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Anybody who has ever written a report can relate to the frustrations of having to handle citations in a project.  There are many different formats and many times a comma or period in the wrong place always leads to points being taken off.  However, there is a better way to manage all of your projects' citations

Ottobib.com

All you need to do is add the book's ISBN number to the website and it will automatically and correctly create the appropriate bibliography in the following formats.
  • MLA
  • APA
  • Chicago/Turabian
  • BibTeX
  • Wikipedia
Only catch is that this is for books only, but can be a tremendous time saver for any student/professional putting together research projects.
 
 
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I wish I could report that the job market was doing better, but according to a 2009NACE study
19.7 percent of 2009 graduates who applied for a job actually have one."

Many economists are predicting that the recession is over.  However, I disagree and graduates have it harder now than in any recent memory.  The best thing you can do now is go the more traditional routes and grow your network.  I recently read, "Never Eat AloneBy Keith Ferrazzi, Tahl Raz.  This is a great book on how to use networking to get ahead in life. 


 
 
One of the best investments a heavy computer user can make is to purchase a good quality mouse, I am not here to sell a mouse, but here to discuss how to make it work better for you efficient

Increase efficiency = Increase your value as an employee

If anyone has a programmable mouse, say logitech MX revolution, you are able to program the short cuts into the mouse.  My favorite example is to program Ctrl+TAB and Shift+Ctrl+Tab into the mouse and I am able to quickly navigate between Tabs in Firefox just by using the mouse.  You can do this for a lot of programs, with just a few minutes of set-up, you can save tons of time and navigate multiple pages faster than ever.

Excel
program Ctrl+page up and ctrl+page down to quickly move between pages in an open work book

Outlook
Ctrl+E will take you directly to the Instant Search bar
Ctrl+Shift+V will make it easier than ever to file messages

Mice are often over looked as productivity enhancers, but any edge you can give yourself will save you time and allow you to do more with less.  Or at least allow more time to read more Feeds and jump on Facebook