PATHFINDER School of Arts and Sciences
Browsing location for books in arts and sciences subject areas of the library.
Library of Congress Call #
Art
N
Communication P 87-96
Education L
History D
English- Language PE
Literature PR
Political
Science J-JA
Natural
History QH
Mathematics QA
EJC – Electronic Journal Center @ OhioLINK
This resource is accessed through the OhioLINK home page
which is a link from the Pfeiffer Library home
page. The center has links to over 6,000
journals which are available in full text. These
are from several databases to which OhioLINK member libraries
subscribe. Your Tiffin University ID card,
activated for use in the library, allows you to use this
resource.
Books
*Indicates that the book is available at Pfeiffer Library.
*History of Art, 5th ed. Edited by H.W. Janson. New York: Harry W. Abrams, Inc., 1995. REF N 5300 .J3 1995
*The Oxford Companion to Art. Edited by Harold Osborne. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1970. REF N33 .09 1970
*Yale Dictionary of Art & Artists. By Erika Langmuir. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2000. REF N33 .09 2000
*Great Lives From History (Dictionary of World Biography, 9 volumes & index). Edited by Frank Magill. Chicago: Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers, 1998-2000. REF CT104 .D54 1998.
*Greenwood Dictionary of World History. edited by John J. Butt. Westport, CT: Greenwood Press, 2006. REF D9 .B88 2006.
*The Annals of America,. 10 volumes. Chicago: Encyclopedia Britannica, 2003. REF E173 .A793 2003.
*Oxford Companion to Classical Civilization. edited by Simon Hornblower and Anthony Spawforth. New York: Oxford University Press, Inc., 1998. REF DE5 .O92 1998.
*World Conflicts and Confrontations. 4 volumes. Editor, Charles F. Bahmuller; project editor, R. Kent Rasmussen. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press., 2000. REF D860 .W64 2000.
*The Cambridge Encyclopedia of the English Language. By David Crystal. New York: Cambridge University Press, 1995. REF PE1072 .C68 1995.
*Statesman’s Yearbook; the Politics, Cultures, and Economics of the World. Edited by Barry Turner. New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2006. REF JA 51 .S7 2006
*The Almanac of American Politics. By Michael Barone and Richard Cohen. Washington DC: National Journal Group, 2005. REF JK 1012 .A44 2006.
*Encyclopedia of American Government. 4 volumes. Consulting editor, Joseph M. Bessette; project editor, R. Kent Rosmussen. Pasadena, CA: Salem Press, 1998. REF JK9 .E52 1998.
*The Oxford Companion to the Earth. edited by Paul L. Hancock and Brian J. Skinner. New York: Oxford University Press., 2000. REF QE5 .O94 2000.
*Nature Encyclopedia. New York: Oxford University Press., 2001. REF QH13 .N27 2001.
*The Dictionary of Art. 34 volumes. edited by Jane
Turner. New York: Grove,
1996. REF N31 .D52
1996
*Indicates that the book is available at Pfeiffer
Library.
Web Sites
Artlex Art Dictionary
http://www.artlex.com
This site is for artists, collectors, students and
educators in the areas of production, criticism, history,
aesthetics, and education. It includes
definitions with supporting images, quotations and
cross-references. Includes an index to articles
and short cuts to longer articles.
Grove Art Online
http://www.groveart.com
The online version of the popular print
resource. Searches may be done by browsing or by
advanced search in the areas of biography, images, and
bibliographies. Art forms, geography, people,
styles and time periods may also be explored
Journalism Resources
http://bailiwick.lib.uiowa.edu/journalism/
This site contains over 40 annotated pages of resources
compiled for support of academic journalism departments and
professional journalists. From the University of
Iowa library department.
Journalism
http://www.journalism.org
The official web site of The Project for Excellence in
Journalism. This is a research organization that
specializes in using empirical methods to evaluate and study the
performance of the press. It is non-partisan, non-ideological and
non-political.
American Rhetoric (Speeches)
http://www.americanrhetoric.com
Provides a gateway to useful resources, including the full
transcribed text and, in many cases, streaming audio of numerous
famous and important speeches. Also provides
links to professional resources for scholars of
rhetoric. Also includes a collection of audio
clips illustrating more than 40 figures of speech.
World History
http://www.historyworld.net
There are 400 separate historical articles and
descriptions of approximately 4,000 world
events. Listing is
alphabetical. Major emphasis is on English
History but other areas are covered as well.
Women's Studies
http://libr.org/wss/wsslinks/index.html
Useful site for identifying Web resources supporting
women’s and gender studies research.
