles related to food production.  Close to 200 chronologically arranged articles beginning with the 10th millennium BCE and ending with 2002 CE.  Articles are global in scope.

Examples: 1471-1493: Inca Empire Expands and Strengthens Its Economic System; 17th Century Pepper Trade Drives the Global Economy; 1894-1895: Kellogg’s Corn Flakes Launch Dry Cereal Industry; October 1990, Africanized Bees Threaten U.S. Agriculture

Helpful for:  Eco-Action, Sustenance & Society, Global Studies, Humanities, Humanities V Research Paper, Humanities IV Research Paper, Social Justice Club.

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New Reference Book: The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World

December 7th, 2010

The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World edited by John L. Esposito, Oxford, 2009.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 956 Ox2I

This comprehensive six volume set covers religious, historical and contemporary Islamic world topics.

Also: Consider using the library database Oxford Islamic Studies for reference articles gathered from a variety of Islamic studies material, including The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Islamic World.

Articles are arranged alphabetically, and include the following major categories:

  • History & Geography
  • Religious belief
  • Religious practice, Devotionalism and Ritual
  • Mysticism
  • Islamic Law
  • Theology, Philosophy, Ideology
  • Schools of Thought
  • Politics
  • Economics
  • Culture and Society
  • Institutions, Organizations and Movements
  • Biographies
  • Islamic Studies

Examples: Afsharid Dynasty, Criminal Law, Games and Sports, Kashmir, Persian Literature


Helpful for: Islamic Studies, Global Studies, Humanities, Humanities V Research Paper, Middle Eastern Voices

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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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