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All SWC Libraries are closed March 29 - April 5 for Spring Break.

Regular hours will resume on Monday, April 6.

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Kathryn Fritz Special Collection, circa 1927

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The Armory Show at 100: Modernism and Revolution
by Marilyn Satin Kushner and Kimberly Orcutt, eds.
New York Historical Society, 2013
Call Number: N6448 A74 A76 2013

Available for four-week check out with your SWC photo ID card.

This volume was put together by the New York Historical Society to accompany their centennial retrospective of the Armory Show. Kushner says in her introduction that throughout the book an attempt was made to separate the legends about the show from the facts about it. (This meant that the writers started with critiquing material previously written about the show and then moved on to new research. She also states that by including essays written by authorities in various fields the editors attempted to view the show from perspectives not previously investigated. This was especially evident in the chapters which discussed the social issues New York was struggling with at that time and how they affected the show.

The essays are divided into six major categories:

1. “ORGANIZERS” (a roughly ten page essay on each of the four major organizers of the show)  
2. “NY and the US ca. 1913” (the historical and cultural context of the show, especially in New York)
3. “THE EXHIBITION” (general introductions to the American and European art along with five to ten page essays on nine artists, one essay on drawings in the show, and another on prints)
4. “RESPONSES” (of both critics and the public) Example: “An elderly gentleman `suddenly became vociferous and almost violent in his efforts to keep a friend from looking at a Picasso’”
5. “TRAVELING VENUES” (the differences between the Armory Shows in New York, Chicago, and Boston)
6. “LEGACY” (both short and long term legacies for art dealers, collectors, and the course of American art). 

The book is elegantly laid out and contains over 350 gorgeous illustrations. Despite having over 500 pages including the bibliography and appendixes, the book is very readable and flows easily from one subject to another. It gives the reader a much better understanding of various aspects of the Armory Show by connecting causes to results. Aside from the chapters on the cultural, artistic, and historic context of the show, this is especially true in the essays on the organizers. These chapters foster a better understanding of their personalities and the impact of each on the show.

Ken Johnson, in The New York Times Holiday Gift Guide 2013 states that “It [the book] conveys a good idea of how and why an exhibition that happened a century ago is still worth thinking about."

Database of the Week

Religion and Philosophy Collection

The EBSCOhost Religion and Philosophy database provides full-text articles on topics related to world religions, major denominations, biblical studies, religious history, political philosophy, philosophy of language, moral philosophy and the history of philosophy. 

This collection offers nearly 300 full text journals that specialize in these subject areas. What a treasure-trove of information!

Most of these articles are unavailable for free on the Internet. The Library provides free access to all of the articles for SWC students, faculty, and staff. For off-campus access, enter your Username (WebAdvisor ID) and Password (birthdate).

View a full list of databases offered through the library for all currently-enrolled SWC students.

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Falling Behind?

Make an appointment with a tutor in the Library!

Assistance is available for a wide range of subjects, including (but not limited to):

• Accounting
• Business
• English (Reading/Writing)
• French
• Math
• Physics
• Psychology

Make a 30-minute appointment for one-on-one tutoring at the ITC (Interdisciplinary Tutoring Center) Desk on the 3rd floor of the library. 

Call (619) 421-6700 x5198 or email SWCLibraryTutoring@swccd.edu

See you at the Library!

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Isabel Allende: A Literary Companion 
by Mary Ellen Snodgrass
McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers, 2013
New Book Shelf
Call Number: PQ 8098.1 L54 Z87 2013

Available for four-week check out with your SWC photo ID card.

As part of the McFarland Literary Companion series, this book introduces and honors the Spanish language author, Isabel Allende who is known for her insights on multiculturalism and world feminism. The author, Mary Ellen Snodgrass is an award-winning author of reference sources, including several of the volumes in the McFarland series.

This volume offers a chronology of Allende’s life and works, her genealogy, a literary companion that is alphabetically arranged by extensive subject entries based on various themes, a historical timeline of the Allende canon, and a helpful glossary. Most impressive is that while this resource provides scholarly information, it is organized and written in a reader-friendly and engaging style.

Review by Tanya Carr, SWC Librarian

Spring Break

All SWC Libraries are closed March 29 - April 5 for Spring Break.

Regular hours will resume on Monday, April 6.

Enjoy your break!

Kathryn Fritz Special Collection, circa 1927

We are open today!

The main library at the Chula Vista campus is open 10 am - 2 pm on Saturdays.

