It's hard to believe, but we're already nearing the Fall Holiday Break, and this 2004 Fall Semester has been busier than ever!

Mercer Library has undergone an inventory of all collections, received exciting new titles, and enjoyed growing overall with the Prince William Community as our head count is higher than ever!  The official renaming ceremony went off without a hitch, under the watchful eyes of the newest additions to our library (and a couple of our favorite people!), John Mercer and George Mason in their respective portraits.  Look for biographical sketches on John Mercer and George Mason in our next issue!

Mercer Library is also celebrating Sedigheh (Sedi) Kalantary, our Document Fulfillment Coordinator, who has won the November ITU Employee of the Month Award!  In her capacity as Document Fulfillment Coordinator at the Prince William Campus, Sedi is responsible for all incoming and outgoing requests for Inter-Campus, Consortium Loan, and Inter-Library Loan items.  Sound easy?  This involves searching the stacks for items needed at other Mason Libraries, Consortium libraries and other libraries outside of our system.  In addition she is responsible for copying requested articles and processing arriving materials that patrons wish to pick up at the PWC Library.

Co-workers consider her articulate, intelligent, a great team collaborator, flexible, willing to take on any tasks requested of her and the adjectives go on and on.  Good customer service and a desire to help comes second nature to Sedi which not only makes her a joy to work with but an inspiration to others that cross her path.  Sedi celebrated this honor with Joy Hughes, Ruth Kifer, Heather Hannan, Mary Buckley, and other co-workers on November 5th.  Congratulations Sedi - it is well deserved!
 

Mercer Library Hours
FALL SEMESTER 2004
 

August 30 - December 11
Monday - Thursday	8:00am - 10:00pm
Friday	8:00am - 6:00pm
Saturday	9:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday	Noon - 5:00pm

FALL SEMESTER 2004
HOLIDAY BREAK
 

November 24-28, 2004
Wednesday, November 24	8:00am - 1:00pm
Thursday, November 25	CLOSED
Friday, November 26	CLOSED
Saturday, November 27	9:00am - 5:00pm
Sunday, November 28	Noon - 5:00pm

Not sure how to find and use library information resources?  Schedule a drop-in appointment to get acquainted with the basic elements of the research process and be introduced to the GMU library system, available electronic resources, and how to organize and evaluate information.

Sessions are held in the Mercer (Prince William Campus) Library, Occoquan (PWI) Bldg. Rm. 104J.  Please call 993-8348 to arrange an individual appointment.
 

• Administration of Justice
• Biological Sciences
• Education
• Information Technology and Engineering
• Recreation & Health
• Tourism

Balfour, Michael, ed.
Theatre in prison : theory and practice.
Bristol, UK ; Portland, OR : Intellect, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
HV8861 .T44 2004
 

Cragin, Kim and Sara A. Daly.
The dynamic terrorist threat : an assessment of group motivations and capabilities in a changing world.
Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
HV6431.C725 2004
 

Doughty, Harold.
The Penguin guide to American law schools.
New York : Penguin Books, 1999.
Prince William Campus Stacks
KF266 .D68 1999
 

Downie, Jocelyn Grant.
Dying justice : a case for decriminalizing euthanasia and assisted suicide in Canada.
Toronto : University of Toronto Press, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
KE3663.E94 D69 2004
 

European Committee on Crime Problems.
European sourcebook of crime and criminal justice statistics, 2003.
Meppel : Boom Juridische Uitgevers, c2003.
Prince William Campus Stacks
HV9960.E85 E89 2003
 

Gerber, Rudolph J.
Legalizing marijuana : drug policy reform and prohibition politics.
Westport, CT : Praeger, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
HV5822.M3 G47 2004
 

Hames-Garcia, Michael Roy.
Fugitive thought : prison movements, race, and the meaning of justice.
Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
HN90.M6 H36 2004
 

Hitchcock, Jayne A.
Net crimes & misdemeanors : outmaneuvering the spammers, swindlers, and stalkers who are targeting you online.
Medford, N.J. : Information Today, c2002.
Prince William Campus Stacks
HV6773 .H575 2002
 

Liddick, Don.
The global underworld : transnational crime and the United States.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
HV6252 .L43 2004
 

Linden, Edward V., ed.
Foreign terrorist organizations : history, tactics and connections.
New York : Nova Science, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
HV6431 .F635 2004
 

Mecke, Viola.
Fatal attachments : the instigation to suicide.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
HV6545 .M37 2004
 

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Research Standards and Practices to Prevent the Destructive Application of Biotechnology.
Biotechnology research in an age of terrorism.
Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
HV6432 .N386 2004
 

