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NEW RESOURCES for PSYCHOLOGY STUDENTS

The University Library is excited to share one of our new resources, Counseling and Therapy in Video. Including over 400 hours of video covering the subjects of psychology, psychotherapy, psychiatric counseling, and social work, this resource can be searched by theme and video type. Another wonderful aspect of this resource is that all sessions have searchable transcripts.

This online collection of videos can be viewed anytime, anywhere. Just go to our database page and look under C for Counseling and Therapy in Video. After clicking the link you will need to enter your valid student id number and name to access the resource.

Did you know that there are now new rules for citing electronic resources with APA? (See article below.) Take a look at the Psychology LibGuide. New tabs have been added to highlight the changes to APA citation rules and the University Library's video collection.

Just follow this link- http://ggu.libguides.com/psychology

-A.Lipson

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NEW APA CITATION GUIDES at the UNIVERSITY LIBRARY

Most GGU classes require you to use the APA (American Psychological Association) style to format your citations. There are a lot of rules to follow, and the APA recently published new guidelines for electronic resources. You can avoid a last-minute crunch by keeping track of your citation information throughout the research process.

Access the APA Style Guide to Electronic References with your GGU ID number.

Check out our new guide to APA citations at http://ggu.libguides.com/apa and let us know what you think about it!

-A.Hofer

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WORKSHOPS - SEPTEMBER 2009

by J. Carter

Get the Term Off to a Great Start

Getting off to a great start works for Olympic track and field champions, and can work for you! Find out about library resources and services that can help you research most effectively and save you time and money.

A few minutes invested now will get you off to a great start and spare you hours of stress throughout the term. Learn how to
  • identify your research needs
  • develop search strategies
  • search full text of over 34,000 e-books
  • choose the databases most relevant for your research
  • tailor your searches to pull what you want from those databases
  • establish methods to help you analyze and synthesize the resources you find, to create your own well thought-out, well documented, creative research
  • cite resources appropriately
When: Saturday, September 5, 11am-Noon
Where: 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, University Library. Meet at the Reference Desk

Join Us for Fish! Learn How to Have Fun at Work and Provide Quality Service

Please join the University Library staff for free screenings of Fish!. Fish! examines the amazingly positive and playful work environment at Pike's Place Market in Seattle, and provides tips for quality service while having fun at work.

We will show it repeatedly, so come when you can! There will be free soda and, of course, Pepperidge Farm Goldfish. You are welcome to bring your lunch.

When: Tuesday, September 8, Noon-1:00pm
Where: 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, Room 3200

If you are unable attend and would like to reserve Fish! for your class or staff meeting, please contact Gilles Poitras at gpoitras@ggu.edu. Questions? Call the library at (415) 442-7244 or e-mail askalibrarian@ggu.edu. This session is offered to the University Community by the University Library in support of quality service at GGU.

Set Yourself Up for Success

Bring your syllabi for the term and work with trained research consultants to "map out strategies" that will help you
  • use the amazing Assignment Calculator to set target goals throughout the term
  • organize your time throughout the term to avoid late term CRUNCH STRESS
  • develop research strategies to use the best resources, most efficiently to locate the information need
  • evaluate, document, analyze and synthesize as you go, to maximize your effectiveness
When: Saturday, September 12, 11am-Noon
Where: 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, University Library. Meet at the Reference Desk

Also available by appointment in person, by phone, or by e-mail, contact askalibrarian@ggu.edu to schedule your research consultation

Pocket Parks and Other Magical Places

Take a few minutes from your day, however hectic, to join us for our next excursion to Pocket Parks and Other Magical Places near Golden Gate University. Just a few minutes exploring will boost your spirits. Here's a video Nikos Sarilakis created from footage he shot on the last excursion: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQgC4X14ADc. What will we discover this time? Let's see.

When: Wednesday, September 16, Noon-1pm
Where: Meet in lobby, 536 Mission Street

Cut to the Chase: Researching Industries and Companies

So you want to do research on industries and companies for course assignments or career aspirations. Type a prominent company name into Google and what do you get? Thousands of hits! You can spend hours wading through all the information and disinformation, or you can spend an hour with us and learn how to cut to the chase.

