2010-2011 Newsletters

April 26, 2011 • Volume 6, Number 29
  • Carlson Goes 24
  • It's Not Too Late Too Get Help
  • Library Tip: Protect Your Valuables
  • Library Tip: "Return It All" Day
  • Computer Tip: Converting Text To Table
  • Cranial Candy: 100 Healthy At-Home Remedies

Something To Think About:
The only way to keep your health
is to eat what you don't want,
drink what you don't like,
and do what you'd rather not.
~ Mark Twain

April 19, 2011 • Volume 6, Number 28
  • Two Weeks And Counting...
  • Carlson Library's 24-Hour Schedule
  • Library Tip: Libraries Closed This Weekend
  • Computer Tip: Why Did Line Spacing Change In Word 2007?
  • Cranial Candy: Emergency And Disaster Information Service

Something To Think About:
You can no more win a war
than you can win an earthquake.
~~Jeannette Rankin

April 12, 2011 • Volume 6, Number 27
  • Faculty/Staff Scholarship Recognition Today
  • Faculty Author Seminar On Thursday
  • Library Tip: Library Quiet Zones
  • Computer Tip: Do You Know The Menu Key?
  • Cranial Candy: 100 Very Cool Facts About The Human Body

Something To Think About:
Take care of your body.
It's the only place
you have to live.
~Jim Rohn

April 5, 2011 • Volume 6, Number 26
 
  • Faculty Author Seminar ... Taylor Hahn, Communications Department
  • Librarian SMS For Information ASAP
  • Library Tip: Faculty/Staff Access To Special Databases
  • Computer Tip: Spell (Re)Check
  • Cranial Candy: ARKive: Images Of Live On Earth

 

Something To Think About:
We share this planet
with many species.
It is our responsibility to protect them,
both for their sakes  and our own.
- Pamela A. Matson,
Ecologist

March 29, 2011 • Volume 6, Number 25
  • Research Project? We Can Help!
  • Need Help When The Libraries Are Closed?
  • Library Tip: Text A Call Number
  • Computer Tip: Quickly Select Excel's Adjacent Cells
  • Cranial Candy: The MegaPenny Project

Something To Think About:
We are becoming so accustomed
to millions and billions of dollars
that "thousands" has almost
passed out of the dictionary.
--Everett Dirksen (1896-1969)
American Politician

March 22, 2011 • Volume 6, Number 24
  • Useful Workshops - Act Quickly!
  • Manage Research Work With RefWorks
  • Computer Tip: In Loving Memory Of My USB Flash Drive
  • Cranial Candy: Devastation Of Japan

Something To Think About:
We always talk
about working together...
perhaps crisis can give birth
to new evolution.
--Yuka Saionji

March 15, 2011 • Volume 6, Number 23
  • Welcome Back - We Are Here To Help
  • Faculty/Staff Scholarship Recognition
  • Library Tip: Online Renewal
  • Computer Tip: Force A New Page In Excel
  • Cranial Candy: YourIrish

Something To Think About:
Great opportunities
to help others seldom come,
but small ones
surround us every day.
-Sally Koch

March 01, 2011 • Volume 6, Number 22
  • Workshops To Hone Your Research Skills
  • Faculty Author Seminar: "The Role of Technology..."
  • Winter Break Hours Announced
  • Computer Tip: Separate Text Into Multiple Columns
  • Cranial Candy: Visit The Exploratorium

Something To Think About:
Life is 'Beautiful'
Mistakes are the usual bridge
between inexperience
and wisdom.
--Phyllis Theroux

February 22, 2011 • Volume 6, Number 21
  • New LibGuide: Special Education & Rehabilitative Sciences
  • Out-Of-Town Borrowing
  • CU Libraries' Quick Journal Facts
  • Computer Tip: Got The Time (for Excel)?
  • Cranial Candy: Get Organized With Springpad!

Something To Think About:
Art enables us
to find ourselves
and lose ourselves
at the same time.
~Thomas Merton

February 15, 2011 • Volume 6, Number 20
  • Research Tutorials Online
  • Guides and Pathfinders
  • Faculty/Staff Scholarship Recognition
  • Computer Tip: A Touch of Elegance
  • Cranial Candy: How To Get Rid Of Stuff

Something To Think About:
The 50-50-90 rule:
Anytime you have a
50-50 chance
of getting something right,
there's a 90% probability
you'll get it wrong.
~Andy Rooney

February 8, 2011 • Volume 6, Number 19
  • Films & Clips On Demand
  • MathSciNet Canceled
  • Library Tip: Videos, DVDs, and CDs...Oh My!
  • Computer Tip: Think Twice Before Cutting!
  • Cranial Candy: Techfloor-Providing The Means To A Better Campus!

Something To Think About:
We cannot change
the cards we are dealt,
just how we play the hand.
--Randy Pausch
(The Last Lecture)

February 1, 2011 • Volume 6, Number 18
  • Faculty Author Seminar - Wednesday
  • If We Don't Have It ... We'll Get it!
  • Library Tip: Electronic Journals
  • Computer Tip: Flash Drive Defragging?
  • Cranial Candy: 2011 ... Punxsutawney Phil's 125th Prognostication!

