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KEEPING CURRENT WITH RSS and ALERTS
by Amy HoferThe beginning of the semester is the perfect time to set up an alert or feed to follow a topic of interest to you. These are examples of "push technology" - where information comes to you rather than you having to revisit a site or redo a search every time you want an update.
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by Larry Burg
BOX OFFICE MOJO
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RSS ("Really Simple Syndication") is available for many sites and blogs, and is often noted with an orange square symbol. Get started by setting up a feed reader (for example, at 
Librarians are on call 60+ hours a week to answer your database questions, but what should you do if you have a problem accessing a database when the librarians have all gone home?Answer: Help Yourself!We have created the 
Roundup of Best Sources of International Industry Information
SITE OF THE MONTH
LinkSource is a service provided by the University Library to help you find articles!Some database providers have exclusive content arrangements with journal publishers that prevent other database providers from delivering a complete copy of an article. In such cases, those databases without access to the complete article (or "full text" in library terms) may only have citation information for the article (e.g., title, author, publication date, journal title, page numbers).LinkSource is a feature that can help connect an article citation in one database to the full-text article in a different database (when the full text exists).If you see a LinkSource icon in your search results, click it to automagically search for the full text of the article in the library's other databases. If LinkSource cannot locate the full-text and you need the article, please submit an online 
You have a great idea for a new business, but how can you turn that idea into reality? Join us for this workshop! Topics covered will include:
Even during the most hectic days, it only takes a few minutes to refresh the spirit -- and there are fun discoveries everywhere, when you begin looking.
What data do YOU need? 
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.
Learn how to find indispensable information for your projects including:
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Groundhog Day is an annual holiday celebrated on February 2nd in the United States and Canada. According to folklore, if a groundhog emerging from its burrow on this day fails to see its shadow, it will leave the burrow, signifying that winter will soon end. If on the other hand, the groundhog sees its shadow, the groundhog will supposedly retreat into its burrow, and winter will continue for six more weeks.
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TULIPMANIA 2010 PIER 39 presents its popular Tulipmania showcasing thousands of tulips throughout both levels of the pier.
ITVS COMMUNITY CINEMA: THE EYES OF ME The Eyes of Me film by Keith Maitland; extraordinary peek into the world of blind teenagers, where crossing an intersection, cooking a meal or navigating unfamiliar areas can be a challenge that sighted views never consider. A panel discussion follows the film. In association with Independent Television Service and KQED.
CHINESE NEW YEAR PARADE and CELEBRATION
February 6-28, 2010
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AT THE MOVIES @ SFPL
The fourth episode features some of the amazing achievements of medieval India. In astronomy they discovered the heliocentric universe, zero and the circumference of the earth. The fifth episode takes us to the time of the Renaissance in Europe, when India was the richest, most populous civilization in the world.
February 25
Screening of local filmmaker Kevin Epps latest movie Black Rock which highlights the lives of black inmates at Alcatraz Prison. Screening will be followed by a Q&A with the filmmaker.
Valentine's Day or Saint Valentine's Day is a holiday celebrated on February 14 by many people throughout the world. In the English-speaking countries, it is the traditional day on which lovers express their love for each other by sending Valentine's cards, presenting flowers, or offering confectionery. The day became associated with romantic love in the circle of Geoffrey Chaucer in the High Middle Ages, when the tradition of courtly love flourished.
President's Day was originally designated in honor of George Washington's birthday and is still legally called "Washington's Birthday." The first president of the United States was born on February 22, 1732.As the first federal holiday to honor an American citizen, the holiday was celebrated on Washington's actual birthday, February 22. On January 1, 1971 the federal holiday was shifted to the third Monday in February by the Uniform Monday Holiday Act.
Named one of the top ten parades in the world by the International Festivals and Events Association (IFEA), the Southwest Airlines Chinese New Year Parade in San Francisco is one of the few remaining night illuminated Parades in the country. More than 100 units will participate in this year's parade. A San Francisco tradition since just after the Gold Rush, the parade continues to delight and entertain the many hundreds of thousands of people that come to watch it on the street. (San Francisco Convention & Visitors Bureau)
Featuring the San Francisco Chamber Orchestra in collaboration with the Piedmont East Bay Choir, San Francisco Conservatory of Music Prep Chamber Orchestra, Berkeley's Crowden School, and Hillsdale High School in San Mateo.
"Longing for Sea Change" is a series of video installations by contemporary artists living and working in Africa and the diasporas. Emotionally stirring and symbolic, the visual narratives address broad issues of humanity in moments of upheaval, fragmentation and transition. The works are also deeply personal, with a longing for transformation and the desire to belong. Showings began in January and will follow through June 2011. (SFChron)
The Turpen Aviation Museum is located in an 11,500 square foot facility modeled on the Passenger Waiting Room of the 1937 San Francisco Airport Administration Building. Its permanent collection includes over 6,000 cataloged books and periodical, more than 3,000 photographs and documents, and more than 5,400 accessioned artifacts. Collection objects are being professionally cataloged, conserved and researched and will be available for study by digital imaging with on site and on-line access. (from website)
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Left to right: James Joyce, Felix Mendelssohn, Bob Marley, Charles Dickens, Jules Verne.
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Left to right: Franco Zeffirelli, Yoko Ono, George Frederic Handel, Pierre Auguste Renoir (self portrait), Frank Gehry.
