Stages of man

Where can I find the image of the homo sapiens timeline...the one starting with a proto-ape and ending with modern man?

You'll find a four page, color fold-out of the image (pages 41-45) in volume 8 of Life Nature Library

History of Rhode Island Hospital Trust

Where can I find historical information about the Rhode Island Hospital Trust Company?

Visit RISD Archives for primary source materials.

These sources give a history of the company and include black and white photographs of the exterior of the building and downtown Providence ranging from 1867-1967.

For information on the adaptive reuse of the space, see this earlier blog entry, Articles about the Fleet Library @ RISD

See also, RISD Library Building History

What are some sources for artist's films & videos?

Facets
Film-makers' Cooperative
Microcinema International DVD
Ubuweb - Film & Video
Video Data Bank
Women Make Movies

Please send us your sources for film and video and we'll post them. Email risdlib@risd.edu Thanks!

New Online source for Nature Lab assignments

Oxford Reference Online includes 175 Oxford titles many of which cover areas such as astronomy, biology, chemistry, ecology, natural history, plant sciences, physics, and zoology.
It includes timelines, maps and illustrations, quotations, encyclopedia and bi-lingual dictionaries.
Subjects & Books
Try it out for Nature Lab projects.
Start at library.risd.edu > Reference > Oxford Reference Online