New Reference Book: The Eighties in America

Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian The Eighties in America edited by Milton Berman, Salem Press, 2008. Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 973.927 B45E Almost 700 essays span this 3-volume set.  Essays focus on important people, ideas, and innovations of … Continued

New Reference Book: The Facts on File Companion to British Poetry before 1600

Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian The Facts on File Companion to British Poetry before 1600 by Michelle M. Sauer, Facts on File, 2008. Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 821 F11B This volume, the first of a projected four volume … Continued

New Reference Book: What People Wore When

Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian What People Wore When: A Complete Illustrated History of Costume edited by Melissa Leventon, St. Martin’s Press, 2008. Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 391 L57W Presented geographically (Egypt, Italy, India, et al.), area fashions … Continued

New Reference Book: GLBT Literature: A Genre Guide

Lura Sanborn – Reference Librarian Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Literature: A Genre Guide by Ellen Bosman and John P. Bradford, Greenwood Publishing, 2008. Find it in Ohrstrom at: REF 016.8 B65G This single volume provides an overview of twentieth … Continued