Lura Sanborn December 6th, 2011
Tis the Season TV: The Encyclopedia of Christmas-Themed Episodes, Specials and Made-for-TV Movies by Joanna Wilson, 1701 Press, 2011.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 791.45 W69T
A one volume set providing summaries of Christmas television. Entries fall with three categories: TV Show, Specials and Movies.
Examples:
- The Christmas that Almost Wasn’t (1966)
- The Little Troll Prince: A Christmas Parable (1987)
- The Nick at Night Holiday Special (2003)
- Nick & Jessica’s Family Christmas (2004)
- Pokemon: Winter Vacation (1999)
- The Star Wars Holiday Special (1978)
- Xena Warrior Princess: A Solstice Carol (1996)
Helpful for: U.S. History, Popular Culture, Media Studies, Holiday Interests
Tags: Christmas, New Reference Book, popular culture, reference, Research, Social History, television, TV
Lura Sanborn October 4th, 2011
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
Tags: gender studies, Global Studies, History, Humanities, New Reference Book, reference, Religion, Research, Social History
Lura Sanborn March 29th, 2011
Pirates of the Americas
by David F. Marley, ABC-Clio, 2010.
Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 973.2 Ab3
A two volume set discussing historical pirates and privateering. These volumes cover the “golden age of piracy” in the Caribbean basin from 1650 to 1725. Each era of piracy is further documented with a chronology and a bibliography, and a glossary provides helpful definitions for unfamiliar terms. Some primary source documents are included in each volume.
Examples from the five hundred entries include:
- Capitaine Archambaud
- Barre’s Tavern
- Freebooter
- Half-way Tree
- Madagascar
- Pieces of Eight
- Skull and Crossbones
Helpful for: Global Studies, Humanities, Naval History, Economics, Talk Like a Pirate Day
Tags: History, Humanities, New Reference Book, Pirates, reference, Research, Social History
Lura Sanborn February 15th, 2011
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
Tags: Art, Humanities, Humanities V, Humanities V Art Paper, reference, Religion, Research, Social History
Lura Sanborn 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.
Tags: American History, Databases, Global Studies, History, Humanities, Humanities V Research Paper, reference, Religion, Science, Social History
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