Pierce, Patrick Alan and Donald E. Miller.
Gambling politics : state government and the business of betting.
Boulder, Colo. : Lynne Rienner Publishers, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
HV6715.P54 2004
 

Valier, Claire.
Crime and punishment in contemporary culture.
London ; New York : Routledge, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
HV8693.V35 2004
 

Williams, Philip F. and Yenna Wu.
The great wall of confinement : the Chinese prison camp through contemporary fiction and reportage.
Berkeley : University of California Press, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
HV8964.C5 C62 2004
 

Yeschke, Charles L.
Interrogation : achieving confessions using permissible persuasion.
Springfield, Ill. : Charles C. Thomas, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
HV8073 .Y467 2004
 

Amos, Martyn.
Cellular computing.
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
QH324.2 .C35 2004
 

Brady, Hugh J. M., ed.
Apoptosis methods and protocols.
Totowa, N.J. : Humana Press, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
QH671 .A6585 2004
 

Davis, Jim A. and Barry R. Schneider, ed.
The gathering biological warfare storm.
Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
UG447.8 .G38 2004
 

Edwards, Kirstin, Julie Logan and Nick Saunders.
Real-time PCR : an essential guide.
Wymondham, Norfolk, U.K. : Horizon Bioscience, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
QP606.D46 R43 2004
 

Frasconi, Paolo and Ron Shamir.
Artificial intelligence and heuristic methods in bioinformatics.
Amsterdam ; Washington, DC : IOS Press ; Tokyo : Ohmsha, c2003.
Prince William Campus Stacks
QH324.25 .N38 2001
 

Greenspan, Ralph J.
Fly pushing : the theory and practice of Drosophila genetics.
Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory Press, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
QH470.D7 G74 2004
 

Hancock, John M. and Marketa J. Zvelebil, ed.
Dictionary of bioinformatics and computational biology.
Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-Liss, c2004.
Prince William Campus Reference
QH324.2 .D53 2004
 

Inglis, J. R., Joseph Sambrook, and J.A. Witkowski, ed.
Inspiring science : Jim Watson and the age of DNA.
Cold Spring Harbor, N.Y. : Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, c2003.
Prince William Campus Stacks
QH506.W4 I55 2003
 

Innis, Michael A., ed.
PCR protocols : a guide to methods and applications.
San Diego : Academic Press, c1990.
Prince William Campus Stacks
QP606.D46 P36 1990
 

Janeway, Charles.
Immunobiology : the immune system in health and disease.
New York : Garland Science, c2005.
Prince William Campus Stacks
QR181.I397 2005
 

Motulsky, Harvey and Arthur Christopoulos.
Fitting models to biological data using linear and nonlinear regression : a practical guide to curve fitting.
New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
QH323.5 .M68 2004
 

Wünschiers, Röbbe.
Computational biology : Unix/Linux, data processing and programming.
Berlin : Springer, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
QA76.76.D49 W86 2004
 

Alvermann, Donna E. and Stephen F. Phelps.
Content reading and literacy : succeeding in today's diverse classrooms.
Boston, MA : Pearson/Allyn and Bacon, c2005.
Prince William Campus Stacks
LB1050.455 .A47 2005
 

Berger, Ron.
An ethic of excellence : building a culture of craftsmanship with students.
Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2003.
Prince William Campus Stacks
LB1025.3 .B467 2003
 

Bonds, Marla and Sally Stoker.
Bully-proofing your school : a comprehensive approach for middle schools.
Longmont, Colo. : Sopris West, c2000.
Prince William Campus Stacks
LB3013.3 .B66 2000
 

Conoley, Jane Close and Goldstein, Arnold P. ed.
School violence intervention : a practical handbook.
New York ; London : Guilford Press, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
LB3013.3.S379 2004
 

Frymier, Jack and Ronald G. Joekel, ed.
Changing the school learning environment : where do we stand after decades of reform?
Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
LA222 .C445 2004
 

Goldstein, Jeffrey, David Buckingham and Gilles Brougère.
Toys, games, and media.
Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
LB1028.4.T69 2004
 

Gutek, Gerald Lee.
Philosophical and ideological voices in education.
Boston : Pearson/A and B, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
LB14.7 .G88 2004
 

Jeynes, William.
Religion, education, and academic success.
Greenwich, Conn. : Information Age Pub., c2003.
Prince William Campus Stacks
LC428 .J49 2003
 

Juvonen, Jaana.
Focus on the wonder years : challenges facing the American middle school.
Santa Monica, CA : Rand, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
LB1623.5 .F62 2004
 

