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Magazine Archive within Google Books

Lura Sanborn — Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:00:24 +0000

Google Books contains a collection of magazines embedded within its larger Google Books tool. Titles range from American Woodworker, Current Organic Chemistry to Texas Monthly with many title in between. Date range varies widely by title.

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

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).

New Research Guide: Atomic Bomb Conference

Lura Sanborn — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 12:00:39 +0000

A new research guide for the humanities Atomic Bomb Conference project is available on the library’s website. Use this guide to identify and review: useful eReference sources, recommended library catalog searches (for both print and eBooks), historical newspapers, historical 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.

Accessing eBooks at Ohrstrom

Lura Sanborn — Thu, 29 Sep 2011 12:00:12 +0000

Ohrstrom Library provides access to an ever-growing collection of eBooks. The library currently has 86,000+ eBooks available, all with unlimited simultaneous user access.

There are two methods of locating eBooks: using the online catalog or by visiting any of the library’s individual eBook collections available on the library’s eBook page.

Library eBook collections are viewable on most versions of the following: PCs, tablets and hand-held devices.

This short video tutorial describes accessing the libraries eBooks and demonstrates two of the library’s current collections:

As always, when accessing the library’s digital collections when off the grounds, please log in with your SPS user credentials to: vpn.sps.edu

Please feel free to contact Lura Sanborn (lsanborn at sps dot edu) with your question(s) about the library’s eBook collections.

New Research Guide: Artificial Intelligence

Lura Sanborn — Thu, 22 Sep 2011 12:00:41 +0000

A new Artificial Intelligence research guide is available for those working on the Artificial Intelligence research project. Use this guide to identify useful eReference sources, recommended library catalog searches, newspaper, magazine and journal articles, as well as online sources.

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.

New Reference Book: Magill’s Medical Guide

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 24 May 2011 12:00:32 +0000

Magill’s Medical Guide, 6th edition, edited by Brandon P. Brown, et al., Salem, 2011.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 610 M27M

A 6-volume set describing diseases, disorders, human anatomy & physiology, medical specializations and procedures (v). Examples include:

American Indian Health
Blood banks
Internet Medicine
Pain
Vitamins and minerals
Yoga

When on-campus visit http://health.salempress.com to view the complete text online.

Helpful for: Human Anatomy & Physiology, Health, Science, Medicine, Medical History

New Reference Book: Handbook of Adolescent Psychology

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 26 Apr 2011 12:00:01 +0000

Handbook of Adolescent Psychology edited by Richard M. Lerner and Laurence Steinberg, Wiley, 2009.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 155.5 L56 2009

Now in its 3rd edition, this 2-volume set is focused on concepts and subjects related to the field of adolescent psychology. Examples include:

The scientific study of adolescent development: historical and contemporary perspectives
Adolescent thinking
Positive youth development
Adolescence, adolescents and the media
The development of citizenship
Globalization, societal change, and adolescence across the world

Helpful for: Science, Global Studies, Psychology, Humanities

New Reference Book: The Encyclopedia of Herbs

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 12 Apr 2011 12:00:24 +0000

The Encyclopedia of Herbs: A Comprehensive Reference to Herbs of Flavor and Fragrance by Arthur O. Tucker and Thomas Debaggio, Timber Press, 2010.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 635 T79E

Noted as a best Reference of 2009 by Library Journal.

An alphabetical list of of herbs meant to identify and describe cultivation and uses. Examples include:

Artemisia
Cymbopogon citratus
Lavandula
Rosmarinus officinalis
Thymus
Zingiber mioga

Helpful for: Botany, Science, Fine Arts, Herbology

New Reference Book: Energy, Transportation & the Environment

Lura Sanborn — Tue, 05 Oct 2010 12:00:37 +0000

Energy, Transportation & the Environment: A Statistical Sourcebook and Guide to Government Data: Information Publications, 2009.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 363.7 In3E

Largely focusing on three main areas:
1.   Energy
2.   Transportation
3.   Environment

This guide contains the most pertinent statistics from the vast information resource gathered by the federal government. Each section is broken down into additional subsections. For example, read about:
•   Energy production and consumption by source, 1949-2007
•   Fossil fuel production on federally-run land, 1980-2007
•   Alternative-fueled vehicles on the road, 1995-2006
•   Alternative fueling stations by state and type, 2008
•   Projected world oil supply and use, 2006-2030

Helpful for: Eco-Action, Global Issues, Sustainability Studies, Ecology, Statistics

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.