Recent Acquisitions, Reference
Encyclopædia Britannica Online
The Ingalls Library has reacquired access to the Encyclopædia Britannica Online. This resource is available via the Electronic Resources list, by clicking Search Collections and View Online Resources. In addition to this version, the Library maintains three Encyclopædia Britannica sets in the reference room, the Eleventh Edition, the Fourteenth Edition, and the Fifteenth Edition. This last set is called the Macropædia, in that it spends more time covering fewer topics. Or as the spine reads, Knowledge in Depth. It also serves as an example of why a library needs three sets of Encyclopædia Britannica. Each one is a little different. In so much, the online Britannica offers greater avenues of access to information, via keyword searching, indexing, and in text linking. The resource is further enhanced by the inclusion of the Merriam Webster Dictionary, Thesaurus, and Notable Quotations.
29 Aug 2008 Matthew Gengler
Here in folio, the murals of Rivera present as close to the epic originals as possible. With numerous double page foldouts, detail images from within the paintings, and outline panels labeling the subjects, even a casual fan of the artist will easily become engrossed in Rivera’s work. Within each chapter, essays by the authors accompany photographs of the artist and mural in progress. The artist’s study sketches prove particularly interesting. The book closes with a chapter on Rivera’s easel paintings and a chronology of his life and work. This volume is the English translation of the original Spanish edition by Luis-Martin Lozano, director of the Museo de Art Moderno and the artist’s grandson Juan Rafael Coronel Rivera. Weighing in at 19 pounds, the book is at times difficult to handle. Book supports are available at the reference desk, to cradle this heavy tome.