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Learn how to….

Monday, June 8th, 2009

fulfill your information needs via these podcasts and tutorials and more!

“Text Me” Service

Thursday, April 16th, 2009

Western Illinois University Libraries is offering its new “Text Me” service, through which students can text reference call numbers to their mobile phones. Would you like to see this here?

Zotero workshop April 14

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

The library is offering another free workshop on Zotero, a Firefox plugin that makes it easy to save citations and automatically create bibliographies in Word.  It’s like having EndNote running inside your browser, and it’s easier to use!

The Zotero workshop will be in Classroom 1, first floor of Library North next to Saxby’s, on Tuesday April 14 from 1-2 p.m.

For more information about Zotero, see our Zotero guide or the Zotero home page.  To sign up for the workshop, e-mail Jason Puckett at jpuckett@gsu.edu.

Zotero workshop March 12

Friday, February 20th, 2009

The library is offering a free workshop on Zotero, a Firefox plugin that makes it easy to save citations and automatically create bibliographies in Word.  It’s like having EndNote running inside your browser, and it’s easier to use!

The Zotero workshop will be in Classroom 1, first floor of Library North next to Saxby’s, on Thursday March 12 from 10-11 a.m.

For more information about Zotero, see our Zotero guide or the Zotero home page.  To sign up for the workshop, e-mail Jason Puckett at jpuckett@gsu.edu.

10 Privacy Settings Every Facebook User Should Know

Thursday, February 19th, 2009

Here’s a step by step process for protecting your privacy on Facebook.  In a related story, Facebook has reorganized its Terms of Service. A company spokesperson clarifies the changes…but will users care?

EndNote Workshop 2/26

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Thursday, February 26 at 12:30pm

Library Classroom 1 

This free crash course will teach you everything you need to know to get started using EndNote.

Topics include entering and organizing your citations, connecting directly to online resources, importing citations from article databases, and using EndNote with Word to generate bibliographies. To sign up, please contact Joel Glogowski.

Save Time: Get Research Assistance from Home!

Friday, January 23rd, 2009

 Headphones

Georgia State students–do you have a research paper to write, but you’re not sure where to begin?  Attend one of these basic library resource sessions to save yourself time and frustration. There are two remaining online drop-in sessions scheduled for Spring semester 2009.

A Historical Look at the Inauguration

Wednesday, January 21st, 2009

Watch online or download podcasts of President Eisenhower’s 1957 swearing-in, President Kennedy’s swearing-in, President Reagan’s 1981 swearing-in, and President Clinton’s 1993 swearing-in. Also watch or download a podcast of “So Help Me God,” a historical look at the inauguration.

EndNote workshop 1/20

Tuesday, January 13th, 2009

Learn how to use EndNote at a free library workshop on Tuesday, January 20, 12:30-1:30 in Classroom 1, Library North.  EndNote is a program that helps you save, organize and format citations.  It can save you hours creating your bibliography!  GSU users can download EndNote for free.

For more information about using EndNote, check out our new EndNote web guide.   To register for the workshop, e-mail Jason Puckett.

(Want to try a different citation manager?  A workshop on Zotero for Firefox is coming later this semester.)

Mobile phone to be primary internet link in 2020

Monday, December 29th, 2008

A survey of internet leaders, activists, and analysts shows they expect major tech advances as the phone becomes a primary device for online access, voice-recognition improves, artificial and virtual reality become more embedded in everyday life, and the architecture of the internet itself improves. That is one of the key findings in a new report, The Future of the Internet III (PDF file), based on a survey of experts by the Pew Internet and American Life Project that asked respondents to assess predictions about technology and its roles in the year 2020….
Pew Internet and American Life Project, Dec. 14