The Virginia Campus Library has a new reference work — the second edition of the Oxford Handbook of Positive Psychology, which was published this year. Although it cannot be checked out, you can browse this hefty volume that’s currently displayed in the Reference section of the library.

As some of you may have heard, the recently published sixth edition of the APA Publication Manual has errors. If you have a copy of the Manual from the first printing, you can access the corrections via: http://www.apastyle.org/

The library will be replacing its copies of the 6th Ed. Manual soon!

The Virginia Campus Library is hosting an Edgar Allan Poe Trivia Contest! Stop by the library to pick up your quiz form. Return your completed quiz to the library service desk to be entered in our grand prize drawing for a Fall Treat Gift Basket! The contest deadline is Friday the 13th of November, and the winner will be announced on Monday, Nov. 16th — you do not need to be present to win. Winner will be notified via e-mail.

Stop by for your chance to win!

The Virginia Campus Library is hosting an open house for faculty and academic program staff on Thursday, October 29th, between 2:30 & 4:30 pm.

Please stop by to enjoy hot cider & sweet desserts, while you catch up on the latest resources!

RSVP to virginia@gwu.edu

Hope to see you!

If you’d like to follow our (more frequent) updates via the micro-blog called Twitter, please do so!

You can follow us at:  http://twitter.com/valibgw

A new database called “Tests in Print” is now available in ALADIN. This database, by EBSCO, includes information on over 4,000 instruments. In addition to test information, records in this database link to full-text reviews in Mental Measurements Yearbook, when available.

To access it, click on the ALADIN link above, log in, and then click on the subject category (under ‘Social Sciences’) for Tests and Mental Measurements.

Hopefully this will be a helpful resource for our off-campus dissertation students!

with the library, and how do you want the library to communicate with *you*?

The Virginia Campus Library wants to know, so we can tailor our communication options to best meet *your* needs!

To let us know, please complete this brief 2-question survey:
http://spreadsheets.google.com/viewform?formkey=cjlnd0hFVnl5WUs5eHoyN1NPSGlPclE6MA..

Thank you, in advance!

The American Psychological Association will be publishing a new edition of its Publication Manual on July 1, 2009.

More details: http://www.apastyle.org/whatsnew.html

Please mark your calendars for Saturday, May 2nd, the date of our second annual Homecoming Event. It’s a great opportunity to reconnect with classmates and faculty, network and socialize, as well as learn a few things! We are thrilled to have as our keynote speaker, Dr. Edward Gabriele, who promises to inspire us with his talk, “Understanding Research: Its Ethos, Its Passion and the Ground of Its Being.”  Dr. Gabriele’s biography

In addition, there will be workshops, and of course, food.

More details/agenda:  Homecoming 2009: The Spirit of Research

Please RSVP by e-mailing our main mailbox, virginia@gwu.edu, or by calling 703-726-8230.

Hope to see you there!

The Gelman Library System has completely revamped their website, which now subsumes the Virginia Campus Library site. Please take a look & update your bookmarks!

http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/news/gelman-launches-new-web-site

The new VCL site is at: http://www.gelman.gwu.edu/virginia

[To access ALADIN on the new site, click on 'Articles & Databases.']