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Updated Research Guide: Literature of Witness

Lura Sanborn — Thu, 02 Feb 2012 13:00:09 +0000

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.

eBooks in Project Muse Beta Site

Lura Sanborn — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 12:00:39 +0000

We already love Project Muse for recent journal content, but very soon we will also have the opportunity to fall in love with Project Muse all over again – this time with eBooks! Earlier this year Project Muse announced it would be adding an eBook component to its database. Expected to launch in early 2012, the eBook content is projected to exceed 12,000 unique eBook titles, all searchable simultaneously within the existing journal content.

Project Muse has a beta site, currently containing 300 scholarly eBooks, available now at: http://beta.muse.jhu.edu/

Look for an announcement in 2012 regarding access to Project Muse eBook collections via Ohrstrom Library.

If you have questions about accessing Ohrstrom Library’s eBook or digital journal collections, please contact Ms. Sanborn (lsanborn at sps dot edu).

eReference @ Ohrstrom

Lura Sanborn — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 12:00:31 +0000

Teacher says no Wikipedia allowed? Concerned about author credibility? Try searching Ohrstrom Library’s digital reference collections, available from the library’s eReference page.

These eReference collections will quickly provide essential background information, written by known experts and backed by an academic publishing house.

The Credo Reference product provides access to 500+ digital reference titles, all searchable simultaneously.

The Gale Reference product is being built title-by-title, and includes such classics as The Encyclopedia of Religion.

Please feel free to contact Ms. Sanborn (lsanborn at sps dot edu) to discuss or review the library’s eReference products.

New Reference Book: Milestone Documents of World Religions

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 04 Oct 2011 12:00:23 +0000

Milestone Documents of World Religions edited by David M. Fahey, Schlager, 2011.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 200 F14M

This 3-volume set combines primary religious sources with paired analysis. Almost 100 entries span the 3rd millennium BCE to the 21st Century.

Examples:

Hymn to the Nile ca. 1990-1950 BCE
Ptolemy: Letter to Flora: ca. 150 CE
Shantideva: Bodhicaryavatara: ca. 700-763
Allan Kardec: The Spirits’ Book: 1857
Imar Schorsch: The Sacred Cluster: 1995

Helpful for: Religious Studies, Humanities, History, Global Studies, Gender Studies

New Reference Book: The History of British Art

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 12:00:17 +0000

The History of British Art by edited by Tim Ayers, Yale, 2009.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 709.41 B51H

A 3-volume set that chronologically discusses British Art from 600 to the present.

Examples include: Westminster Abbey, Signs of the Cross; Medieval Religious Images and the Interpretation of Scripture, British Art and the Social World, Watercolour Painting in the Eighteenth Century, Going Modern

Helpful for: Humanities, Humanities V, European History, Humanities V Art Paper, Fine Arts

New Reference Book: Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 14 Dec 2010 12:00:53 +0000

Encyclopedia of the Historical Jesus edited by Craig A. Evans, Routledge, 2008.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 232.9 Ev1H

A reference volume dissecting the life and world of Jesus. Particular focus is given to the teaching of Jesus, the titles of Jesus, and important events and people in the life of Jesus.

A sampling of included articles: Baptism of Jesus, Curses and Woe, Death and Burial of Jesus, Family, Love, and Mary, mother of Jesus.

Helpful for: Humanities V, Humanities IV, Humanities III, Religious Studies, Jewish Studies

New Reference Book: The 9/11 Encyclopedia

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 30 Nov 2010 12:00:24 +0000

The 9/11 Encyclopedia edited by Stephen E. Atkins, Praeger, 2008.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 973.931 At5

This encyclopedia includes 169 entries covering a wide range of topics connected to the events that took place on September 11th, 2001. Also includes a chronology of events and a few dozen primary sources.

Examples include: American Airlines Flight 11, Conspiracy Theories, Economic Impact of September 11, Freedom Tower, Phoenix Memo, Victim’s Compensation Fund

Helpful for: U.S. History, Humanities, Global Studies, 9/11 Research, American Foreign Policy

Project Muse @ Ohrstrom Library

Lura Sanborn — Thu, 30 Sep 2010 12:00:48 +0000

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.

eBooks @ Ohrstrom

Lura Sanborn — Thu, 23 Sep 2010 12:00:45 +0000

Ohrstrom Library is pleased to announce our inaugural collection of eBooks.

To utilize these digital texts, please visit the Library’s website: library.sps.edu

Using the eBooks link, pictured above, one may then exclusively search the eBook collection. The eBooks have also been integrated into the Library catalog and are searchable and accessible alongside the print collection.

This eBook collection is from the American Council of Learned Societies and contains 2,800 scholarly texts with a focus on the Humanities including the following areas: History, Art, Religion, Folklore, Musicology, Literature and Science history.

As you try this new eBook collection the library encourages you to share your experience with us. Your feedback would be particularly helpful as the Library is investigating and evaluating additional eBook packages.

New Reference Book: Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts

Lura Sanborn — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 02:28:36 +0000

Encyclopedia of Modern Ethnic Conflicts edited by Joseph R. Rudolph, Jr., Greenwood, 2003.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 305.8 R83

A one-volume guide concerning the study of global ethnic conflict during the 20th Century. Each of the thirty-eight individual entries discusses the historical background of a particular ethnic conflict, how the conflict was managed, and the impact of the conflict.

Examples include:

Canada: The Nationalist Movement in Quebec
China: Ethnic Conflict and the International System
France: The “Foreigner” Issue
Middle East: The Arab-Jewish Struggle for Palestine to 1948
Rwanda: Hutu-Tutsi Conflict and Genocide in Central Africa
United States: The United States – Puerto Rico Relationship

Helpful for: Literature of Witness, Middle Eastern Voices, Gender Studies, International Studies, Social History, World Politics, Humanities