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You want to travel light, work flexibly and sit where there is space. That’s why as well as logging on to any of our desktop PCs, you can borrow any one of over 400 full-sized, high power laptops with charging …
Chrome has for years been by far the most popular browser (W3 Schools, 2015) and it now has some really useful extensions and plug-ins available on the Chrome Web Store to make it even more useful. Here are a few of …
The whole IT student training programme starts over on 2nd November. Book your place online at http://studentittraining.port.ac.uk. If classroom IT training is not your thing, there are many videos you can watch to develop your skills from Lynda.com, and you can …
Joining the existing cast of popular reference management apps, including Zotero and Mendeley, Citavi is an increasingly popular research project management tool that also supports reference management.
The DCQE Academic Skills Unit (ASK) and the Information Services IT Training Team are currently piloting free IT training for students over in St Andrews Court. The first courses on offer will cover Google Drive and Microsoft Excel. If you …
Update 15.01.18 – The laptop loans system is working normally again today. Thank you for your patience. There is currently a problem with the laptop lockers in the library, which means that at present, the laptops are not loanable. IS …
Resolved: Loanable laptops in University Library Read more »
I’ve never met a student who didn’t want at least one more power socket than was available. Everything built after 1930 that is either useful or fun seems to want a power supply, and while mobile devices are increasingly clever …
Library lifehack: charging your phone from your laptop or PC Read more »
It appears that devices running Windows 10 are not able to connect the presentation screens in the Library group study rooms via an HDMI cable. Earlier versions of Windows are not believed to be affected. Thank you for your patience …
Connecting Windows 10 laptops to presentation screens in Library group study rooms Read more »
Need to scan something? You can scan up to A3 for free 24/7 in the Library and our Map Library team can help you scan anything flat up to A0. Click Read more below for further details about scanning at different sizes. …
Information Services are in the process of replacing all of the wireless access points in the Library with the newest versions to ensure we continue to offer the fastest and most reliable service possible. From around 7.30 am tomorrow (Thursday …
