ebrary eBook Reader – There’s an App for that!
2 Mar 2012

ebrary eBook Reader – There’s an App for that!

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ebrary recently released an app for iOS devices.  After downloading the app, one can then download & read offline, up to 10 ebrary ebooks for up to 2 weeks. Ohrstrom Library’s ebrary collection currently contains 72,000 ebooks, predominantly academic titles … Continued

New Reference Book: The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art
21 Feb 2012

New Reference Book: The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art

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The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art edited by Joan Marter, Oxford, 2011. Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 709.73 G91A A 5-volume set, with a North American focus, presenting articles on and related to American Art including people, movements, museums, … Continued

New Research Guide: Daughters of Eve
9 Feb 2012

New Research Guide: Daughters of Eve

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A new research guide for the Daughters of Eve 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),  journal collections, Artstor, and Noodlebib … Continued

New Research Guide: L.A. Riots
7 Feb 2012

New Research Guide: L.A. Riots

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A new research guide for the Humanities IV L.A. Riots project  is available on the library’s website.  Use this guide to identify and review: reference materials, library catalog (printed books & eBooks), newspaper collections, NBC newsreels, and Noodlebib citation tutorials. Please … Continued