Visit the library's website for more information about resources and hours. You can ask a librarian for assistance via our chat service -- it's available 24 hours a day, seven days a week.

Student Orientations - Today and Saturday

Taking an online class? Attend a free, one-hour orientation!

Join us for an introduction to the Blackboard course management system, and other useful information about taking an online class.

All orientations take place in the Library classroom -- L-244.

No need to sign up, just be on time!

Orientations for Online Students:

Friday, March 20, Noon

Saturday, March 21, 10:00 AM

Monday, March 23, 4:00 PM

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The Read-Aloud Handbook 
by Jim Trelease.
7th edition
New York: Penguin Books, 2013.

New Book Shelf
Call Number: LB.1573.5.T68.2013

Available for four-week check out with your SWC photo ID card.

For thirty years, the many editions of this book have guided parents and teachers in helping children become avid readers. Children improve their language skills, have their imaginations awakened, and become avid readers themselves when an adult takes the time to regularly read- aloud to them.

The author discusses in great detail the stages of reading-aloud, as well as the do's and dont's, and the impact of digital learning and television and audio. He decries the loss of reading for pleasure that accompanies the emphasis on "teaching to the test" in schools. Half of the book is an annotated "Treasury of Read-Alouds."

Review by John Tibbals, SWC Librarian

Orientations for Online Students

Taking an online class? Attend a free, one-hour orientation.

Join us for an introduction to the Blackboard course management system, and other useful information about taking an online class.

All orientations take place in the Library classroom -- L-244.

No need to sign up, just be on time!

Orientations for Online Students:

Thursday, March 19, 5:30 PM

Friday, March 20, Noon

Saturday, March 21, 10: 00 AM

Monday, March 23, 4:00 PM

Primary Sources Workshop - Tomorrow!

Stop by Room L-244 at 9:00 a.m. on Wednesday for a free, one-hour workshops on how to find primary sources!

Can't make it today? Another primary sources workshops will be offered on Thursday at 1 pm.

• Wednesday, March 18th — 9:00 am 
• Thursday, March 19th — 1:00 pm 

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What Will It Take to Make a Woman President? : Conversations About Women, Leadership, and Power
by Marianne Schnall
Berkeley : Seal Press, 2013.

New Book Shelf
Call Number: HQ1161 .S378 2013

National Women’s History Month is here! 

Did you know in the Library’s New Books collection there's a great title honoring this theme to check out?

It's called, What Will It Take to Make a Woman President? : Conversations about Women, Leadership and Power. It's written by Marianne Schnall and published in 2013.

It is located in the Library’s New Books shelves on the main floor with the call number: HQ1161 .S378 2013. It is available for check out for four weeks with your SWC photo ID card.

Books can be found through the SWC Library’s Search the Library Catalog webpage. Just type in the title in the search box and you can find it in the results list.

This book is a great resource that shares ideas and opinions on gender-based barriers to the presidency. What Will It Take to Make a Woman President? presents interviews of authors, poets, lawyers, media broadcasters, artists, politicians, and actors who share their viewpoints on this topic.

Come to the Library to see more National Women’s History Month related titles on display.

Cheers!

Review by Arnold Josafat, SWC Librarian

Taking an Online Class?

Attend a free, one-hour orientation for online students!

Join us for an introduction to the Blackboard course management system, and other useful information about taking an online class.

All orientations take place in the Library classroom -- L-244.

No need to sign up, just be on time!

Orientations for Online Students:

Thursday, March 19, 5:30 PM

Friday, March 20, Noon

Saturday, March 21, 10: 00 AM

Monday, March 23, 4:00 PM

Tutoring on the 3rd Floor of Library

Make an appointment with a tutor in the Library!

Assistance is available for a wide range of subjects, including (but not limited to):

• Accounting
• Business
• English (Reading/Writing)
• French
• Math
• Physics
• Psychology

Make a 30-minute appointment for one-on-one tutoring at the ITC (Interdisciplinary Tutoring Center) Desk on the 3rd floor of the library. 

Call (619) 421-6700 x5198 or email SWCLibraryTutoring@swccd.edu

See you at the Library!

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You Were the First
by Patricia MacLachlan and Stephanie Graegin
New York: Little, Brown and Company, 2013

New Book Shelf
Call Number: PZ7.M2225 Ynm 2013

Children's Literature
A must read for every new parent to their child. Super cute book about being the first "to do and reach early life milestones." A very young child might not understand it but it’s definitely worth owning and rereading over and over. For the veteran parent(s) this was a nice trip down memory lane all under 60 seconds.

