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Friday, September 21, 2007

Google Books

As you may know, Google has many innovative online resources. Many of you have probably used Google Maps for driving directions, travelled around the world virtually with Google Earth, or conducted research Google Scholar, and you may have even browsed the scanned selections from Google books.

Now, Google books has a new feature which allows you to cut and paste text from their collection of books. You can also "add to my library" which is really neat, this allows you to save the bibliographical information to your own account.

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Thursday, September 20, 2007

Do You Know How to Take Good Notes?

How many times have you sat in a class and took notes on what the professor was lecturing on, and thought that you were taking good notes? How many times have you gotten a test back and thought that you could have done better, only if you had taken better notes? Well, there is help and hope for you struggling note takers out there, advice on taking more effective notes.

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Receiving Books Via-Email?

Sometimes, convenience is everything, especially when you want to read a classic and don't have time to go to the library. DailyLit is a service that sends you your requests via-email. It is easy to subscribe to, and the book is sent right to your computer!


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