Did you know you can print several slides on one page? PowerPoint, Keynote, even Google Presentations all offer slick ways to print 2x, 4x, or even 6x slides on one pages. It’s perfect for lab references, taking notes, or just plain turning that monstrosity into a 6 page lapdog.
BONUS user-submitted tip! Print More than one page on a single sheet from PDFs:
Please join us for a presentation by Andries Fourie (Dept. of Arts) this Friday, April 12th at 3:00 pm in the Library Hatfield Room. The title of his talk is: “Ancestral Voices: From Slaves to Matriarchs”
In 1652 the Dutch East India Company (VOC) established a colony at the Cape of Good Hope. The VOC almost immediately began importing slaves, about half of which came from South and South East Asia (primarily Sri-Lanka, Indonesia, Malaysia, Bengal, the Coromandel Coast and Malabar Coast of India). Male colonists vastly outnumbered women in the early part of the colony’s history. Consequently male, white colonists frequently purchased, manumitted and married Asian slave women (the average Afrikaner today has about 8% Asian ancestry). In this way several slave women became the matriarchs of today’s Afrikaner families, and played an important role in shaping Afrikaner culture.
In this talk Andries Fourie will discuss his research on this subject and his recent installation and performance that explore the role of South and Southeast Asian slave women in shaping Afrikaans language, culture and foodways.
Better Than Printing Tip #9: Improve Reading on a Computer Screen.
Reading on a screen can be uncomfortable and exhausting on the eyes. Glare, contrast, and scrolling constantly cause eyestrain quickly. To improve your reading experience on screens, try adjusting nearby light sources, dial down the whites in your monitor, and use tools to hide distracting parts e-articles.
Check out these links for more details:http://lifehacker.com/5890461/how-to-make-reading-on-your-computer-a-better-experience
Willamette’s Mark O. Hatfield Library is excited to announce the 6th annual Faculty Works Exhibition, which is now open and will run through May 13th, 2013. This annual exhibit features the recent publications and creative works of faculty from every department on campus, including all three graduate schools. Works include published fiction and non-fiction, academic journal articles, artwork, music, design models, documentary films, and more.
Below are just a few things you will find on display.
World Book Night, April 23, 2013
The second annual World Book Night (WBN) will be April 23rd, 2013. On this night, tens of thousands of people go out into their communities to spread the joy and love of reading by giving out free WBN paperbacks courtesy of the World Book Night organization.
This is our second year to participate in this event, and we have selected “Glaciers” by Portland author Alexis M. Smith to distribute to 20 students, faculty and staff somewhere on campus. Last year we handed out ten books at noon by the Mill Stream because it was such a nice day and everyone was outside. We handed out ten more books in the evening in the Cat Cavern. If you’re curious where we’ll hand out the books this year, check our Facebook page on April 22 & 23rd for hints of times and places.
Glaciers is in the Hatfield Library’s General Book Collection, and it can also be borrowed from other regional libraries. If you don’t receive a free copy of Glaciers, we still encourage you to join in the celebration by reading a book of your choice. The library has lots to choose from if you need inspiration.
Visit the World Book Night organization web site for more details: http://www.us.worldbooknight.org
Please join us for a presentation by Inga Johnson (Dept. of Mathematics) this Friday, April 5th at 3:00 pm in the Library Hatfield Room. The title of her talk is: Topology, Homology, and Applications to Data
Abstract: Topology is the subfield of mathematics that is concerned with the study of shape. Mathematicians have studied topological questions for the past 250 years. However, in just the past 15 years topology has been found to have many different applications to real world problems. One of these is to use a topological tool called persistence homology to understand and analyze high dimensional and complex data sets.
This talk will be an introduction to topology and the concept of homology. We will then use homology to a look at examples of how topological ideas can be used to give new and surprising insight towards understanding data. This talk will emphasize examples and concepts. Prerequisites will be minimal.
As always, light refreshments will be provided.
PsycINFO is currently one of our most heavily used databases at Willamette. This database is the APA’s renowned resource for abstracts of scholarly journal articles, book chapters, books, dissertations, and technical reports. It is the largest resource devoted to peer-reviewed literature in behavioral science and mental health, with the majority of the covered material being peer-reviewed. Whatever you find in PsycINFO will likely be high quality and reliable information. It covers the professional and academic literature in more than 1,300 journals in more than 30 languages!
Similar to all other Ebsco databases like Academic Search Premier, you can limit results to only full text and peer-review. If the full text is not available, don’t forget to click the little red “Find it at WU” button. This button searches Willamette’s catalog for journals we have in print and electronically, and if we don’t have e-access to it or have it in print an interlibrary loan option will be provided. It takes 2-3 days to get an article through interlibrary loan.
Another nice feature of this database is its ability to limit results to peer-reviewed literature just by checking a box (what is peer-review?).
One of the most powerful functions of this resource is the citation tool (screen shot below). When you click on any of the article titles, an option on the right appears for citing the item. You can copy and paste or export the citation info into bibliography management software like RefWorks.
If you’re doing psychology related research and haven’t tried PsycINFO yet, give it a shot and let us know what you think. We’re sure you’ll like it!
Contact John Repplinger (jrepplin@willamette.edu) for comments or questions about this resource.
If you didn’t know, April is National Poetry Month. Created by the Academy of American Poets in 1996, National Poetry Month is held every April throughout the United States to celebrate poetry and its vital place in American culture. Thousands of organizations participate through readings, festivals, book displays, workshops, and other events.
For fun and inspirational ways to get involved, here’s a link to 30 ways of celebrating poetry. For more information about National Poetry Month check out Poets.org.
Below is a sampling of recent poetry books that can be found in the Hatfield Library (posted during April on the WU Reads web page):
Changing is not vanishing: a collection of early American Indian poetry to 1930
Michael J. Kopetski was born October 27, 1949 in Pendleton, Oregon. After graduate school, Kopetski worked as an aide to the Senate Select Committee on Presidential Campaign Activities, better known as the “Watergate Committee.” In 1985 he won election as a member of the Oregon House of Representatives. Following two unsuccessful runs for Congress in 1982 and 1988, Kopetski ran successfully in 1990, defeating incumbent Republican Denny Smith.
Kopetski was a member of the One Hundred Second and One Hundred Third Congresses (January 3, 1991-January 3, 1995) as a Democratic member. He was not a candidate for reelection in 1995. The Michael J. Kopetski Papers consist of papers generated and received by the office of Congressman Michael J. Kopetski during his two terms in the United States House of Representatives representing the Fifth District of the state of Oregon. Additional materials include papers generated and received by the office of Congressman Michael J. Kopetski during his two terms in the Oregon State Legislature.
For more information, visit our full finding aid for his congressional and political papers at: http://libmedia.willamette.edu/GCW/#doc:page:eads/2867/cpd/1/4/0
Better than Printing Tip #8: Listen to articles instead of read them. Many journal articles in the Ebsco or Gale databases are available in audio format. Look for the microphone icon to listen to an article.
Details at: http://www.willamette.edu/wits/betterthanprinting/
It’s not just about sustainability & waste. The Better than Printing campaign is geared toward helping you choose methods that make it easier to organize and edit your documents & articles and to work collaboratively.
View the Tip of the Week Archive:
http://www.willamette.edu/wits/betterthanprinting/tip_of_the_week.html
