New! This class covers setting up and using an email account with Gmail, including email threads and labels, and how to create and share documents with Google Drive (formerly Google Docs).

New!

Presents the basics of selecting a desktop or laptop.

This class compares and contrasts a range of electronic reading devices and services, and how they line up next to print books. Tips are included for finding free public-domain or public library books and Google Books.

Provides an overview of various Apple products, including personal computers, iPods and iPhones, including a glance at the App Store.

Covers the basic creation and use of an account as well as Gmail's many tools including labels, filters, address book, task manager, Gchat, Google Calendar, iGoogle and Google Reader.

Tired of Microsoft Word? Interested in pop-up usage dictionaries? Sign up for a quick tour through the world of writer-oriented programs for Mac and PC. Programs included: Babylon Pro, Masterwriter, Scrivener, Final Draft, Openoffice and more.

Use Delicious to organize, store and share your favorite web pages across multiple computers. Excellent for researchers.

A beginner class introducing Facebook and Twitter, two popular social networking websites.

Learn how to organize your research and citations using the online tool Zotero.

Demonstrates Ancestry.com and some other basic online tools and strategies to build a family tree, search historical records, and uncover your family history online.

Includes how to use a mouse and keyboard, open and close documents, save work, print, find missing files, and install basic software. Primarily PC-based.