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Get Free eBooks!

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Picture by Michael Porter Spring break is right around the corner so what a great time to load up your eReader with FREE eBooks! Free eBooks  Here is a list of places where you can download eBooks for free: ...

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eBooks: Add Safari eBooks to your Moodle Class

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Safari Tech Books Online is a collection of over 16,000 technology, digital media and business books available free of charge for Columbia College Chicago faculty, staff and students. These books are great source for reference or supplemental reading and...

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eBooks: Browsing Safari Tech Books

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Have you had a chance to browse through the Safari Books Online digital collection yet? Safari Tech Books Online is a collection of over 16,000 technology, digital media and business books that are available free of charge to Columbia...

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eBooks: Safari Books Online

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Are you ready to go on Safari?I’m hoping that you are familiar with the college’s subscription to Lynda.com and are already taking advantage of the hundreds of technology training videos available to Columbia faculty, staff and students free of...

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Technology help when you need it

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Having trouble editing that video you just shot? Want to know how to retouch photos like the pros? Want to redesign your website so it’s mobile-friendly? We can help! There are two great resources available to assist you with...

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User Support in the Library

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The Library is partnering with IT User Support to provide face-to-face technical help to Columbia students, faculty and staff. An IT User Support specialist will be on hand on the 2nd floor of the Library from 10:00 a.m. to...

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Some word processing tips and tricks

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Do any of these scenarios sound familiar? You saved your paper to disc or flash drive, only to find that it doesn’t open properly next time you try to work on it? You *thought* you saved your paper to...

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The well-wired use the Library

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An article from this week’s New York Times reports that those with faster internet connections at home or at work are more likely to have used the Library recently. Read the whole article HERE Read the Pew Internet: Libraries...

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No more Purple Print cards

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As we announced back in October, you are now able to use your Columbia College ID’s to print in the Library. To do this, you need to add “Columbia Cash” to your card. Right now, there are only two...

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E-read any good books lately?

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Think you can’t carry an entire library of classic novels, cookbooks, magazines, horror stories and pulp fiction around with you? Think again! Impress your friends and family with your feats of strength (or at least your technical prowess and...

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