Something To Think About:
Okay, capuers, rise and shine,
and don't forget your booties
'cause it's cooooold out there today.
-- D.J. #1, from the movie,
"Groundhog Day"

January 25, 2011 • Volume 6, Number 17
  • Virtual Campus/Distance Education Support
  • Book & Resource Suggestions
  • Library Tip: Announcements
  • Computer Tip: Print Excel Gridlines or Headings

Something To Think About:
Even if you are
on the right track,
you'll get run over
if you just sit there.
-- Will Rogers

January 18, 2011 • Volume 6, Number 16
  • Welcome Back
  • Popular Magazines Disappear Again?
  • Faculty: Information Literacy Instruction
  • Computer Tip: Two Dozen Reasons To Use Clipboard

Something To Think About:
I'd rather be a failure
at something I love
than a success
at something I hate.
-- George Burns

December 7, 2010 • Volume 6, Number 15
  • 'Round The Clock Hours
  • The End Is Near ... Get Help Now!
  • Library Tip: Don't Lose It Now!
  • Library Tip: Return Day
  • Computer Tip: Excel Dating

Something To Think About:
Behold the turtle.
He makes progress
only when
he sticks his neck out.
-- James Bryant Conant

November 30, 2010 • Volume 6, Number 14
  • Papers Due?
  • Library Quiet Zones
  • Extended Library Hours!
  • Computer Tip: MS Office ... Just In Case

Something To Think About:
I can't change
the direction of the wind,
but I can adjust my sails
to always reach my destination.
-- Jimmy Dean

November 23, 2010 • Volume 6, Number 13
  • Thanksgiving Break Hours
  • Need Help But The Library Is Closed?
  • New E-Reference Titles
  • Computer Change Directions In Excel


Something To Think About:
Thanksgiving dinners take
eighteen hours to prepare.
They are consumed
in twelve minutes.
Hal-times take twelve minutes.
This is not coincidence.
-- Erma Bombeck

November 16, 2010 • Volume 6, Number 12
  • Databases From Anywhere!
  • Tell Us What You Really Think
  • Library Tip: Flash Drives, Batteries, And Supplies...Oh My!
  • Computer Tip: Splitting Text Into Two Columns




 Something To Think About:
Have the courage to say no.
Have the courage to face the truth.
Do the right thing
because it is right.
These are the magic deys
to living your life with integrity.
--W. Clement Stone

November 9, 2010 • Volume 6, Number 11
  • Faculty Author Seminar: Writing For Publication
  • New Database: Key Business Ratios
  • Library Tip: Faculty & Staff Access To Special Databases
  • Computer Tip: Color Code Tabs

  Something To Think About:
I've failed over and over
and over again in my life
and that is why I succeed.
--Michael Jordan

November 2, 2010 • Volume 6, Number 10
  • Research Project? We Can Help
  • Manage Research Work With RefWorks
  • Library Tip: Online Renewals
  • Computer Tip: Make Text Special With Special Effects

Something To Think About:
Everyone has a photographic memory.
But not everyone has film.
-- Unknown

October 26, 2010 • Volume 6, Number 9
  • New Database: European Views Of The Americas
  • Clarion Yearbooks Online
  • Library Tip: Author Searching
  • Computer Tip: Change Cell And Font Colors Based On Contents Of The Cell!

Something To Think About:
"Eye of newt, and toe of frog,
wool of bat, and tongue of dog,
adder's fork, and owlet's wing.
For a charm of powerful trouble,
like a hell-broth boil and bubble."
-- William Shakespeare

October 19, 2010 • Volume 6, Number 8
  • Research Tutorials Online
  • Guides And Pathfinders
  • Library Tip: Faculty Study Room
  • Computer Tip: Choose Your Format

Something To Think About:
A picture is worth a thousand words,
but it takes 3,000 times the disk space
-- Unknown

October 12, 2010 • Volume 6, Number 7
  • Faculty Author Seminar: White Collar Criminals
  • If You Can't find It... We CAN!
  • Library Tip: Text A Call Number
  • Computer Tip: Space Crazy 


Something To Think About:
Thousands of candles
can be lit from a single candle,
and the life of the candle
will not be shortened.
Happiness never decreases
by being shared.
-- Buddha

October 5, 2010 • Volume 6, Number 6
  • Teacher Reference Center Returns!
  • Shhh...Library Quiet Zones
  • Library Tip: Group Study Rooms
  • Computer Tip: How Many Was That?

Something To Think About:
Nothing is impossible.
Some things are just
less likely than others.

-- Jonathan Winters
 

September 28, 2010 • Volume 6, Number 5
  • Thursday's Faculty Author Seminar: Educational Assessment
  • Library Tip: Reference Services - Any Way You Want It!
  • Computer Tip: Quick Launch Your Most-Used Apps


Something To Think About:
If you want others to be happy,
practice compassion.
If you want to be happy,
practice compassion
.
-- Dalai Lama

September 21, 2010 • Volume 6, Number 4
  • What's New In The Newspapers?
  • Library Tip: Electronic Books At Clarion University!
  • Computer Tip: Automatically Compare Excel Data


Something To Think About:
The ones who are hardest to love
are usually the ones
who need it the most.
-- Dan Millman

September 14, 2010 • Volume 6, Number 3
  • Virtual Campus/Distance Education Support 
  • New! Literature Criticism Online
  • Library Tip: Laptops
  • Computer Tip: Multi-Tab Start Up

Something To Think About:
A ship in harbor is safe,
but that is not
what ships are built for.
-- John A. Shedd 

September 7, 2010 • Volume 6, Number 2
  • Films On Demand Available!
  • PsycINFO & PsycARTICLES Updates
  • Library Tip: Faculty And Staff ID Cards
  • Computer Tip: Double-Click To AutoFit 

Something To Think About:
The things that come
to those that wait
may be the things left
by those who got there first.
-- Unknown
 

August 31, 2010 • Volume 6, Number 1
  • Welcome!
  • Carlson And Suhr Libraries' Services
  • Library Hours Change
  • Library Tip: ID Cards
  • Computer Tip: What Version Are You?

Something To Think About:
I'm a great believer in luck
and I find the harder I work,
the more I have of it
.
-- Thomas Jefferson

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