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.

T3: Evernote for College

Posted on February 1, 2018 by Diana

Evernote, a multimedia note-taking app, can help you organize and capture information in your studies, work, and daily life. You can set up different notebooks for your courses or projects.  You can put almost anything into a notebook. You can … Continue reading →

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T3: Mindfulness & Focus

Posted on January 25, 2018 by Diana

As a new semester starts, many of you are delighting in the short-lived experience of blank calendars, fresh journal pages, and short to-do lists. Although all of these will quickly fill up with assignments and activities, your headspace does not … Continue reading →

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Featured Resource: Library Classroom

Posted on January 22, 2018 by Diana

Do you need a space to work on an interactive presentation or test out a SMART Board project? We can help with that! The Library Classroom (first floor, L1105) is open for the semester and has all new technology: A … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday — January 2, 2018

Posted on January 2, 2018 by Diana

Driven to Distraction at Work: How to Focus and be More Productive by Edward Hallowell BF323.D5 H35 2015 New Arrivals, 2nd floor It’s the first week of 2018 and many of us are in the thick of making New Year’s … Continue reading →

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T3: Stay Focused!

Posted on December 14, 2017 by Diana

If you need help remaining on task while doing research projects or other work (and who doesn’t every once in a while?), you can use technology to help. StayFocusd is a Google Chrome extension that limits the amount of time you … Continue reading →

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T3: Printing from WINS

Posted on December 7, 2017 by Diana

Now is the season to apply for scholarships! You may need to print off various documents from WINS–here are some instructions. In addition, you can visit the Registrar’s Office website for further instructions. Unofficial Transcript: Log into WINS Select Self Service Select Student … Continue reading →

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T3: Virtual Desktop for Off-Campus Access

Posted on November 30, 2017 by Diana

If you ever run into problems accessing the Library’s resources from off-campus (or on the wireless network on campus) you may want to try using a virtual machine that you can run from within your own computer. By logging into … Continue reading →

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T3: Create Template in Google Docs

Posted on November 2, 2017 by Diana

In Google Docs you can force others to make a copy of a document, essentially creating a template. Go up to the address bar of a Google Doc and replace the edit portion of the URL with copy. Copy the new … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday — October 10, 2017

Posted on October 10, 2017 by Diana

Play Anything: The Pleasure of Limits, the Uses of Boredom, & the Secret of Games by Ian Bogost BF408 .B566 2016 New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor Bogost, a philosopher and game designer, writes about everyday life and the strategic way … Continue reading →

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T3: Wireless Printing

Posted on September 25, 2017 by Diana

There are two ways to print from your laptop computers and personal devices to any General Access lab printer on campus. This only works for files 25 MB or less in size. Email the file as an attachment to print@uww.edu Use your uww.edu … Continue reading →

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