APA Instructional Videos

We are continually searching for online helps for students.  Purdue OWL (Online Writing Lab) has a YouTube channel that might help answer some basic APA questions. The vidcast available discusses how to format a paper using Microsoft Word according to APA style. To learn more about APA style, you can also visit the Purdue OWL website:
  

Purdue OWL APA YouTube Videos

Purdue OWL Basics Main Site

Easy Bib Mobile

We have come across yet another program that might be helpful to you.

EasyBib is an intuitive information literacy platform that provides citation, note taking, and research tools that are easy-to-use and educational. EasyBib is not only accurate, fast, and comprehensive, but helps educators teach and students learn how to become effective and organized researchers.

Although the web version of APA has a fee the mobile application does not.  Below is a video about the mobile version.

To download the application visit : iTunes or Android

For more information visit : EasyBib

GCF Learning Free.org

In our continued efforts to provide students with learning resources, we have found another website that can assist you in pursuing a degree.

GCFLearnFree.org® creates and provides quality, innovative online learning opportunities to anyone who wants to improve the technology, literacy and math skills needed to be successful in both work and life. By delivering over 750 different lessons to millions of people in over 200 countries and territories ABSOLUTELY FREE, GCFLearnFree.org is a worldwide leader in online education.

View one tutorial. Complete a whole class. It is GCF's belief that there's freedom in the ability to learn what you want, when you want, regardless of income or circumstances.(GCF Learning Free, 2013)

Below are just a few areas that may interest you:

• Apple Computer basics
• Career Development (including resume writing)
• Computer Basics (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Setting up email and etc)
• Google Basics
• Internet Basics (Using different browsers)
• Reading and Math Assistance

For a listing of all topics visit : http://www.gcflearnfree.org/topics

Free WiFi Hotspot Locator

    It is almost guaranteed that our online services will go out throughout the year.  It seems as though it happens at the most inopportune times.  As an online student you are dependent on your service for uploading papers and emailing professors.  When your internet is down and you have an assignment due the Library is always an option. But, what happens when your online service goes down after Library hours?  Fear not!  You can find the closest WiFi hotspots in your area.

    With JiWire's Global search you can access the world's most trusted Wi-Fi registry in a free and easy-to-use website or downloadable app for Apple's iPhone and iPod touch devices and Android devices. You can get fast access to search results, plus one-click access to maps and dialing of location phone numbers.


Below are the direct links:

     

Search JiWire's website

Microsoft Sky Drive

What is Windows Live SkyDrive?

Store, organize, and download your files, photos, and favorites on Windows Live servers, and access them from any computer with an Internet connection. Share photos and files that you create with your friends, collaborate on documents, or display photos and files that you create for anyone on the Windows Live network. When you sign in to the Windows Live SkyDrive website with your Windows Live ID, you get:

Storage - Store thousands of photos and files. The SkyDrive storage meter shows how much storage space you've used.

Organization - Arrange your files in top-level folders and subfolders that you create.

Control - Choose permissions for each top-level folder that you create. Keep your photos, files, and favorites in personal folders so you can keep them private; in shared folders so you can share them with your Windows Live network, your extended network, and people on your contact list; or in public folders so that they can be viewed by anyone on the Internet.

Convenience - Keep track of your favorite websites even when you aren't using your own computer.

Flexibility - Move, copy, delete, rename, and caption your photos and files after you upload them.

Display - Photos saved as the JPG, JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG, TIF, and TIFF file types display with thumbnail images, and can be viewed by other users on SkyDrive or in an online slide show, if they have the right permissions to view them.

Sharing - Share links directly to your folders, files, and photos, or embed your photos and files in your blog or webpage. You can also let people know you've added their picture to SkyDrive by adding people tags.

For more information on Sky Drive visit Microsoft's Website:
http://explore.live.com/skydrive