A-Z Resource List & FAQs
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Learn the basic features of Excel with screenshots, videos, and text explanations. More useful features available in the Excel Tips & Excel Formulas section. |
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An easy to understand tutorial for learning PowerPoint that uses step-by-step screenshots & videos. |
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Explanatory texts, screenshots, and videos on how to use the various features (margins, indents/tabs, lists, tables, etc.) of Microsoft Word. |
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Search for books in the public domain or snippets of copyrighted books. |
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Find and compare word use frequency of all the books in Google Books. |
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Find and compare word use frequency of all the books in Google Books. |
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Use Google Earth to explore geographical regions and present information geographically. Example: Myths and Legends from Around the World. |
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Use Google Earth to explore geographical regions and present information geographically. Example: Myths and Legends from Around the World. |
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Using public datasets and metrics from the US Census, World Bank, IMF, WTO and various international organizations, Google Public Data Explorer makes it easy to visualize comparisons of statistics between various countries. |
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Use the power of Google to search for books, articles, and online resources. Access via UWest to incorporate our full text database resources. 👩🏫 Short 5 min. tutorial on accessing library resources with Google Scholar: PDF, Video. If you encounter an error such as "ERROR for site owner: Invalid domain for site key" or any of the other functions/features of Google Scholar, then use the personalized Google Scholar setup instead. Non-Uwest patrons: Alternative access. |
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An extension for Firefox or Chrome that can help you find full-text articles on Google scholar, along with other features such as cited by and related articles. Includes a citing feature--watch out for errors such as capitalization and punctuation. |
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An extension for Firefox or Chrome that can help you find full-text articles on Google scholar, along with other features such as cited by and related articles. Includes a citing feature--watch out for errors such as capitalization and punctuation. |
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Find case laws from federal and state courts. |
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Annotate the web. Social annotation/marginalia of websites and web accessible documents. |
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Start with one paper and find other similar articles, along with important papers, journals, and authors in the same field. |
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With an abstract, JANE is able to recommend a list of journals (mostly from the health and biomedical fields) to submit to for publication, as well as a list of authors and articles covering similar topics. |
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"...a variant of the well-known Zotero reference manager that adds support for legal and multilingual research and writing." You can use this unofficial version if you are already familiar with Zotero, however, the future development of this variant may not directly follow with upgrades to Zotero itself. Instructions to setup the multilingual fields. |
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Juxtapose helps storytellers compare two pieces of similar media, including photos, and GIFs. It’s ideal for highlighting then/now stories that explain slow changes over time (growth of a city skyline, regrowth of a forest, etc.) or before/after stories that show the impact of single dramatic events (natural disasters, protests, wars, etc.). |
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A bibliography composer from Calvin College that creates citations in the MLA, APA, and Chicago styles through an easy-to-use web form. This will only help you with your bibliography, remember, you still need to do in-text citations. |
| A bibliography composer from Calvin College that creates citations in the MLA, APA, and Chicago styles through an easy-to-use web form. This will only help you with your bibliography, remember, you still need to do in-text citations. |
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A bibliography composer from Calvin College that creates citations in the MLA, APA, and Chicago styles through an easy-to-use web form. This will only help you with your bibliography, remember, you still need to do in-text citations. |
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A bibliography composer from Calvin College that creates citations in the MLA, APA, and Chicago styles through an easy-to-use web form. This will only help you with your bibliography, remember, you still need to do in-text citations. |
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An extension for Firefox or Chrome that can help you find full-text articles, along with other features such as citation metrics and related articles. Includes a citing feature--watch out for errors such as capitalization and punctuation. |
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An extension for Firefox or Chrome that can help you find full-text articles, along with other features such as citation metrics and related articles. Includes a citing feature--watch out for errors such as capitalization and punctuation. |
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"With MARKUS you can upload a file in classical Chinese (and perhaps in the future other languages) and tag personal names, place names, temporal references, and bureaucratic offices automatically. You can also upload your own list of key terms for automated tagging. You can then read a document while checking a range of reference works at the same time, or compare passages in which the same names or keywords appear." Check its research blog examples of how the data extracted from this tool is used. |
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A introductory guide. |
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Published by Microsoft, this is a full and rich guide on the features of PPT. |
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University of Wisconsin's guide to Modern Language Association style. Navigate with the menu on the right side of the page. Check their in-text citation guide here. |
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What does a title page look like? Where does the page number go? What are the margins? Take a look at these sample papers from Purdue's Online Writing Lab: |
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What does a title page look like? Where does the page number go? What are the margins? Take a look at these sample papers from Purdue's Online Writing Lab: |
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Guidelines and examples in PDF printable format, includes sample paper. |
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Guidelines and examples in PDF printable format, includes sample paper. |
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Guidelines and examples in PDF printable format. |
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Free stock photos in high resolution. |
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A very handy one page chart of how to cite in Chicago style. |
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From University of Wisconsin, this is a handy guide that comes with examples. Includes info on subsequent notes for in-text citing. |
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Keep up to date on new features with the official Google scholar blog. |
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Indexes over 400,000 maps. |
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This app and Chrome/Firefox extension helps you find freely accessible (open access) version of journal articles and makes it easy for you to check the library's databases and request articles. 🛠️ To make sure it works with our library databases, after installation, make sure to go to Settings and add the following to the 'Institutional Settings' options: (1) Search by name: University of the West (2) Enable EZProxy Support: https://uwest.idm.oclc.org/login?url= (3) Enable Ask Your Library: https://uwest.on.worldcat.org/atoztitles/link?doi |
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"ORCID provides a persistent digital identifier that distinguishes you from every other researcher...supports automated linkages between you and your professional activities ensuring that your work is recognized." |
