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GREAT APPS FOR GREAT LIBRARIANS Steven Irving / Richard Eissinger Southern Utah University

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GREAT APPS FOR GREAT LIBRARIANSSteven Irving / Richard EissingerSouthern Utah University

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ACCESS SLIDESHOW

Presentation on SlideShare:

http://goo.gl/zEqsHn

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INTRODUCTION

As of May 2013 (Pew Internet, 2013): 91% of American adults have a cell

phone 56% of American adults have a

smartphone 34% of American adults own a

tablet computer Ave cost per app

Android $0.06 iPhone $019 iPad $0.50

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INTRODUCTIONWhat are we doing with our cell phones 81% send or receive text messages 60% access the internet 52% send or receive email 50% download apps 49% get directions, recommendations, or other

location-based information 48% listen to music 21% video call or video chat 8% share their location

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INTRODUCTION

App CategoriesResearchReadersNotetakingProductivityPresentationsEntertainment

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RESEARCH Gale AccessMyLibrary EBSCOhost Mendeley WolframAlpha

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AML: AccessMyLibrary (Gale) Gale Apps – iOS & Andrid

AML Public Edition AML School Edition AML College Edition

Tips: Access using your college email address Access all your subscribed Gale

databases Reauthorize after 3 months access

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EBSCOhost EBSCO Support EBSCOhost iOS (iPhone) EBSCOhost Android Tips:

Access EBSCOhost through your library Click the link at the bottom of the screen

to email yourself a 9 month key Settings: select database(s), Full Text,

Peer Reviewed, Publication Date Save articles to Drive, Evernote, Gmail

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Mendeley Mendeley home Mendeley – Reference Manager

(iOS) Droideley beta (Android) –

(unofficial) Tips:

Indexes/organizes PDF documents and research papers to your own digital library.

Search, organize and cite documents. Annotate and highlight documents

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WolframAlpha WolframAlpha home

Computational Knowledge Engine

WolframAlpha (iOS) iPhone & iPad, $2.99

WolframAlpha (Android) Google Play & Amazon Appstore, $2.99

Tips: WolframAlpha Examples by Topic

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READERS Amazon Kindle Apple Readers

iBooks, iTunes U, Newsstand News Readers

Feedly, Flipboard, NPR News, News Pro (Reuters), Reader2, Zite

Article ReadersInstapaper, Pocket (Read It Later), Readability, Zineo

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News Readers Feedly – iOS/Android Flipboard – iOS/Android NPR News – iOS/Android Reuters News Pro – iOS/Android Reeder2 - iOS Zite – iOS/Android

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Article Readers Instapaper Pocket (Read It Later) Readability Zineo

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NOTETAKING Record

AudioMemos, AudioNote Lite, Dragon Dictation Write

Awesome Note, Evernote, Google Drive, OneNote, Penultimate, QuickOffice

ScanJotnot Scanner, TinyScan

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Write Evernote

Evernote (iOS) Evernote (Android)

Google Drive Google Drive (iOS) Google Drive (Android)

OneNote OneNote (iOS) OneNote (Android)

Penultimate (iOS, free) QuickOffice home

Quickoffice (iOS) Free Quickoffice Pro HD – $19.99

Quickoffice Pro (Android) Free Quickoffice Pro - $14.99 Quickoffice Pro HD - $19.99

ee

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PRODUCTIVITY Passwords

1Password, LastPass Statistics:

Analytics Storage:

Dropbox, Google Drive

Remote desktop: Join.me, LogMeIn, RemotePC, Splashtop

LMS Apps: Blackboard Mobile Learn, Canvas & Speedgrader, Moodle Mobile, Turnitin

Social Media: Facebook, Google+, Skype, Twitter

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PRESENTATIONS Conferencing

Adobe Connect, WebEx

Presenting Doceri Haiku Deck Keynote  Prezi

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Presenting Doceri

Free - iOS Interactive whiteboard and screencasting Controls for Keynote & Powerpoint

Haiku Deck Free – iOS Presentation and slideshow program with

graphics.

Keynote  $9.99 – iOS Presentation program with themes and

graphics

Prezi Free – iOS Presentation program with themes

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ENTERTAINMENT

Amazon Instant Video Crackle Netflix SnagFilms Angry Librarians!

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Games Angry Librarians!

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QUESTIONS?

Presentation on SlideShare:

http://goo.gl/zEqsHn

Presenters: Steven Irving

[email protected] Richard Eissinger

[email protected]

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