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: Google A.I. Experiments

Posted on November 17, 2016 by Diana

Google has introduced a new website that showcases fun, short experiments that use machine learning technology. My favorite game is Quick, Draw! in which you are prompted to sketch a simple line drawing of a particular object in under 20 seconds … Continue reading →

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T3: Printing to Lab Printers

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Diana

If you are trying to print from a library computer (or any other general access lab computer on campus) and you do not see the Q-GA lab printer, this is how you print: Save the document you want to print … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – November 8, 2016

Posted on November 8, 2016 by Diana

Getting Gamers: The Psychology of Video Games and Their Impact on the People who Play Them by Jamie Madigan GV1469.34.P79 M33 2016 New Arrivals, 2nd floor Do you like games and gaming? As you play and participate in games, you … Continue reading →

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T3: Ballot Selfies?

Posted on November 3, 2016 by Diana

Are you thinking of taking a selfie with your ballot or at the polling place? Will you take a photograph of your absentee ballot? Be aware that Wisconsin state law prohibits a voter from showing “his or her marked ballot … Continue reading →

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Featured Resource: PsycINFO & PsycARTICLES

Posted on October 17, 2016 by Diana

PsycINFO, the largest and most comprehensive database of articles and other materials related to psychology and allied fields (psychiatry, education, business, medicine, nursing, pharmacology, law, linguistics, and social work), is now available to Andersen Library’s patrons through the ProQuest interface. PsycARTICLES, … Continue reading →

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T3: ProQuest’s My Research

Posted on October 13, 2016 by Diana

Andersen Library currently subscribes to 18 databases provided by ProQuest. Over the summer, we added PsycINFO and PsycARTICLES to our ProQuest subscriptions. If you spend a lot of time within any of these databases, it may be worthwhile to create … Continue reading →

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T3: Altmetrics

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Diana

How do you measure the potential impact of a scholarly article (or book, or blog post, or white paper)? Traditionally, scholars have looked at the number of citations to that article. More recently, an idea called an h-index has gained favor in … Continue reading →

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New Stuff Tuesday – September 27, 2016

Posted on September 27, 2016 by Diana

Folksongs of Another America: Field Recordings of the Upper Midwest, 1937-1946 by James P. Leary ML3551 .L35 2015 New Arrivals Island, 2nd floor The upper Midwest has a long tradition of folk music that is often overlooked in favor of … Continue reading →

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T3: LockDown Browser

Posted on September 16, 2016 by Diana

If you need to take a quiz with Lockdown Browser AND a webcam AND a microphone in the Library there are three options: Use the Library Macs on the east side of the 2nd (talking) floor in the Curriculum Collection or … Continue reading →

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T3: Emergency App for Campus

Posted on September 15, 2016 by Diana

UW-Whitewater uses the InformaCast mobile app to send push notifications to your smartphone in the event of an emergency. Go to http://informacast.uww.edu and log in with your netID and password to register. An email will then be sent to your … Continue reading →

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