Review by Patricia Torres, SWC Librarian

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Free Workshop Today!

Stop by Room L-244 at 5:00 pm today for a free, one-hour workshops on how to find primary sources!

Can't make it today? Additional primary sources workshops will be offered during the month of March.

• Monday, March 9th — 5:00 pm 
• Tuesday, March 10th — 11:00 am 
• Wednesday, March 18th — 9:00 am 
• Thursday, March 19th — 1:00 pm 

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Business Brilliant: Surprising Lessons from the Greatest Self-Made Business Icons.
by Lewis Schiff.
New York: HarperBusiness, 2013.
Call Number: HF 5386.S378 2013
Available for 4-week check out with your SWC photo ID card

Author Lewis Schiff is the Executive Director of  Inc. Business Owners Council (a membership organization for Inc. magazine's top entrepreneurs) and co-author of The Influence of Affluence: The Rise of the New Rich and How They Are Changing America and The Armchair Millionaire.

This book is a fascinating, quick/easy-to-read (and frequently humorous!) statistical study contrasting the financial views of middle class workers and self-made millionaires. These two groups possess strikingly different views on saving vs. earning, innovating vs. imitating, what you know vs. who you know, win/win vs. win/don't lose, and the importance of success vs. failure.

Schiff asserts that, in the economic climate of the past several decades, regardless of our education and occupation, we are all "free agents" (entrepreneurs), whether we want to be or not. Using statistical data, he illustrates the importance of "do[ing] what you love, but follow[ing] the money." To support his argument, he presents fascinating profiles of successful entrepreneurs including Guy Laliberte (street performer who founded Cirque de Soleil) and John O'Hurley (Seinfeld's J. Peterman), and argues that financial pundits like Suze Orman have it all wrong.

Business Brilliant "doesn't promise to make you rich" but it is a fascinating, quick read that will inspire you to re-think your financial views.

Review by Rachael Smithey, SWC Librarian

Solar Energy Exhibit

The Library is currently featuring an exhibit highlighting solar energy and the new solar panels and Southwestern College.

We have many resources on this topic. Visit the second floor of the Library to learn more!

Primary Sources... What are they?

Stop by one of our free, one-hour workshops about primary sources! We'll talk about how to identify primary sources, and how to use the best search strategies and research tools to find them.

Workshops begin next week and are held in Room L-244.

• Monday, March 9th — 5:00 pm 
• Tuesday, March 10th — 11:00 am 
• Wednesday, March 18th — 9:00 am 
• Thursday, March 19th — 1:00 pm 

Database of the Week

The Sixties in America (Salem Press)
Library Database - Free for SWC students and staff

So much happened during the 1960’s in America! Southwestern College currently subscribes to a database of articles dedicated to topics and people during that decade.

Perhaps the movie Selma has made you want to learn more about The March on Selma, Martin Luther King, and the Civil Rights Act of 1964. Articles on all of these topics are available in this database, as well as many more!

Just browsing through the titles in this database is fascinating! Did you realize Betty Friedan’s book The Feminine Mystique was published in 1963? It is credited by some to have launched the modern feminist movement. In Cold Blood, a book about a famous murder, was published by Truman Capote in 1966 (Philip Seymour Hoffman played Capote in the 2005 film with the same name). The film Easy Rider, published in 1969, is said by the article to “…capture the spirit of the 1960’s”. IMDB.com [Internet Movie Database] recently listed Easy Rider as one of the ‘twenty five most influential movies’ in the history of cinema.

Take a look at this database; you won’t be disappointed. All of the information in this library database is freely-accessible to SWC students and staff.

Review by Ann Willard, SWC Librarian

Women's History Month

Celebrate Women's History Month at the Library! Stop by our display on the third floor -- we have many print books, e-books, and other resources to learn more about this topic.

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Ordinary Resurrections: Children in the Years of Hope.
by Jonathan Kozol.
New York: Crown, 2000
Call Number: HQ792.U5 K69 2000
Available for 4-week check out with your SWC photo ID.

The author has written several books on the lack of educational opportunities for poor and minority children in big city public schools, including the seminal and classic Death At An Early Age. In Ordinary Resurrections he tells the personal stories of a group of children just starting school in New York City's South Bronx, one of the poorest and most segregated communities in the nation. This is an optimistic book and most of the children in it are, despite where they live, "... still unsoiled by the world and still can view their place within it without cynicism or despair."

One hopes that the author will write a follow-up to this book to tell us how things have turned out for these children who would now be adults.

Review by John Tibbals, SWC Librarian