This brief video describes how to extract and search Life from within Google Books. The same technique can be applied to any magazine within this Google collection.
Helpful for: Humanities, History, Science, Art, Popular Culture
Fashion: Critical and Primary Sources edited by Peter McNeil, Berg, 2009.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 391 M23F
This four volume set discusses and presents global fashion and accessories throughout four distinct time periods. Each volume is devoted to a particular point in time:
Volume 1: Late Medieval to Renaissance
Volume 2: The Eighteenth Century
Volume 3: The Nineteenth Century
Volume 4: The Twentieth Century to Today
Helpful for: Fashion Studies, Art, Humanities, Popular Culture, Social Sciences, History
Fashion, Costume and Culture: Clothing, Headwear, Body Decorations, and Footwear through the Ages edited by Sara Pendergast and Tom Pendergast, UXL, 2004.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 391 P37F
This five volume set discusses and presents global fashion and accessories through five distinct time periods. Each volume is devoted to a particular point in time.
Volume 1: The Ancient World
Volume 2: Early Cultures Across the Globe
Volume 3: European Culture from the Renaissance to the Modern Era
Volume 4: Modern World Part I: 1900-1945
Volume 5: Modern World Part II: 1946-2003
Helpful for: Fashion Studies, Art, Humanities, Popular Culture, Social Sciences, History
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
During the excavations for the new building this summer, a ring was found, bearing the initials of the Hon. Benjamin R. Curtis, who was here as a boy in 1867. It was returned to the owner after having been lost twenty years.