Our research professionals will help you learn how to search so you can
  • identify the resources that will help you find the overviews of industry trends and external factors affecting that industry
  • develop an understanding of the major companies in that industry, how they have evolved and where they are going
  • access and compare relevant financial data and ratios for publicly-traded companies in the industry
  • evaluate, analyze and synthesize that data
  • so you can create your academic and career success
When: Wednesday, September 16, 5-6 pm
Where: Accessible from your desktop anywhere. Webcast with support from Valerie Trost and CyberCampus
and
When: Saturday, September 19, 11am-Noon
Where: 536 Mission Street, San Francisco, University Library. Meet at the Reference Desk

Be sure to RSVP to askalibrarian@ggu.edu so we can send you log in information.

If you are interested in one of these workshops but are unable to attend, please contact the library's reference desk at 415-442-7244 or e-mail askalibrarian@ggu.edu to arrange for a personalized workshop tailored to your needs. Please also send us your ideas for other workshops and library services. We want to hear from you!

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SITE OF THE MONTH

by Larry Burg

International Tax & Business Guides

DELOITTE

Some good places to find investment, operating conditions and taxation information for individual countries are the large accounting/auditing/consultancy companies, such as PricewaterhouseCoopers or Deloitte.

Deloitte's site: http://www.deloitte.com/view/en_KW/kw/insights/international-tax-business-guides/index.htm allows one to choose your desired country via a pull-down menu.

Over 110 countries/jurisdictions are represented, although the length and size of the guides can vary from a 3-page highlights guide to a 28-page publication. The longer guides will typically cover investment climate, business and regulatory environment, foreign investment, choice of business entity, corporate and individual taxation and employment law.

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LEXIS-NEXIS STATISTICAL DATASETS TRAINING SESSION

The University Library will be hosting a training session with our local LexisNexis trainer on Monday, September 21 at 1:30 pm in Room 1373 (located in the University Library) on how to make the most of the new LexisNexis Statistical DataSets online service.

For an overview of Statistical DataSets, please see: http://academic.lexisnexis.com/online-services/statistical-datasets-overview.aspx

If you would like to attend this training session, please RSVP to askalibrarian@ggu.edu.

-C. DeLay

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BOOKS OF INTEREST

by Larry Burg

Lean production simplified : a plain language guide to the world's most powerful production system / Pascal Dennis ; with a foreword by John Shook. New York : Productivity Press, c2007.
TS155 .D472 2007

Mistreatment in the workplace : prevention and resolutions for managers and organizations / Julie B. Olson-Buchanan and Wendy R. Boswell. Chichester, U.K. ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
HD7261 .O635 2009

Analyzing banking risk : a framework for assessing corporate governance and risk management / Hennie van Greuning, Sonja Brajovic Bratanovic. Washington, D.C. : World Bank, 2009.
HG1615 .G746 2009

My word! : plagiarism and college culture / Susan D. Blum. Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2009.
PN167 .B48 2009

IMC handbook / J. Steven Kelly. Chicago, Ill. : Racom Communications ; Lancaster : Gazelle , 2008.
HF5415.123 .I44 2009

The box : how the shipping container made the world smaller and the world economy bigger / Marc Levinson. Princeton, N.J. ; Woodstock : Princeton University Press, 2008. TA1215 .L47 2006

Just-in-time accounting : how to decrease costs and increase efficiency / Steven M. Bragg. Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley, c2009.
HF5686.M3 B68 2009

The new boardroom leaders : how today's corporate boards are taking charge / Ralph D. Ward. Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2008.
HD2745 .W3765 2008

Let my people go surfing : the education of a reluctant businessman/ Yvon Chouinard with a new preface. New York : Penguin, 2006.
HC102.5 .C42 2006

The handbook of Islamic banking / edited by M. Kabir Hassan and Mervyn K. Lewis. Cheltenham : Edward Elgar, 2009.
HG3368.A6 H347 2007

New industries from new places : the emergence of the software and hardware industries in China and India / Neil Gregory, Stanley Nollen, Stoyan Tenev. Stanford, Calif. : Stanford Economics and Finance/Stanford University Press ; Washington, D.C. : World Bank c2009.
HD9696.63.C62 G74 2009

On competition / Michael E. Porter. Boston, MA : Harvard Business School Pub., c2008. Updated and expanded ed.
HF1414 .P67 2008

Olympic turnaround : how the Olympic Games stepped back from the brink of extinction to become the world's best known brand / Michael Payne ; foreword by Sir Martin Sorrell. Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2006.
GV721.5 .P34 2006

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FOOD for THOUGHT

compiled by Alice Dietrich


DETERMINATION

In the realm of ideas everything depends on enthusiasm; in the real world all rests on perseverance.
--Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A person who aims at nothing is sure to hit it.
--Unknown

The greatest mistake you can make in life is … continually fearing you will make one.
--Elbert Hubbard

Don't be afraid your life will end; be afraid that it will never begin.
--Grace Hansen

It is never too late to be what you might have been.
--George Eliot

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The Update is the University Library's monthly e-newsletter. To subscribe, send your e-mail address to editor@ggu.edu with SUBSCRIBE on the subject line. Please send comments and questions to this same address.