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JAMES JOYCE (February 2, 1882 - January 13, 1941) born in Dublin; Irish writer and poet, widely considered to be one of the most influential writers of the 20th century. Along with Marcel Proust, Virginia Woolf, and William Faulkner, Joyce is a key figure in the development of the modernist novel. He is best known for his landmark novel Ulysses (1922). Other major works are the short-story collection Dubliners (1914), and the novels A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Finnegans Wake (1939). (Wikipedia)
FELIX MENDELSSOHN BARTHOLDY (February 3, 1809 - November 4, 1847) born in Hamburg, Germany; German composer, pianist, organist and conductor of the early Romantic period. Beginning like Mozart, Mendelsohn was as a child prodigy. Young Felix studied both the violin and piano and gave his first public recital at age nine. Encouraged by his family and teachers, the precocious Felix began writing music when he was 10 years old. At the age of 17, he astonished the world with a true masterpiece, his Overture to William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream. By this time he had already written his twelve symphonies for string orchestra. (Grove Concise Dictionary of Music)
ROBERT NESTA "BOB" MARLEY (February 6, 1945 - May 11, 1981) born in Nine Mile, Saint Ann, Jamaica: Jamaican singer-songwriter and musician; lead singer, songwriter and guitarist for the ska, rocksteady and reggae banda The Wailers and Bob Marley & The Wailers (1974-1981). Marley remains the most widely known and revered performer of reggae music, and is credited for helping spread both Jamaican music and the Rastafari movement to a worldwide audience. (Wikipedia)
CHARLES DICKENS (February 7, 1812 - June 9, 1870) born in Landport, Hampshire, England; pen-name "Boz"; the most popular English novelist of the Victorian era, and one of the most popular of all time. He created some of literature's most iconic characters, with the theme of social reform running throughout his work. The continuing popularity of his novels and short stories is such that they have never gone out of print. His work has been praised for its mastery of prose, and for its teeming gallery of unique personalities, by writers such as George Gissing and G. K. Chesterton, though the same characteristics have prompted others, such as Henry James and Virginia Woolf, to criticize him for sentimentality and implausibility. (Wikipedia)
JULES VERNE (February 8, 1828 - March 24, 1905), born in Nantes, Western France; French author who helped pioneer the science-fiction genre. He is best known for his novels A Journey to the Centre of the Earth (1864), From the Earth to the Moon (1865), Twenty Thousand Leagues under the Sea (1869-1870), Around the World in Eighty Days (1873) and The Mysterious Island (1875). Verne wrote about space, air, and underwater travel before navigable aircraft and practical submarines were invented, and before any means of space travel had been devised. Consequently he is often referred to as the "Father of science fiction", along with H. G. Wells. Verne is the second most translated author of all time. (Wikipedia)
back to top | FRANCO ZEFFIRELLI (February 12, 1923 - ) born in Florence, Italy; celebrated Italian director of films and operas. He has also been a noted opera designer and producer of operas, theatre, film and television, as well as a politician.Internationally, he is well known for his film version of Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet (1968), for which he was nominated for an Academy Award. His television mini-series Jesus of Nazareth (1977) also won acclaim and is still shown on Easter weekend in many countries. Zeffirelli has been a member of the Italian Senate since 1994, representing the Forza Italia party. In 2008, Forza Italia dissolved into The People of Freedom. (Wikipedia)
YOKO ONO (February 18, 1933 - ) born in Tokyo, Japan; Japanese-American artist and musician. She is known for her marriage to John Lennon and for her work as an avant-garde artist and musician. (Wikipedia)
GEORGE FRIDERIC HANDEL (February 23, 1685 - April 14, 1759) born in Halle, Duchy of Magdeburg, Brandenburg-Prussia; German-English Baroque composer, famous for his operas, oratorios, and concerti grossi. Born in Germany, trained in Italy, and spent most of his life in England eventually naturalized as subject of the British. His works include Messiah, Water Music, and Music for the Royal Fireworks. Strongly influenced by the techniques of the great composers of the Italian Baroque era, as well as the English composer Henry Purcell, Handel's music became well-known to many composers, including Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven. (Wikipedia)
PIERRE AUGUSTE RENOIR (February 25, 1841 - December 17, 1919) born in Limoges, France; French impressionist painter noted for his radiant, intimate paintings, particularly of the female nude. Recognized by critics as one of the greatest and most independent painters of his period, Renoir is noted for the harmony of his lines, the brilliance of his color, and the intimate charm of his wide variety of subjects. Within the impressionist group his work stands out as the most traditional in outlook and technique. (ReproPaint)
FRANK OWEN GEHRY, CC (February 28, 1929 - ) born in Toronto, Ontario; Canadian-American Pritzker Prize-winning architect based in Los Angeles. His buildings have become tourist attractions worldwide. His best-known works include the titanium-covered Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao; Walt Disney Concert Hall, Los Angeles; Experience Music Project, Seattle; Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis; Dancing House, Prague, Czech Republic; and the MARTa Museum in Herford, Germany. (Wikipedia)
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Starting with this issue, The Update will feature all 15 neighborhoods of San Francisco, one each month. This month's neighborhood is Fisherman's Wharf. Material for this series will mainly come from the Only in San Francisco website.Next month's featured neighborhood: North BeachFishing boats, seafood stalls, steaming crab cauldrons and seafood restaurants and sourdough French bread bakeries … you know you're in world-famous Fisherman's Wharf. Souvenir shops and museums add to the atmosphere. The historic F-Line streetcar and two cable car lines terminate in the area and sightseeing boats and boat charters link to Alcatraz and Angel Island and other points around San Francisco Bay. This 500-mile cleft in the California coastline has a split personality. It is both a major center for water-borne commerce and a delightful excuse to just go play by the bay. (from Only in San Francisco)
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FEBRUARY 2010, volume 5, no.2
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FISHERMAN'S WHARF
