Technical Tips – Hamersly Library

Quickly copy all formatting and reapply with Format Painter

library_sitemgr Posted on June 28, 2012 6350 views

Microsoft Office programs offer the Format Painter button that copies formatting from one object and applies its style to another or to many other objects. It leaves the content alone. Format Painter can be used on a variety of content: text and paragraphs, table and spreadsheet cells, shapes and slides. How to do it: Select [more…]

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Get those bibliographies in order!

library_sitemgr Posted on July 6, 2010 4480 views

NoodleBib is an online tool that helps you collect citation information, keep track of your sources, take online note attached to appropriate sources, and, when you are ready, generate a polished references list or bibliography in APA, MLA, or Chicago/Turabian styles. Keep a separate folder for each project. You must create an individual account (free) [more…]

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EBSCO improves ability to browse a journal issue

library_sitemgr Posted on April 7, 2010 4233 views

Have you ever wanted to peruse an entire issue of an electronic journal in a way similar to how you can a physical copy? It can be clunky. Now, when journals are in PDF format in one of our many EBSCO databases, the issue’s full contents will list on the left side of the screen [more…]

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Too much email?

Camila Posted on March 19, 2008 3629 views

Do you find the deluge of email in your WOU account overwhelming? You can reduce the number of messages by setting your list preferences for All Faculty/Staff or Students to digest. This setting will cause you to receive only one message (containing all of the content you currently get) each day from these busy lists.