Del.icio.us Link of the Week: Science News Online

This week’s Del.icio.us Link of the Week is Science News Online.  Science Newsis an award-winning weekly news magazine covering the most important research in all fields of science. Its 16 pages are packed with short, accurate articles that appeal to both general readers and scientists. Published since 1922, the magazine now reaches about 150,000 subscribers and more than 1 million readers.  Science News Online is the virtual edition of this award winning magazine and includes podcasts, blogs, web-only features, RSS feeds, and email updates!

Check out the latest cool and interesting articles!

• Shifty Talk:  Probing the Process of Word Evolution
• A Tangled Tale:  Math Explains Why Your Headphone Cords Always Tangle!

For access to all of the free articles published online in 2007, check out the Science News Online Archives page. 

Our print edition of this magazine should start arriving around mid-November, so see Mrs. Hamilton and Mrs. Fleet for our school password so that you can view the full text of “subscriber only” articles as well!  While you are surfing, you may also want to check out a companion site, Science News for Kids; this is a version that is geared more for a K-12 audience….lots of fun reading here, too!

A special shout out of thanks to Ms. Shari Tolan, science teacher and dear friend from Cherokee High School, for telling me about this great magazine!

Del.icio.us Link of the Week: Use the Ribbon

Does the new Office 2007 have you frustrated?  Wondering where to click to access all of your favorite features you knew like the back of your hand in Office 2003?  Are you wondering how to access all of those essential commands?  And what is up with that pulsing button in the upper left hand corner of your screen?

Weep no more!  The Unquiet Library’s Del.icio.us Link of the Week is Use the Ribbon:  Help and How Tos at Microsoft Office Online.

This resource page not only explains the rationale behind this new Office 07 feature, but you can also find detailed instructions on how to use the ribbon in Word, PowerPoint, and Excel.