Author Archives: Diana

About Diana

Diana is the Reference & Instructional Technology Librarian at UW-Whitewater. She can introduce you to a variety of technology to help improve your teaching, learning, research, and professional development. Ask her about Zotero, tea, or technology. She is the liaison librarian to the departments of Psychology and Social Work.

Welcome Back, Warhawks!

Posted on April 6, 2020 by Diana

We miss you, Warhawks! But the Library staff is still available to help you with your research. You may reach us by phone, live chat or email — or schedule an appointment with a librarian on the Library web site. … Continue reading →

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T3: Annotating PDFs and Word Documents Online

Posted on March 26, 2020 by Diana

Suddenly find yourself needing to read everything online? Learn how to take notes on PDFs or other files. Google Drive: You can use the commenting feature in Google Drive to highlight and comment on Microsoft Word documents and on PDFs. … Continue reading →

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The Last Elephants (New Stuff Tuesday)

Posted on December 17, 2019 by Diana

This post is written by Hanna Srour, Reference Desk Student Assistant. Oftentimes, nonfiction books are thought to be rather dull or irrelevant. The Last Elephants is absolutely neither of these things. Containing a large variety of articles, photographs, and poetry, … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday — November 5, 2019

Posted on November 5, 2019 by Diana

This post is written by Hanna Srour, Reference Desk Student Assistant. A Wrinkle in Time directed by Ava DuVernay New Arrivals Island, 2nd Floor Browsing dvd Wri Andersen Library has more than just books! The 2018 movie A Wrinkle in … Continue reading →

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T3: Closed Captioning on the Fly

Posted on May 9, 2019 by Diana

If you need to quickly provide closed captioning for an audio source that is not currently captioned, you can use this Google Slides trick. Open a blank Google Slide. Here’s a link to get you started. In upper right of … Continue reading →

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TEsting New STuff Blocks

Posted on April 26, 2019 by Diana

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New Stuff Tuesday — September 24, 2019

Posted on April 1, 2019 by Diana

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New Stuff Tuesday — Dec. 4, 2018

Posted on December 4, 2018 by Diana

Heavy: An American Memoir by Kiese Laymon E185.97.L394 A3 2018 New Arrivals Island, 2nd Floor Kiese Laymon, one of the best writers currently chronicling his experience of growing up and living as a black man in the South, has published … Continue reading →

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T3: Quickly Start New Google Doc, Sheet, Form…

Posted on November 8, 2018 by Diana

Start a new Google Doc, Sheet, Form, Slide, or Site by just entering doc.new, sheet.new, etc. into your browser URL bar. You don’t even have to be logged into Google Drive before you try this.

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T3: Audio Transcription Using Google Docs

Posted on November 1, 2018 by Diana

If you need to transcribe interviews, videos, screencasts, or podcasts for research or teaching purposes, it can be hard to know what services will produce quality transcriptions. You can pay for transcription services that are done by human but this … Continue reading →

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