EDITOR: Alice Dietrich | 415-442-7259
FEATURES:
-- Books of Interest: Larry Burg | 415-442-7250
-- Born This Month: A. Dietrich
-- Food for Thought: A. Dietrich
-- Free Cultural Events Calendar: A. Dietrich
-- Site of the Month: L. Burg
-- Workshops & Events: Janice Carter | 415-442-7248
-- Layout/Graphics: A. Dietrich

Additional contributors to this issue: C. DeLay, Amy Hofer, and Aira Lipson; special thanks to Nikos Sarilakis (International Admissions & Advising Services) for his video used in Pocket Parks and Other Magical Places.

FREE CULTURAL EVENTS AND THINGS TO DO
SEPTEMBER 2009

2009 ARCHITECTURE and the CITY Film Series

Documentary films spotlighting the built environment, the architectural profession, and the architect
- Location: Main Library Koret Auditorium
- Address: 100 Larkin St. at Grove
- Event Time: Wednesdays, 12 pm - 2 pm
- Registration required

September 2
BIRD'S NEST: HERZOG & de MEURON in CHINA (88 min. 2008); designed for the 2008 Olympics; documentary attempts to understand the architects' successful methods of contextualization; explores the intentions, expectations, and strategies of the firm's Chinese clients in this complex creation process.

September 16
FAUBOURG TREME: The UNTOLD STORY of BLACK NEW ORLEANS (56 min. 2008), oldest black neighborhood in America, birthplace of the Civil Rights Movement in the South and the home of jazz; shot largely before Hurricane Katrina.

September 23
1,000 SQ. FT. (30 min.); shows unorthodox architectural practice of noted Los Angeles modernist architect Gregory Ain. Screening followed by conversation with filmmakers Christiane Robbins and Andrew Avery, and Anthony Denzer, architect and author of Gregory Ain, The Modern Home as Social Commentary.

AT THE MOVIES @ SFPL

Theme: Samurai Without Swords:
Western Variations on a Japanese Theme
  • Location: Main Library Koret Auditorium
  • Address: 100 Larkin St. at Grove
  • Event Time: Thursdays, 12 pm - 2 pm
September 3
THE MAGNIFICENT SEVEN (1960, 127 min.)
A powerful Western inspired by the Akira Kurosawa classic The Seven Samurai. Starring Yul Brynner and Steve McQueen

September 10
A FISTFUL OF DOLLARS (1966, 96 min.)
Based on the plot of Kurosawa's classic samurai film Yojimbo, this is an adventurous psychological drama. Clint Eastwood stars.

September 17
RONIN (1998 121 min.)
International team of former intelligence agents and Cold War warriors meet in a warehouse; modern day Ronin embark on their final covert mission.

September 24
GHOST DOG (2000, 118 min.)
When a professional killer's most recent hit attempt goes bad, he finds his own life threatened by those who employed him; he exacts vengeance. Starring Forest Whitaker.

2009 FALL PREVIEW LECTURE SERIES ON OPERA

Opera Guild preview lectures are scheduled in communities throughout the greater Bay Area by local Guild chapters. Each preview features a renowned musicologist who may use recordings and/or handouts to familiarize the audience with repertoire from the current season.
  • Locations : Main Library Koret Auditorium
  • Address : 100 Larkin St. (at Grove)
  • Event Time : Wednesdays, 12 pm - 2 pm
September 9
The San Francisco Opera Guild presents a lecture by Timothy Flynn on the Giacomo Puccini opera Trittico.

September 16
The San Francisco Opera Guild presents a lecture by Evan Baker on the Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart opera The Abduction from the Seraglio.

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BERKELEY OLD TIME MUSIC CONVENTION

The Berkeley Old Time Music Convention is a five day music festival featuring performances by local and national acts, a rollicking square dance, open cabaret, and the illustrious string band contest in venues throughout Berkeley.

