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Content Includes:

• Nearly 13,000 abstracted and indexed journals
• Nearly 9,000 full-text journals
• Full text for more than 7,700 peer-reviewed journals
• PDF content dating back as far as 1887
• Searchable cited references provided for more than 1,400 journals
• Daily updates

On Monday, May 14th, the library will be open 8:00 a.m. to midnight.
Tuesday, May 15th, the library will be open 8:00 a.m. to 9:00 p.m.
Wednesday, Thursday and Friday, May 16,17 and 18, the Library will be open 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

Saturday and Sunday, May 19 and 20, the Library will be closed.

Summer hours (TBA) will begin Monday, May 21st.

What is The Saint Johns Bible?

The original Saint John’s Bible was commissioned by Saint John’s Abbey in Wales and the Saint John’s University in Collegeville, Minn in 1998. Spearheaded by renowned calligrapher Donald Jackson, teams of artists in Wales and scholars in Minnesota worked together to create this seven volume Bible, the first known hand-written and illuminated Bible in more than 500 years.

The Saint John's Bible, Heritage Edition

A single anonymous benefactor recently donated a Heritage Edition reproduction of the Saint Johns Bible to the College.  The Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible is the full-size fine art reproduction of the original. Measuring two feet tall by three feet wide when open, it is the exact size of the original manuscript. Each volume  is signed by the chief scribe and illuminator, Donald Jackson. The edition is limited to 360 signed and numbered sets and contains the same seven volumes as the original. Many of the illuminations are touched-up by hand, including the burnishing of gold leaf.

More tidbits on The Saint John’s Bible

Smithsonian Magazine called the Saint John’s Bible “one of the extraordinary undertakings of our time.”

The paper for the Heritage Edition of The Saint John’s Bible is supplied by Monadnock Paper Mills, a family-owned paper mill in Bennington, generic viagra New Hampshire, and the oldest continuously operating paper mill in the United States

His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI described it as “a work for eternity.”

Reproducing with accuracy:
The translucent vellum pages of the original make “show-through” an integral part of the artwork. This is recreated on the cotton pages by printing—in reverse—a light watermark of the adjacent page.

Curious to see it yourself?

Please stop by the case behind the Reference Desk to view this marvelous work of art and craftsmanship melding with theology.

Best,

Daisy DeCoster
Assistant Librarian, Reference and Instruction

*Additional volumes/ pages of the Saint John’s Bible may be viewed by appointment in the Library’s Rare Books/ Special Collections which is housed in the Guarini Center for Community Memory on the Ground Floor of the O’Toole Library.  Please contact Librarian, David Hardgrove (dhardgrove@spc.edu) to make an appointment.

find yourself using a Google search to locate images for your papers or presentations?  Have you explored the huge collection of high-quality digital images in the arts, architecture, humanities, and sciences available on ARTstor?

Since March is Women’s History Month, you might be interested to see which ARTstor collections pertain to women’s history and women’s studies.

To access, search, and create your own collections within the massive ARTstor database you must enter through the Database List on the SPC Libraries Website or the following link: http://library.spc.edu:2048/login?url=http://library.artstor.org A network log-in is required for off-campus access.

Stay tuned for an upcoming library workshop on incorporating ARTstor images into your instruction.

Happy searching!

–
Daisy DeCoster

Assistant Librarian, Reference & Instruction

-Faceted searching
-Enhanced browsing by subject area, title, or publisher, across books and journals
-Hierarchical subject structure, allowing users to drill down to the most relevant content
-Search box on each page, with predictive search terms
-New access icons that show users content they have access to, free sample content, and open access content
-“Search Inside…” feature for both books and journals
-DOIs at title and chapter level for books, article level for journals

Kerry Falloon, Acquisitions

-Encyclopedia of Sports Management and Marketing
-Encyclopedia of Criminological Theory
-Encyclopedia of Curriculum Studies
-Encyclopedia of Educational Psychology
-Encyclopedia of Educational Reform and Dissent
-Encyclopedia of Geography
-Encyclopedia of Sports Medicine
-Encyclopedia of Science and Technology Communication
-Encyclopedia of Women in Today’s World
-Encyclopedia of Lifestyle Medicine and Health

Also, available are two award winning education documentations titled, Educating

Peter & Graduating Peter, in DVD format at O’Toole. Happy Holidays!

Kerry Falloon, Acquisitions