For those who do use Endnote, I recommend keeping the The Knowledge Navigation Center (KNC) at the library in mind. They teach a class on Endnote and they are good about responding to emails asking questions. I’ve been impressed so far with their helpfulness.

For those who don’t use Endnote, I recommend it.

I don’t know if other people know about this already or not, but it is possible to open a virtual desktop session with a campus computing sites pc.

This means you should be able to run site-licensed software (e.g. spss, matlab, photoshop, mathematica, visual studio c++, etc.) from your own computer (Mac or Windows) over the network.

Anna pointed this out to me last week and I’d guess most of us could make use of it: 7fast has a pilot running right now that allows faculty and grad students to get library materials delivered on campus with charge. From their web site:

7-FAST is starting a pilot project fall term 2007 to deliver copies and loans to all faculty, graduate students and proxies for free. We also deliver UM materials to undergraduates and staff, online and on campus for $3.75 per request.

Thousands of faculty, students and staff have used 7-FAST because we offer:

Convenience –

* PDFs of articles or book chapters delivered on the web
* Books delivered to your office or one of our campus pick-up locations
* Rush service available
* We forward to ILL if we cannot fill your request
* Order and pay online using your credit card or shortcode

Service –

* Delivery within 2 business days
* 20 years of staff experience available by phone or email
* Custom microform copying
* Special requests welcome