Many of the events are free, others require tickets. Consult the Berkeley Old Time Music website for the free events.
  • Location: Various venues in Berkeley
  • When: Wednesday through Sunday, September 9th through 13th; at various times during the day and evening

35th ANNUAL SOLANO AVENUE STROLL

East Bay's largest street festival hosted by the merchants, restaurateurs and professionals and the cities of Albany and Berkeley. Over five hundred vendors, non-profit organizations, food booths and entertainers participating. Come join the 26 blocks of free fun!
  • Locations : Length of Solano Avenue from Albany to Berkeley
  • Event Time : Sunday, September 13, 10am-6pm (traditional pancake breakfast at 8am, Veterans' Memorial Park, Albany)
  • More on the Solano Stroll

19th ANNUAL AUTUMN MOON FESTIVAL STREET FAIR

Chinatown's best-attended annual event; live entertainment including dancers, drummers, musicians, martial artists, magicians, lion dances; "-mini" film festival; and more.
  • Location: Grant between California & Broadway; and, Pacific between Stockton and Kearny.
  • Event Time: Saturday & Sunday, September 19 and 20, 11 am to 6 pm each day

INTERNATIONAL COASTAL CLEANUP

Last year, nearly 400,000 volunteers collected more than 6.8 million pounds of trash in 104 countries and 42 US states during the 2008 International Coastal Cleanup - the world's largest volunteer effort of its kind.

Sign up for this year's International Coastal Cleanup at a waterway near you - and then ask your friends to join you!
  • Event Time: Saturday, September 19, 2009
  • Location: Venues of your choice. Type the name of the city in which you wish to volunteer in the address box when you sign up. Choose from a number of locations that will pop up.

PEOPLE IN PLAZAS

Free live outdoor concerts by local performers People In Plazas produces free musical concerts in San Francisco public spaces. Its aim is to bring these spaces to the status of "everybody's neighborhood."

YERBA BUENA GARDENS FESTIVAL LUNCHTIME CONCERT SERIES

Grab a sandwich and a summertime drink and meet friends and colleagues for a mid-day interlude of the finest jazz, world, and classical music under open skies.
  • Event Time: 12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
  • Date: Thursdays in September 2009
  • Location: Esplanade, Yerba Buena Gardens
  • Address: Mission St. between 3rd and 4th Streets, San Francisco

BORN THIS MONTH

Left to right: Johann Pachelbel, Grandma Moses, Jesse Owens, and Jessye Norman

Left to right: Mokshagundam Visvesvaraya, Andrea Bocelli, Jean-Philippe Rameau, and Truman Capote
JOHANN PACHELBEL (September 1, 1653 - March 9, 1706), born in Nuremberg; German Baroque composer, organist and teacher, who brought the South German organ tradition to its peak; considered one of the most important composers of the middle Baroque era. ANNA MARY ROBERTSON MOSES, better known as "Grandma Moses" (September 7, 1860 - December 13, 1961), born in Greenwich, New York; renowned American folk artist; began painting in her seventies, never had formal art training; most often cited as example of an individual successfully beginning a career in the arts at an advanced age. JESSE OWENS (September 12, 1913 - March 31, 1980), born in Lawrence County, Alabama; American track and field athlete; achieved international fame at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin, Germany, when he won four Olympic gold medals in track and field. JESSYE NORMAN (born September 15, 1945 -) in Augusta, Georgia; four-time Grammy Award-winning American opera singer; one of most admired contemporary opera singers and recitalists; a true dramatic soprano with a majestic stage presence; particularly associated with the roles of Aïda, Cassandre, Alceste, and Leonora in Fidelio.

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Above, left to right: Quilting Bee, Making Apple Butter, Autumn, Country Wedding, Church, The Old Checkered House, and Tramp at Christmas. All works by Grandma Moses.

PICTURES ON TOP. Left to right: Torre Rojo, Manzanera, Spain; Les Espaces d'Abraxas Housing Development, Marne-la-Vallée, France; W Hotels Worldwide, Barcelona, Spain; and Walden 7, Barcelona. On left, Flower Market, also in Barcelona. All works are by Ricardo Bofill.

RICARDO BOFILL (December 5, 1939 - ), born in Barcelona, Spain; Spanish-Catalan postmodernist architect. Bofill studied at the School of Architecture in Geneva, Switzerland. In 1963 he founded a group formed by architects, engineers, sociologists and philosophers, creating the basis for what today is the 'Taller de Arquitectura', international team with over 40 years experience in urban design, architecture, parks and gardens designs, and interior design.

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SEPTEMBER 2009, volume 4, no.9
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