Thursday, November 17, 2011

Images on The Great Depression

The Great Depession was a period of American history when many struggled for survival. To see iconic art of this time such as Dorthea Lange's powerful photographs of migratory cotton pickers, or Bernice Abbott's photographs of urban life in Manhattan, visit ARTstor. Students and faculty can access these and many other images on the topic conducting a basic search using the term "depression."

ARTstor is not only for fine arts students. Images from it can be used to enhance non-art projects, by supplementing a paper or presentation. Palomar students and faculty may access this database by clicking the link above, or on the Library's Arts and Humanities database web page. Palomar College e-services login is required off-campus. For more information, contact Tamara Weintraub, Collection Management/Subscriptions Librarian.

Saturday, November 5, 2011

New Books, November 2011

Kick the Fossil Fuel Habit: 10 Clean Technologies to Save Our World,
by Tom Rand, 2010

The editors of Rand's beautifully illustrated work urge us to "imagine it's the year 2050 and your grandkids ask you, 'Tell us again what you did when the Earth was getting hot?' What are you going to tell them?"
Each chapter of the book explores one of the leading clean technologies and shows how it can "help save our world for future generations."



The Filter Bubble: What the internet Is Hiding from You, by Eli Pariser, 2011

"Eli Pariser is worried. He cares deeply about our common social sphere and sees it in jeopardy. His thorough investigation of Internet trends got me worried, too. He even taught me things about Facebook. It's a must-read."
-- David Kirkpatrick, author of The Facebook Effect