Lura Sanborn November 17th, 2011
Ohrstrom Library is pleased to share its most recent digital purchase: the Illustrated London News Archive. This database provides access to the complete London Illustrated News from 1842 – 2003.
According to the Encyclopedia Britannica the Illustrated London News was London’s first illustrated periodical and the first to use photographs. This title is noted for its coverage of global events.
The default search is keyword: keyword will look for search terms in the title and author fields.
To search the entire full-text of all newspaper articles, simply change the radio button to ‘entire document.’
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.
Tags: database, Global Studies, History, Humanities, Illustrated London News, London, newpapers, photographs, primary sources, Research
Lura Sanborn September 20th, 2011
A History of the U.S. Political System edited by Richard A. Harris and Daniel J. Tichenor, ABC-CLIO, 2010.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 320.973 H24
Divided in to seven major sections, this three-volume set discusses and describes the historical U.S. political system. Each of the seven sections includes supporting primary source documents.
Sections are titled as follows:
- Foundations
- Religion and American Politics
- Cities, States and American Federalism
- The Congress
- The Presidency
- The Federal Bureaucracy
- The Courts
Helpful for: Humanities IV, U.S. History, Government Studies, Young Democrats, Young Republicans
Tags: American History, Government Studies, Humanities 4, Humanities IV Research Paper, New Reference Book, primary sources, reference, Research, U.S. History, Young Democrats, Young Republicans
Lura Sanborn April 14th, 2011
Several folks have inquired recently about accessing the New York Times via library resources.
Presumably, this is due to recent changes in access-related policy at the New York Times.
The full archive is no longer freely available on the NYTs website. Currently, those with an existing print subscription have full access to online content. Personal digital-only subscriptions are also offered. Those without any subscription may view up to 20 articles per month.
The library’s Proquest Periodicals subscription will provide access to the NYTimes (East Coast edition). This is the fastest way to get there: Click HERE.
Although it does look/navigate differently than the old NYTimes.com interface, the article content is the same.
If you are off-campus & need access to this resource, please take the following steps:
- Login in to vpn.sps.edu using your SPS username and password.
- Click the Ohrstrom Library link.
- Select Proquest Periodicals from the database menu (see below):
- Once in Proquest Periodicals, use the Publications search tool to locate the New York Times:
Click and browse/search!
If you are an educator, you may be interested in the New York Times classroom edition program.
Please email lsanborn at sps dot edu with any questions about locating periodicals from library databases.
Tags: American History, Global Studies, Humanities, New York Times, newspapers, primary sources, reference, Research
Lura Sanborn January 20th, 2011
A new Literature of Witness research guide is available for those writing the accompanying research paper. Use this guide to identify reference materials, recommended catalog searches to retrieve physical and ebooks, as well as contemporary and historical journal, magazine and newspaper articles.
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.
Tags: Genocide, History, Humanities, Literature of Witness, primary sources, reference, Research, Topics in Global Events, Web Resources
Lura Sanborn January 10th, 2011
A new Humanities IV research guide is available for those writing the Humanities IV research paper. Use this guide to identify chronologies, recommended catalog searches, historical newspaper articles, newsreel footage and online primary source collections.
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.
Tags: American History, Humanities, Humanities IV, Humanities IV Research Paper, primary sources, reference, Research, Research Guide, Web Resources
