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Need help finding a computer?

By La Loria | Published: October 24, 2008
For your convenience, you can now see which floor(s) has an available computer.  Select this link for computer availability in real-time.
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EndNote X2 for Mac OS X Now Available

By Joel | Published: October 10, 2008
Georgia State University students, faculty and staff can download EndNote X2 for Mac OS X from the University Library’s EndNote web page. Click here to see what’s new in EndNote X2. Please contact Joel Glogowski if you have any questions.
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EndNote Training Classes

By Joel | Published: October 9, 2008
Please join Donna Kirking, Senior Product Trainer from Thomson Reuters, for EndNote X2 training on November 3rd.  She will be offering two sessions: Building an EndNote Library and Using EndNote in Word. Date:           November 3, 2008 Location:     Library Classroom 1 Time:           10:30 – 12:00 Building an EndNote Library                     12:30 – 2:00 Using EndNote in Word Space is limited. [...]
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Student PantherMail

By Sarah | Published: September 17, 2008
The Division of Information Systems and Technology (IS&T) is pleased to announce that PantherMail, a new student e-mail system, will launch on October 2, 2008 for all Georgia State University students. After October 1, all official student e-mail correspondence and broadcast messages will be delivered to the new PantherMail accounts. With PantherMail, students will keep the [...]
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Need an EndNote X2 Product Key?

By admin | Published: September 11, 2008
You need to unzip the EndNote installation package before you run the installation file, otherwise you will be asked for a product key. When you download EndNote, it comes in a zipped package (endnoteX2win.zip). Simply right click on the package, select the “extract all” option and follow the prompts. This will create a new folder [...]
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Second Life

By admin | Published: September 10, 2008
Due to an incompatibility with the graphics card in some Dell computers, Second Life only works on the GX 520 models.  These are the 70 computers located on Library North 1.  There is an effort underway to find a solution, but in the meantime please refer patrons to those computers.
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New Google Browser

By admin | Published: September 3, 2008
Google has recently launched Google Chrome. This new browser is still in (very) beta mode, but is intended to integrate all your computer activities (including word processing) into one browser. Read about it in comic book form, here.
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Student e-mail system

By admin | Published: September 2, 2008
Student e-mail system will be replaced using Microsoft as its provider.  It will have 5 gigs of storage for students.  The e- mail address will remain the same (i.e. jdoe123@student.gsu.edu). This change will take place on October 1, 2008. Giving alumni access to the new e-mail system provided by Microsoft is still under investigation.
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EndNote X2 is Now Available

By admin | Published: August 27, 2008
Georgia State University students, faculty and staff can download the Windows version of EndNote X2 here. When you download EndNote, it comes in a zipped package (endnoteX2win.zip). You will need to exctract the files (right click–>extract all) before running the installation file. See what’s new in EndNoteX2: http://www.endnote.com/enX2info.asp Please contact Joel Glogowski if you have any questions.
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Wikipedia seeks education, not profit

By admin | Published: August 25, 2008
From the San Francisco Chronicle, Monday, August 25. Wikimedia pegs future on education, not profit “Analysts have pegged Wikipedia’s value between several hundred million dollars and $7 billion, the latter by Silicon Alley Insider, a technology blog known for its list of the World’s Most Valuable Digital Startups. But its keepers have thus far refused to sell [...]
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