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Lura Sanborn November 10th, 2011

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.

Tags: American History, Art, eBooks, eReference, Global Studies, History, Humanities, New Reference Book, reference, Religion, Topics in Global Events, Web Resources

• Databases , General Works , History , Humanities , Literature , Mathematics , Natural Sciences , Religion , Research , Social Sciences
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Lura Sanborn February 8th, 2011

International Relations, International Security, and Comparative Politics: A Guide to Reference and Information Sources by Chad M. Kahl, Libraries Unlimited, 2008.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 016.32 K12I

A reference book about reference books!

This volume identifies and describes research sources related to politics/policy the world over, including international law, organizations, security, leaders and political parties and philosophy.

Examples include:
•    Statistical sources related to American and Caribbean Politics
•    Yearbooks related to International Law and Treaties
•    Chronologies related to International Security
•    Guides and Handbooks related to Middle Eastern Politics
•    Dictionaries and Encyclopedias related to Women in Politics

Helpful for: Global Studies, Politics, Economics, Model UN, Humanities

Tags: American Foreign Policy, Bibliography, Global Studies, Humanities, Model U.N., New Reference Book, Politics, reference, Research, Topics in Global Events

• Geography , History , Humanities , Social Sciences
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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

• History , Humanities , Research , Social Sciences , Web Resources
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Lura Sanborn April 12th, 2010

Berkshire Encyclopedia of China edited by Linsun Cheng, Berkshire, 2009.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 951 B45

Just in time for writing your Ma Prize essay, Ohrstrom Library has acquired this five-volume set with 800+ articles about historical and modern day China. Includes articles that focus on: art, philosophy, economics & development, people, social & cultural history, the natural world and international relationships.

Examples include:  Bamboo; Clothing, Traditional – Hong Kong; Dragon Boat Festival; Energy, Renewable; Ming Dynasty; and Yungang Caves

Helpful for:  Asian Studies, Global Studies, Ma Essay Prize, Humanities V

Tags: Asian Studies, China, Global Studies, Humanities V, Ma Essay Prize, New Reference Book, reference, Research, Topics in Global Events

• History , Humanities , Research , Social Sciences
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Lura Sanborn January 19th, 2010

Encyclopedia of the United Nations 2nd ed., by Jerry Pubantz and John Allphin Moore, Jr., Facts on File, 2008.

Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 341.23 M78U

Two volumes of essays related to the U.N. including topics about and related to:

• International law
• Disarmament W
• Women
• Sustainable development
• Human rights and more

A variety of appendixes conclude the second volume including:

• Charter of the United Nations
• Universal Declaration of Human Rights
• United Nations Member States and year of admission
• Statute of the International Court of Justice
• Important United Nations Resolutions
• Selected U.N. Conventions and Declarations
• United Nations web sites
• United Nations Chronology.

Helpful for: Humanities IV, Model U.N., Global Awareness, Humanities IV.

Tags: History, Humanities IV, Humanities V, Model U.N., New Reference Book, reference, Research, Topics in Global Events, United Nations

• History , Humanities , Research
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