News and reviews from the good people at Preston Library.
From the monthly archives:
Librarians at Preston Library are ready to help with your information needs. Did you ever think of us as Ninjas, though? Check out this YouTube video!
Don’t forget that library staff have skills to help with your research projects as this fall semester nears its end.
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These are just two of the many books available in the Recreational Reading section, in the Periodicals Room. Stop by and browse the shelves for something fun to read before leaving Post for the Thanksgiving holiday.
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Saturday evening, November 14, Preston Library will be open until 2300 for its first “Saturday Night Live at the Library”.
No, we won’t be showing reruns, but we hope cadets will be here to study, finish up projects and research, and generally keep their heads above water as the semester draws to a close.
The library will also be open until 2300 on December 5th and 12th.
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Printers says, "Look Ma: no wires!"
We now have one wireless printer on the Main (5th) floor of the library, near the circulation desk. Unfortunately, the software which allows wireless access to the printer is only able to work with Windows based machines running Internet Explorer. The first time you use the printer you will have to install the Active-X printer drivers. Intructions are on the Preston Library, Services web page (http://www.vmi.edu/Show.aspx?tid=20389&id=33603) and at the wireless printer station.
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Media Editing Room awaiting user
Media Services has two Media editing rooms for editing digital video; scanning images into PCs; creating and editing images; and converting or editing audio.
The rooms have video editing software including: Pinnacle, and Premiere.
They have image editing software that includes full versions of Paint Shop Pro and Adobe Photoshop
The rooms also have scanners for images and slides.
They also have audio editing software.
These rooms may be reserved through Outlook, similar to the way you would schedule a meeting. There are “How To” instructions for scheduling a room on the Preston Library’s department webpage for Media Services. Here is the web address:
http://www.vmi.edu/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=4294967679
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RefWorks can be a real time-saver and big help in your research. It is a useful and versatile bibliographic management software available free through the Preston Library website. Once you’re registered (it only takes a few minutes), you will be able to use RefWorks to organize your references in a personal database accessible anywhere from the Web. It will even generate a bibliography or works cited list, formatted in the style that you choose.
Some features of RefWorks:
RefWorks has recently added lifelong account access and a mobile phone interface, so if you’ve got a mobile phone, smart phone or PDA, you can use RefWorks there, too.
Please stop by the reference desk if you want help registering for RefWorks or if you have any questions or send us an email at ReferenceDesk@vmi.edu
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