RefWorks...why have I not used you in the past?

Well we are 3 classes into this semester and I have to say I am feeling pretty good about completing our second assignment! Now if I can figure out the next 7 I will be in good shape:) I have heard of RefWorks but I sure wish that I known how simple it was to use for some of my other classes. I think those of you who are just starting out in the program are probably feeling overwhelmed (I am and this is my third semester!) but knowing these reference sites will be ideal for writing and citing papers. I have never been very good at citing and RefWorks just solved that problem. I have to admit it took me a little bit to get the hang of searching and exporting on Google Scholar but I thought that Scopus was very easy to navigate. Although I did find that Google Scholar was also a little slow (I don't think it was my computer but it may have been) and I didn't like that I had to select each article one by one in order to export. Unless of course I am just missing something and there is a simple way to select multiple sources at the same time. I would love to know so if I did just miss this please comment and let me know how! Here's hoping that the next assignments will be easy to figure out and not overwhelming. Good luck classmates and again feel free to post any advice you may have for me:)

Now that's a late book....

I'm sure a lot of people have seen this but I just thought it was a funny article. I mean the fact that the library still qualifies a book as late and not lost shows some serious determination to keep track of their books. After 80,850 days (221 years) I would think that most organizations would throw in the towel! It could be the fact that this particular book was taken out by one of the nation's most known men....George Washington.


http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2010/05/20/2323567.aspx

Technology sure is complex!

Hi Everyone,
As I'm sure you guessed from the title of my blog I am new to this and I have to admit it probably took me way to long to figure out how to create my blog! It looks like I managed to get it up and running and I am looking forward to learning more about blogging and technology in general. I don't think that there is a better field to get myself more up to date on! I am in my third semester as a part time student enrolled at the University of Pittsburgh. My focus in library science is in Children and Youth Services and it would be pretty embarrassing to have all the kids know more about computers and technology than me. Here's to hoping I can get a good grasp on all this and do well in this intro class:)

Talk to you all soon!