Technology Tools Information and Tutorials
Use new technologies to keep up to date and informed about your research.
Thurs@3@Addlestone Library
http://thurs3.pbwiki.com/
RSS Feeds and Podcasts (pps)
Podcasting for Win XP, by Mendi Benigni. A great step by step (CofC-centric).
All about Podcasting from Seth Anderson and Mendi Benigni.
Set up Alerts through Google . A good tool for faculty or grad students who are working on a subject over a longer time period than a semester. Many databases also provide the ALERT feature--look for it in EBSCO and Wilson products.
Social Sites:
del.icio.us -- the primary use of del.icio.us is to store your bookmarks online, which allows you to access the same bookmarks from any computer and add bookmarks from anywhere, too. On del.icio.us, you can use tags to organize and remember your bookmarks, which is a much more flexible system than folders. (from del.icio.us)
LGC librarian's tags: http://del.icio.us/2nns
Microsoft
Effective PowerPoint (pps)
slideshow about PowerPoint abuse and how to avoid it in your presentations. Is it ironic that it's in PowerPoint format?
Not Microsoft
Want an alternative to Microsoft Office? Free? Support open source with OpenOffice.org
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