Developed by the Association of College & Research Libraries it
covers the period from the mid 1990’s to the
present. A possible concern is that some pages
appear not to have been updated recently but it is still a
worthwhile site.
Middle East 1916-Present
http://www.yale.edu./lawweb/avalon/mideast/mideast.htm
This website is very well organized and simply
presented. Examines the Middle East through
government documents, transcripts of government leaders; speeches
and UN resolutions. Covers the period from 1916
to the present, although there is not much in the years before
1944. There is an impressive list of pertinent
documents.
State Information
http://www.stateline.org
This information portal provides current news and analysis
from sources in all 50 states. Information
provided here cannot be found on any other Web
site. Good source for students of public
administration or state and local government.
Congressional Vote Database - Washington Post
http://projects.washingtonpost.com/congress/
Updated daily, this site contains roll-call votes from
1991 to the present. Current votes are
searchable by member names, state or late night
votes. Also searchable by
topics. Visitors must register with the
newspaper, but access is free.
Opinion Polls - World
http://worldpublicopinion.org
Website for World Public Opinion. This
site provides articles on the results of opinion polls taken around
the world on a wide variety of current issues.
Articles are organized by region and topic.
Older polls appear further down the list.
Supreme Court History
http://www.historyofsupremecourt.org/home.htm
This site includes teacher resources, time lines, factual
articles, and a separate encyclopedia. Easy to
use with good general information and links to other sites and
information.
Noodletools
http://www.noodletools.com
This is an MLA, APA, and Chicago/Turabian bibliography composer. There is free software to help students with the research process. On the main page under Free Software, click on the last offering - Noodle Bib Express
Databases – available through OhioLINK
Academic Search Premier
http://www.ohiolink.edu
Index, abstracts, and full text for many scholarly
publications covering all academic areas of study.
Lexis Nexis
http://www.ohiolink.edu
Full text news, business, legal, medical, and reference
information.
Art Full Text
http://www.ohiolink.edu
Index, abstracts, and full text for articles in
art.
Arts and Humanities Citation Index
http://www.ohiolink.edu
Index and cited references for articles in the arts and
humanities.
Early American Fiction
http://www.ohiolink.edu
440 novels and short stories of 80 American writers,
1774-1850.
Education Full Text
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/databases/login/edua
Index, abstracts and full text covering contemporary education issues.
Education Research Complete
http://search/ebscohost.com/login.asp?profile=web&defaultdb=ehh
Index, abstracats and full text of articles and other publications in education research
Eighteenth Century Fiction
http://www.ohiolink.edu
Full text of 96 works of prose fiction written in the
British Isles, 1700-1780.
Electronic Reference Books
http://www.ohiolink.edu
Online reference books on diverse topics inn the
humanities and social science.
English Poetry 600-1900
http://www.ohiolink.edu
More than 175,000 poems by over 1,400 poets from British
Commonwealth and ex-colonial countries, 600-1900.
English Prose Drama
http://www.ohiolink.edu
Full text of over 1800 plays written in prose for the
stage from the Renaissance to the end of the 19th
century.
Folklore, Mythology, Literature: e-reference
books
http://www.ohiolink.edu
Electronic reference books on Folklore, Mythology, and
Literature including general works, American, and other
countries.
Historical Abstracts
http://www.ohiolink.edu
Index and abstracts to articles covering world history
from 1450 to present (excluding U.S. and Canada).
History & Archives Digital Media
http://www.ohiolink.edu
Pictures, archives, and oral histories about Ohio history,
contributed by Ohio museums and libraries.
Humanities International Complete
http://www.ohiolink.edu
Index, abstracts, and full text journals, books and other
resources in the humanities.
International Political Science Abstracts
http://www.ohiolink.edu
Index and abstracts of articles from political science
journals.
Oxford English Dictionary
http://www.ohiolink.edu
The accepted authority on the evolution of the English
language. The OED covers words from across the
English speaking world.
Oxford Reference, English Language
www.ohiolink.edu
Reference books on the English Language.
20th Century African-American Poetry
http://www.ohiolink.edu
12,000 poems and with biographical profiles by more than
100 African-American poets.
20th Century American Poetry
http://www.ohiolink.edu
Over 52,000 works from more than 316 poets.
20th Century English Poetry
http://www.ohiolink.edu
Over 44,000 poems by 288 poets.
Women’s Studies International
http://www.ohiolink.edu
Index and abstracts for publications covering
Women’s Studies.
World History: e-reference
books
http://www.ohiolink.edu
Electronic reference books on World
History. Divided into 3
categories: general information, historical
figures and World Military History, including Military
Technology.
Other Databases of interest
Annals of American History
http://www.america.eb.com
Full text of over 2000 primary documents and multimedia
files covering American history.