Top 10 Tuesday: Tips for E-Research

Research can be pretty daunting — so many possible starting places, so little time. Online resources can help us locate useful, quality information, as well as meet deadlines if used systematically. The following list presents one possible strategy: begin with general resources and progress to more specialized resources. 10. Start with Wikipedia for topic overviews.While

You Signed Up — Now How Do You Opt Out?

\”Deleting accounts you\’ve created on Facebook, MySpace, AOL, and elsewhere on the Web isn\’t always easy.\” To help people manage their online accounts, Eric Griffith at PC Magazine offers the article \”How to Delete Accounts from Any Website,\” which gives step-by-step instructions, phone numbers, fax numbers, links, consequences and tips for how to opt-out of

Get Tips for Managing Email

With the campus switching to the Microsoft Live@Edu email service (more information), now\’s a great time to learn ways to better manage the ever-increasing number of email messages that hit your inbox.Several online forums offer tips for managing email. For example, TechProse offers Managing Email, which gives suggestions for breaking the pattern of continuous interruption,

Information Overload: How to Cope

Instant messages, text messages, phone calls, voice mail, work/school/personal emails, listserv messages, social network messages and status updates, RSS feeds, letters, junk mail, periodical articles, reports, books, book chapters, and the list goes on and on. All contribute to information overload, which is not a new concept. People have been feeling the effects of information