Wednesday 27 February 2013
Engineering Pop Up Library
No time to visit the Library? We're bringing it to you!
If you're looking for quality information to use in your assignments and projects, or you want to know how to reference the books and journals you've read for your project, look no further: there will be a 'Pop Up Library' opposite the Coffee Dock on Monday 4th March. Come along between 10am and 11.30am, or between 12.30pm and 2pm, and we'll do our best to answer your questions. Everybody's welcome.
Monday 18 February 2013
If the App fits ...
Juggling assignment deadlines, group work, classes, exams? You may already be using apps to help you organize your study, but here are a few more that could be useful if you have an Android phone:
Assignment Planner - this free Android App by Gene Cahill promises to help you keep track of your assignments, and judging by the user reviews is doing it quite well too.
Assignment Planner can be downloaded from Google Play app store for free and if the ads running at the bottom bother you, the pro version for € 1.19 doesn’t have them.
The app allows you to sort assignments by due date or course, set reminders for approaching assignments' due dates, mark them when done and keep track of your grades.
If you feel like exploring more apps in Google Play below is a list that could make your academic life a little easier:
Babbel: for learning languages.
Merck PTE HD: periodic table of elements, with detailed and precise information. A comprehensive tool that covers “from classification to element features to their history of discovery such as relative atomic mass, melting point and boiling point, density, appearance and additional properties for each individual element”. A must have for Applied Science students.
Chemistry Helper: quick reference for chemistry students.
Math Formulae Lite: list of all important formulas in algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus.
Perfect Ear: training tool with a set of exercises for ear training, a scale viewer tool, a pitch trainer tool, and instruments such as piano, guitar and bass.
Statistics Quick Reference: with all concepts explained and examples.
Physics Cheat Sheets: collection of physics cheat sheets and quick reference cards.
If you have an iphone or ipad, you probably already know about the education apps section of itunes - we’ll be reviewing some of the more useful apps in the coming weeks.
Assignment Planner - this free Android App by Gene Cahill promises to help you keep track of your assignments, and judging by the user reviews is doing it quite well too.
Assignment Planner can be downloaded from Google Play app store for free and if the ads running at the bottom bother you, the pro version for € 1.19 doesn’t have them.
The app allows you to sort assignments by due date or course, set reminders for approaching assignments' due dates, mark them when done and keep track of your grades.
If you feel like exploring more apps in Google Play below is a list that could make your academic life a little easier:
Babbel: for learning languages.
Merck PTE HD: periodic table of elements, with detailed and precise information. A comprehensive tool that covers “from classification to element features to their history of discovery such as relative atomic mass, melting point and boiling point, density, appearance and additional properties for each individual element”. A must have for Applied Science students.
Chemistry Helper: quick reference for chemistry students.
Math Formulae Lite: list of all important formulas in algebra, geometry, trigonometry and calculus.
Perfect Ear: training tool with a set of exercises for ear training, a scale viewer tool, a pitch trainer tool, and instruments such as piano, guitar and bass.
Statistics Quick Reference: with all concepts explained and examples.
Physics Cheat Sheets: collection of physics cheat sheets and quick reference cards.
If you have an iphone or ipad, you probably already know about the education apps section of itunes - we’ll be reviewing some of the more useful apps in the coming weeks.
Wednesday 6 February 2013
Computers in the Library
There is a new system operating on Library computers, whereby they will automatically log out after 15 minutes of idle time. This is to try and ensure that everyone who needs to can avail of a computer. With only 100 computers in the Library to serve a student population of almost 5,000, there is huge demand on pcs, especially at assignment times and coming up to exams.
Remember that if you’re working at a computer you must regularly save your work. If you’re going to be away from the computer for more than 15 minutes, the pc will log out and all belongings will be removed so that it’s free for someone else to use it.
Remember that if you’re working at a computer you must regularly save your work. If you’re going to be away from the computer for more than 15 minutes, the pc will log out and all belongings will be removed so that it’s free for someone else to use it.
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