Nordgren, R.D.
Making schooling relevant for the global age : fulfilling our moral obligation.
Lanham, Md. : ScarecrowEducation, 2003.
Prince William Campus Stacks
LA217.2 .N67 2003
 

Opitz, Michael F. and Matthew D. Zbaracki.
Listen hear! : 25 effective listening comprehension strategies.
Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
LB1065.O55 2004
 

Rodgers, Adrian and Emily M. Rodgers, ed.
Scaffolding literacy instruction : strategies for K-4 classrooms.
Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
LB1528 .S2862 2004
 

Serafini, Frank.
Lessons in comprehension : explicit instruction in the reading workshop.
Portsmouth, NH : Heinemann, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
LB1573.7 .S47 2004
 

Spandel, Vicki.
Creating writers : through 6-trait writing assessment and instruction.
Boston : Pearson Allyn and Bacon, c2005.
Prince William Campus Stacks
PE1404.S69 2005
 

Vasquez, Vivian Maria.
Negotiating critical literacies with young children.
Mahwah, N.J. : L. Erlbaum Associates, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
LB1139.5.L35 V37 2004
 

Clark, Martin P.
Data networks, IP and the Internet : protocols, design and operation.
Chichester, England ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2003.
Prince William Campus Stacks
TK5105.5 .C545 2003
 

Crothers, Tim.
Implementing intrusion detection systems : a hands-on guide for securing the network.
Indianapolis, IN : Wiley Pub., c2003.
Prince William Campus Stacks
TK5105.59 .C75 2003
 

Hodson, Peter.
Local area networks.
London ; New York : Continuum, c2003.
Prince William Campus Stacks
TK5105.7 .H63 2003
 

Irtegov, D.
Operating system fundamentals.
Hingham, Mass. : Charles River Media, 2003.
Prince William Campus Stacks
QA76.76.O63 I717 2003
 

McLaren, Bruce J.
Understanding & using the Internet.
Cincinnati : South-Western Educational Publishing, c1999.
Prince William Campus Stacks
TK5105.875.I57 M383 1999
 

Minoli, Daniel and Emma Minoli.
Delivering voice over IP networks.
New York : Wiley, c2002.
Prince William Campus Stacks
TK5105.8865 .M57 2002
 

Mohler, James L.
Flash MX 2004 : graphics, animation, and interactivity.
Clifton Park, N.Y. : Thomson/Delmar Learning, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
TR897.7 .M642 2004
 

Savitch, Walter J.
Java : an introduction to computer science & programming.
Upper Saddle River, NJ : Pearson/Prentice-Hall/Pearson Education, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
QA76.73.J38 S27 2004
 

Singh, Jasprit.
Semiconductor devices : basic principles.
New York : Wiley, 2000, c2001.
Prince William Campus Stacks
TK7871.85 .S5558 2001
 

Szewczak, Edward and Coral Snodgrass.
Human factors in information systems.
Hershey, PA : IRM Press, c2002.
Prince William Campus Stacks
QA76.76.H85 S94 2002
 

Beaglehole, Robert and Ruth Bonita.
Public health at the crossroads : achievements and prospects.
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
RA441 .B43 2004
 

Bockting, Walter and Sheila Kirk, ed.
Transgender and HIV : risks, prevention, and care.
New York : Haworth Press, c2001.
Prince William Campus Stacks
RA644.A25 T736 2001
 

Burckhardt, Peter, Bess Dawson-Hughes, and Robert P. Heaney, ed.
Nutritional aspects of osteoporosis.
Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
RC931.O73 N88 2004
 

Conyne, Robert K.
Preventive counseling : helping people to become empowered in systems and settings.
New York : Brunner-Routledge, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
RA790 .C68176 2004
 

Fidler, David P.
SARS : governance and the globalization of disease.
New York : Palgrave Macmillan, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
RA644.S17 F53 2004
 

Fronske, Hilda Ann.
Teaching cues for sport skills for secondary school students.
San Francisco, Calif. : B. Cummings, c2005.
Prince William Campus Stacks
GV361.F66 2005
 

Jeffcote, Nikki and Tessa Watson, ed.
Working therapeutically with women in secure mental health settings.
London ; New York : Jessica Kingsley Publishers, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
RC451.4.P68 W67 2004
 

Knobler, Stacey, ed, Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Forum on Microbial Threats, and Institute of Medicine (U.S.). Board on Global Health.
Learning from SARS : preparing for the next disease outbreak : workshop summary.
Washington, DC : National Academies Press, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
RA644.S17 L43 2004
 

