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Saturday, April 04, 2009
Thursday, April 02, 2009
Artstor: Peabody Museum Mayan Excavations
The ARTstor digital library and the Peabody Museum are digitizing and distributing approximately 55,000 archival photographs of Mayan excavations from the Carnegie Institution of Washington archive, which is housed at the museum. To date, approximately 37,000 photographs documenting archaeological excavations throughout Central America have already been released in the ARTstor Digital Library.To view the Carnegie Institution of Washington Collection of Maya Archaeological Photographs : go to the ARTstor Digital Library, browse by collection, and select "Carnegie Institution of Washington Collection of Maya Archaeological Photographs " or enter the keyword search: "carnegie peabody ".
To view ARTstor from off campus locations you need to create an ARTstor account at http://www.artstor.org/ from any on campus computer.
April eBook of the Month
After the War: Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush By: James Dobbins, Michele A. Poole, Austin Long, Benjamin Runkle. The RAND Corporation, 2008In recent decades, the United States' overwhelming military superiority has allowed it to "overawe" or overrun adversaries with comparative ease. However, consolidating victory and preventing a renewal of conflict has usually taken more time, energy, and resources than originally foreseen. Few recent efforts of this sort can be regarded as unqualified successes, and one or two must be accounted as clear failures.
After the War: Nation-Building from FDR to George W. Bush addresses the manner in which U.S. policy toward postconflict reconstruction has been created and implemented and the effect that these processes have had on mission outcomes. Through the lens of presidential decision making style and administrative structure, from the post-World War II era through the Cold War, post-Cold War era, and current war on terrorism, it is both possible and necessary to reassess how these elements can work in favor of, as well as against, the nation-building goals of the U.S. government and military and those of its coalition partners and allies.
After the War will be provided with free, unlimited access April 1-30.
If you have already established a NetLibrary account through Southwestern College Library, visit http://www.netlibrary.com/ and log in to read "After the War" 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 .
Wednesday, March 25, 2009
Library Closed Tuesday, March 31
The Library will be closed Tuesday, March 31 in observance of César Chávez Day.The Library will resume regular hours on Wednesday, April 1.
In San Diego, there are events planned to commemorate César Chávez Day, including those organized by the San Diego César E. Chávez Commemoration Committee.
Monday, March 23, 2009
SWC Library Streaming Media Collection
Now available at Southwestern College Library is a collection of instructional videos that can be streamed and viewed from your computer desktop.Our Films on Demand collection include instructional titles exploring topics in career and job searching, child development, health, psychology and sociology.
You must be a currently enrolled student to access the Films on Demand service.
Check it out
TITLE: The Nine : inside the secret world of the Supreme CourtAUTHOR: Jeffrey Toobin
CALL NUMBER: Stacks KF 8748 T665 2008
CALL NUMBER: Stacks KF 8748 T665 2008
REVIEWER: Sidney Laramie, SWC Librarian
What an enjoyable way to learn how the Supreme Court works! While Toobin analyses the court in general and some of its major cases (especially Bush v. Gore), the book reads more like a work of fiction. At one point I skipped to the end of a chapter because I couldn’t put the book down without knowing how the chapter ended.
In most of this book the author focuses on the Supreme Court under Rehnquist; he truly takes us behind the scenes there so that the judges become real people in our eyes. We see their personalities, values, how their pasts effect their votes, how they interact with each other, and the effect each of them had or has on the court and therefore on our country. We also come away with insight into the politics of the court – how the justices decide what cases will be heard, who will write the majority and dissenting opinions, etc., and other machinations to effect the vote.
What an enjoyable way to learn how the Supreme Court works! While Toobin analyses the court in general and some of its major cases (especially Bush v. Gore), the book reads more like a work of fiction. At one point I skipped to the end of a chapter because I couldn’t put the book down without knowing how the chapter ended.
In most of this book the author focuses on the Supreme Court under Rehnquist; he truly takes us behind the scenes there so that the judges become real people in our eyes. We see their personalities, values, how their pasts effect their votes, how they interact with each other, and the effect each of them had or has on the court and therefore on our country. We also come away with insight into the politics of the court – how the justices decide what cases will be heard, who will write the majority and dissenting opinions, etc., and other machinations to effect the vote.
Friday, March 20, 2009
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