Here is a selection of E-Book titles accessible to you for free with your local library card or e-card. Stay tuned for additional recommendations next month!

Working Smarter with Microsoft Outlook

by Staci Warne

Transform into a productivity ninja by adopting highly efficient ways of managing Outlook in your daily life. This book brings together everything you need to know about automating your daily repetitive tasks. You'll gain the skills necessary for working with calendars, contacts, notes, and tasks, and using them to collaborate with Microsoft SharePoint, OneNote, and many other services. You'll learn how to use powerful tools such as Quick Steps, customized Rules, and Mail Merge with Power Automate for added functionality. 

Fact Or Fiction

by Brad Garner

Today's students are faced with a virtual tsunami of digital information. Given this dilemma, they are often willing to surrender and rely on the first website listed on their Internet search. This can lead to disaster for, as we know, not everything on the Internet is of value, true, or accurate. A remedy to this situation is to arm students with the skills of digital content curation. This text outlines a seven step process that can easily be embedded into the curriculum of any academic discipline.

Train Your Brain with Data Activities

by Emilee Hillman

Computer programmers use different skills every day. One of those skills is analyzing data. This series of fun, unplugged activities teaches readers to assess and organize data, reveals the importance of those abilities to computer programming, and demonstrates how they can be harnessed to analyze information in real life. Each activity uses everyday objects and materials to help a reader learn how to think like a coder does. Students will gain key skills in areas of computational thinking, collaboration, project management, and analysis.

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POWER Library News August 2024 Supplement