Longest, Beaufort B.
Managing health programs and projects.
San Francisco : Jossey-Bass, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
RA427.L64 2004
 

Serlin, David Harley.
Replaceable you : engineering the body in postwar America.
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
R856.S457 2004
 

Swaine, Rick.
Beating the breaks : major league ballplayers who overcame disabilities.
Jefferson, N.C. : McFarland, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
GV865.A1 S93 2004
 

Tones, Keith and Jackie Green.
Health promotion : planning and strategies.
London ; Thousand Oaks, Calif. : SAGE Publications, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
RA427.8 .T66 2004
 

Treisman, Glenn J. and Andrew F. Angelino.
The psychiatry of AIDS : a guide to diagnosis and treatment.
Baltimore : Johns Hopkins University Press, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
RC606.6 .T74 2004
 

Wagstaff, Adam and Mariam Claeson.
The millenium development goals for health : rising to the challenges.
Washington, DC : World Bank, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
RA427.8.W34 2004
 

Westcott, Rich.
Native sons : Philadelphia baseball players who made the major leagues.
Philadelphia : Temple University Press, 2003.
Prince William Campus Stacks
GV865.A1 W448 2003
 

Chesser, Jerald W. and Noel C. Cullen.
The world of culinary supervision, training, and management.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2005.
Prince William Campus Stacks
TX911.3.M27 C494 2005
 

Daniell, Mark Haynes.
World of risk : a new approach to global strategy and leadership.
New Jersey : World Scientific, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
HD30.28.D362 2004
 

Diamantis, Dimitrios, ed.
Ecotourism : management and assessment.
London : Thomson, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
G156.5.E26 E3545 2004
 

Gilmore, Shirley.
Cases in human resource management in hospitality.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : Pearson Prentice Hall, c2005.
Prince William Campus Stacks
TX911.3.P4 G55 2005
 

Ingram, Hadyn and Ransley, Josef.
Developing hospitality properties and facilities.
Oxford ; Boston : Butterworth-Heinemann, 2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
TX911.3.P46 D48 2004
 

Knowles, Tim, Dimitrios Diamantis and Joudallah Bey El-Mourhabi.
The globalization of tourism and hospitality : a strategic perspective.
London : Thomson, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
G155.A1 K58 2004
 

Mateo, Rony, ed.
American national parks : current issues and developments.
New York : Novinka Books, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
SB486.M35 A44 2004
 

Tesone, D. V. (Dana V.).
Human resource management in the hospitality industry : a practitioner's perspective.
Upper Saddle River, N.J. : PEARSON/Prentice Hall, c2005.
Prince William Campus Stacks
TX911.3.P4 T47 2005
 

Travel Industry Association of America.
Domestic travel market report.
Washington, D.C. : Travel Industry Association of America.
Prince William Campus Reference
G155.U6 T87 2003
 

United States Central Intelligence Agency, National Foreign Assessment Center (U.S.).
The world factbook.
Washington, D.C. : Central Intelligence Agency : Supt. of Docs., U.S. G.P.O. [distributor], 1981-.
Prince William Campus Ready Reference
G122 .U56a
 

Wallace, Linda L., ed.
After the fires : the ecology of change in Yellowstone National Park.
New Haven : Yale University Press, c2004.
Prince William Campus Stacks
SD421.32.Y45 A46 2004
 

Williams, Stephen.
Tourism and recreation.
Harlow, England ; New York : Prentice Hall, 2003.
Prince William Campus Stacks
G155.A1 W489 2003
 

World Tourism Organization.
Budgets of national tourism administrations.
Madrid, Spain : World Tourism Organization, 1999.
Prince William Campus Reference
G155.A1 B78 1993-1997
 

World Tourism Organization.
Compendium of tourism statistics.
Madrid : World Tourism Organization, 1986-.
Prince William Campus Ready Reference
G155.A1 T5896
 

ARTBibliographies Modern

ARTBibliographies Modern is a key electronic resource for researchers studying modern and contemporary art.  This database provides abstracts of English language and worldwide literature on art and design, photography and its history, art trends, and individual artists from the late nineteenth century to the present day.  A wide range of subjects are indexed, including traditional media such as painting, printmaking, and sculpture.  Also covered are theatre arts, conservation, caricatures, crafts, ceramics, ethnic arts and fashion, along with new media such as computer and electronic art.  The ARTBibliographies Modern database indexes an expansive range of materials, including books, journal articles, exhibition catalogs, essays and dissertations.  The database provides abstracts from the late 1960's to the present, with about 13,000 new entries added annually, and is updated six times per year.  Researchers can locate this new database through the Dabases heading on the GMU Libraries HomePage, alphabetically or under the heading "Arts and Humanities."
 

