Thursday, April 29, 2010

Study till Midnight @ the Library - We're Open!

Need a place to study until midnight??? Then the library is the place for you!

The library will be open on Sunday, may 2nd and Monday, May 3rd till midnight.



Free Coffee During Exams In Library!

I know what you are thinking, but this is the good stuff - not the coffee from the coffee machine in the library student break room.

Coffee will be available every day - all day - starting today Thursday, April 29th through Wednesday, May 5th for
exams.



Wednesday, April 21, 2010

Online Dictionaries

Visuwords Online Graphical Dictionary - www.visuwords.com
  • Look up words and this web site will create a diagram that illustrates the definition as well as associations with other words or concepts.
Confusing Words - www.confusingwords.com
  • Collection of words that are troublesome to readers and writers. Words are grouped according to the way they are most often confused or misused.
Wordle - www.wordle.net
  • Wordle is a toy for generating "word clouds" from text that you provide.
Howjsay - www.howjsay.com
  • Type in a word, then mouse over the word and Howjsay will pronounce it correctly.
Forvo - www.forvo.com
  • Hear a word pronounced in over 234 languages.
Pronounce 1.4 - https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/1689
  • This is a Firefox add-on that allows you to select a word then click on an icon to hear the correct pronunciation.

Monday, April 19, 2010

Green Reading

Pictures taken during our "Make A Book Workshop" using recycled materials: