Zotero video

This video shows you how to add a book in Zotero.

Free Screen Readers: Text to Speech Conversion

http://www.thefreecountry.com/utilities/free-screen-readers.shtml

Banned Book Week

The Halle Library will celebrate the freedom to read by displaying some banned books along with bookmarks and book lists of frequently challenged books on the first floor of the Library from Sunday, Sept. 27 to Saturday, Oct. 3. For more information, visit to the American Library Association website at http://www.ala.org/bbooks/bannedbooksweek

New Prosthetic Hand Gives Patients Back Their Sense of Touch

Read the article at http://www.aww.com.au/latest-news/news-stories/new-prosthetic-hand-gives-wearer-sense-of-touch-22254

Jaws Download

JAWS Screen Reading Software is located at http://www.freedomscientific.com/Downloads/JAWS

Building tour

If you need a general tour to get acclimated to the library, please contact Judy Block, Special Needs Librarian, at (734) 487-2525 or jblock@emich.edu for an appointment.

Assistive Technologies on the Web

People with Low vision can use: Magnifier: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/make-items-on-the-screen-appear-bigger-magnifier https://www.microsoft.com/enable/guides/vision.aspx http://www.thrall.org/largeprint http://usabilitygeek.com/10-free-screen-reader-blind-visually-impaired-users/ People with hearing disabilities can use: http://www.microsoft.com/enable/guides/hearing.aspx Assistive Technology Products for Windows http://www.microsoft.com/enable/at/matvplist.aspx Assistive Technology Products for Macs http://www.apple.com/accessibility/ People with hand disabilities can use: http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows7/hear-text-read-aloud-with-narrator http://www.assistiveware.com/product/keystrokes

New Book

Enabling acts : the hidden story of how the Americans with Disabilities Act gave the largest us minority its rights by Lennard J. Davis. Lennard J. Davis delivers an extremely detailed account of a complex legislative process.

Derrick Coleman

Inspiring story about an NFL Football player at http://www.cbsnews.com/news/deaf-nfl-player-derrick-coleman-inspires-on-and-off-the-field/

Constitution Week

There will be a display on the first floor of the library for Constitution Week, September 17-23.

AudioNote

AudioNote allows the user to record and take notes simultaneously. It is free to try and available for Windows, Mac, iOS, and Android systems. Many students use it to take notes in class using their phone, iPAD, or laptop. From the site: Synchronized note taking and audio recording Text or handwritten notes Seek directly within audio by tapping text or drawings Highlighted notes during playback Email and share note and audio files For School Trying to remember what the professor had to say about an important point? Need a good way to organize notes for a group meeting? Join the thousands of students and schools around the world using AudioNote on the road to success. Import lecture slides as background† Automatic audio amp for recording in large classrooms Highlighter for key terms

Reliability of Sources

This tutorial discusses how to choose credible sources.

Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP)

Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program (CAP) can be found on the Web at http://cap.mil/Solutions/Index.aspx

EMU Student Handbook

The EMU Student Handbook is located at http://www.emich.edu/studenthandbook/

The difference between a periodical and a peer reviewed journal

A periodical is more popular in nature and a peer reviewed journal is written by experts in a particular field. See http://www.emich.edu/library/help/typesofpubs.php

Welcome to the fall 2015 semester

For those students with disabilities, please contact Judy Block in the administration office (200B). My email is jblock@emich.edu or my phone number is (734)487-2525.