E-Reference

Oxford Dictionary of National Biography

62 million words - 10,000 contributors - 10,000 images - 60 volumes - and ONLINE!  What is the Oxford DNB?

*An illustrated collection of 50,000 specially written biographies of the men and women who shaped all aspects of Britain's past, from the fourth century BC to the year 2000.

Who is in it?

*Remarkable people in any walk of life who were connected with the British Isles - excluding living people.  It includes not just the great and good, but people who have left a mark for any reason, good, bad, or bizarre.

Now available online via the University Libraries database listing - http://oscr.gmu.edu/sql/alpha.php?o.
 

In June 2001, Bill Fleming came on board at Mercer Library as a Social Sciences Librarian.  Since then, the GMU Libraries and in particular, the Prince William Campus, has enjoyed his warm and welcoming demeanor and his unparalleled research expertise in the Administration of Justice department, the Recreation, Health and Tourism department, and the Initiatives in Educational Transformation (IET) program.  Bill also provides assistance when needed to all other Humanities and Social Sciences general education courses taught on the Prince William Campus.

Bill's impressive background includes a BA in History from the University of Virginia, Graduate work in History at the College of William and Mary, and a Masters in Library Science from the University of Maryland.  Bill's extensive experience also includes 15 years of work in the financial services sector!

In addition to his responsibilities at Mercer Library, Bill is also an active member of the Virginia Library Association (VLA) and the Association of College and Research Libraries.  He is an elected member of the Beta Phi Mu and Phi Kappa Phi academic/professional honor societies.  Bill has been published in VLA's "Virginia Libraries" periodical, and has presented workshops and lectures at GMU, Northern Virginia Community College, and the VLA Paraprofessional Forum.

Don't worry though - we do let him get home once in awhile!!  There, he spends time with his beautiful wife and 2 1/2 year old son, Ben.  It is Ben, Bill credits with keeping him "humble."  Bill's coworkers can agree that there's no other way to perceive this highly talented, warm, and thoughtful guy.

When asked, Bill Fleming is more than ready to answer that in his job, he enjoys most, "the chance to help people in a tangible way on a daily basis and the chance to work in the nurturing family atmosphere of the Mercer Library and Prince William Campus in general."  It wouldn't be a family without you Bill!  Mercer Library staff and patrons, as well as the rest of the GMU Libraries and Prince William Campus appreciate all you do!!!
 

Dina Delma has returned for her 2nd year as (a very highly valued) Student Assistant at Mercer Library.  In her role, Dina assists patrons at the circulation desk, has worked extensively on Document Fulfillment with Mercer's Sedi Kalantary.  Dina also assists with Stacks Maintenance by shelving, shelf-reading, and working on special projects such as inventories and collection shifts.  Mercer Library staff would like to introduce you to the dynamic, hard-working Student Assistant with the beaming smile, Dina Delma!  In her own words:

I was born and raised in a city called Tenkodogo in Burkina Faso, West Africa.  I attended school in teh same city except grade 13.  At that point I attended school in the capital city, Ouagadougou.  I know these names are difficult to pronounce, but I hope it will inspire your curiousity to learn more about Burkina!

I came to the U.S. October 10, 1997 for family reasons, but was blessed to attend school at Northern Virginia Community College where I earned my Associate's degree in Information System Technology.  After graduation, my family encouraged me to pursue my Bachelor's degree at George Mason University, and that's where I found Mercer Library.

I started working at Mercer in the Fall of 2003.  In addition to working at the Circulation Desk and assisting with Document Fulfillment, I was more than happy to perform any work that was given to me for the opportunity to learn and acquire experience.  The staff at Mercer Library is like a family to me.  They are very understanding, caring, and encouraging which promotes excellence in my work.  I am very fortunate to be a part of the library work force and I would recommend the library to any student who is looking for a job.

In the summer of 2004 I was a recipient of an Immediate Recognition Award with a monetary gift.  In addition I was awarded a gift card in December of 2003 that I deeply appreciate.  The privilege of knowing and working with such a crew will be cherished forever.

The staff at Mercer Library cherishes Dina Delma for her outstanding contributions as a Student Assistant!  Her attention to detail, glowing personality, and overall stellar performance is profoundly appreciated by all those fortunate enough to work with her.  Please stop by and say hello to one of Mercer's oustanding Student Assistants!