Ever had one of those times when your teacher told you about a test or quiz the next week, even sooner, and you just put off studying for it until the last minute? Why’d you do that? You most likely knew studying in advance for the test/quiz would have been…
May is certainly a very busy month for spreading awareness and celebrating cultures, but today we’re going to be talking about Mental Health Awareness. Not to sound like a cliche fast food ad, but the past year was real trying times, and I know that keeping up with your mental…
There has been quite a lot of news lately about books going out of print, but what does that mean exactly? To put it simply, an out-of-print book is a book that is no longer being published; even then it could eventually be put back in to print and sold…
Let’s talk about some famous women in both past and modern history! But before we do that, did you know that Women’s History Month started as just Women’s History Week? It started as a local celebration in Santa Rosa, California when the Education Task Force of the Sonoma County created…
History nerds unite for a short sample of what happened on today’s date in photos, digitized documents, and other media! July 31, 1816: the birth of George H. Thomas, Mexican-American war hero and the Rock of Chickamauga July 31, 1874: Patrick Francis Healy Inaugurated as President of Georgetown University July…
Need a high-quality photo instead of cartoonish images? Need a black and white image? Use the Google image search tools. You can narrow down your results by image size, type, color, and more. Watch my tutorial here Start your image search here Remember to always adhere to copyright laws. Google…
Google Search Tip 5: Use two dots to define a number range You can define a number range for any type of number such as the year, miles per gallon, or price by placing two dots between the numbers. There is no space before or after the two dots. For…
The minus sign (aka the dash) will eliminate unwanted search results. Let’s say you want to see information about a hurricane that was a harbor. If you search “hurricane in harbor” you will get results from the amusement park Six Flags! We don’t want that, so instead we can type:…
Need a high-quality photo instead of cartoonish images and icons? Use the image search tools. You can narrow down your results by image size, type, color, and more. This is also a great tool to find images that can be free to use without copyright infringement. Here’s a video tutorial…
Looking for a PDF in your search results? How about a PowerPoint? Use this shortcut to filter your results to only specific filetypes. For example, if you want your search results to be exclusively downloadable PowerPoint presentations about the American Revolution, type: american revolution filetype:ppt Notice there are no spaces…
