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Artstor: Metropolitan Museum of Art

Nearly 2,000 images from the Metropolitan Museum of Art have been added to the Digital Library. This latest release brings the total number of images from the Metropolitan Museum encyclopedic collection to more than 7,600 in the ARTstor Digital Library.


The Metropolitan Museum of Art — founded in 1870 with a mission to collect, preserve, and display works of art spanning 5,000 years of world culture from every part of the globe, and to educate the public about art.


To view the Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection: go to the ARTstor Digital Library, browse by collection, and click "The Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection" or enter the keyword earch: "metmuseum".


To view ARTstor from off campus locations you need to create an ARTstor account at http://www.artstor.org/ from any on campus computer.

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Going Broke: Why Americans Can't Hold On To Their Money
Author: Stuart Vyse
Call #: New Books HG 3766 V97 2008
Reviewer: Tanya Carr, SWC Librarian

In this time relevant book, Vyse poses the question, "why, in the richest nation on earth, can't Americans hold on to their money?" The author offers phsychological explanations for the reader to consider: Americans are bankrupt due to over extending themselves. Instant gratification has become the American way. Modern conveniences such as credit cards, toll-free shopping, and the Internet have changed the way we shop. These and many other ideas are explored in relation to how major changes in American society over the last three decades has complicated our relationship with money.

March eBook of the Month

At present, there are roughly a billion motor vehicles in the world. Within twenty years, the number will double to 2 billion, largely a consequence of China's and India's explosive growth. Given that greenhouse gases are already creating havoc with our climate and that violent conflict in oil-rich nations is on the rise, does this mean that matters will only get worse? Or are there hopeful signs that effective, realistic solutions can be found?

In Two Billion Cars, transportation experts Daniel Sperling and Deborah Gordon provide a concise history of America's love affair with cars and an overview of the global oil and auto industries. America is still the leading emissions culprit, and what is especially worrying is that developing nations are becoming car-centric cultures as well.

Two Billion Cars will be provided with free, unlimited access through March 31.


If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Southwestern College Library, visit http://www.netlibrary.com/ and log in to read "Two Billion Cars" or any of our other 19,000 electronic book titles from your home, work or any other off campus location.


If you do not have a NetLibrary account, you can create your own account from any computer on the Southwestern College campuses. Visit our NetLibrary information page .

Save the Date - Patricia Santana, Guest Speaker

Wednesday, March 18th, 7 p.m.

Room L238 North/South

Library/Learning Resource Center

Join us in welcoming Patricia Santana, author of Motorcycle Ride on the Sea of Tranquility, which is our College Book for 2008-2009. As a published work, Motorcycle was selected as a Best Books for Young Adults 2003 by the Young Adult Library Services Association (YALSA), and was also San Diego Magazine’s 2003 Book Award winner in fiction. Ms. Santana was born and raised in South San Diego. She earned her Bachelor’s degree at the University of California, San Diego in English and Spanish Literature, and a Master’s degree in Comparative Literature from the University of California, Los Angeles.

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So Sexy, So Soon: The new sexualized childhood and what parents can do to protect their kids

Authors: Diane E. Levin and Jean Kilbourne
Call Number: Stacks HQ 792 U56 L48 2008
Reviewed by: Laura Galván-Estrada, SWC Librarian

This timely book focuses on how children are becoming sexualized younger and younger and offers parents guidance on dealing with specific issues. It will help parents nurture a healthy sexuality in their children. The book says that most previous research and efforts have focused on adolescents and girls but there is a growing need for help in this area during early childhood and for both boys and girls.

The authors explore the problem, have plenty of concrete examples for real parents and then they dig in to offer concrete solutions. The first chapter, for example, is called "Never too young to be sexy: living with children in today’s sexualized world." This chapter talks about issues such as body image, sexual harrasment, and about learning about sex on the internet.

So, if you have kids or work with children, this is a must read!

This Week in CQ Researcher

Closing Guantanamo by Kenneth Jost,
February 27, 2009


Can President Obama close the detention camp within one year?


President Obama on his second full day in office ordered the closing of the Guantánamo detention camp within a year. The facility at the U.S. Naval Station in Cuba has been controversial ever since President George W. Bush decided in late 2001 to use it to hold suspected enemy combatants captured in Afghanistan and elsewhere.


Both Obama and Republican candidate John McCain promised during the presidential campaign to close the facility if elected. But that poses many difficult issues about the camp’s remaining 241 prisoners. The government wants to send many to other countries, with few takers so far. Some may be brought to the U.S. for trial, but those prosecutions would raise a host of uncharted legal issues. Human-rights advocates worry the Obama administration may continue to back some form of preventive detention for suspected terrorists.

• Should the government continue repatriating Guantánamo detainees to other countries?
  
• Should Guantánamo detainees be prosecuted in civilian courts?
  
• Should some Guantánamo detainees be held indefinitely without military or civilian trial?

To read this article and others visit our Articles and Databases webpage and click on CQ Researcher. Select the Remote Access link for information on how to access this resource from off campus locations.