Don’t want the library software to keep track of your reading history? No problem! We have the system set to keep histories so you can see everything you’ve checked out. If you don’t want that, simply follow the instructions in the Your Privacy video to turn off and clear out your reading history.
For this and other video tutorials, check out the Library Catalog Video Tutorials page in the How To section.
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Google has just deployed Offline Google Apps access. This means you can work seamlessly with your email, docs, and calendar while away from an internet access. You do need to use the Google Chrome browser and install a simple plug-in to do this. Full details can be found on Google’s Apps Blog.
The library offers downloadable ebooks through the familiar EBSCO search interface. Our initial title offerings include 2500-3000 titles from leading publishers of reference, scholarly and professional books.
You can perform a keyword search of the ebook database using the FIND field. The displayed result list offers access choices: a) Click on the ebook title to view the detailed record b) Click on “ebook Full Text” to read the book online c) Download the ebook to read it offline.

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Wow! Google Apps just increased each individual user’s storage space to 25 gigabyes. This is over three times the previous amount.
This means you can store more emails, documents and even images and videos in your Goddard Google Apps accounts.
Google has published a blog post discussing how cloud-based computing (like your Goddard College Google Apps email, docs, calendar and other Google services) have a smaller carbon footprint than using local servers:
This is because cloud-based services are typically housed in highly efficient data centers that operate at higher server utilization rates and use hardware and software that’s built specifically for the services they provide—conditions that small businesses are rarely able to create on their own.
http://googleblog.blogspot.com/2011/09/gmail-its-cooler-in-cloud.html
TIME Magazine just released their All-TIME 100 Best Nonfiction Books and the Eliot D. Pratt Library has many of them available for check out. If you want to peruse them, simply click on “Tag Cloud” underneath the search box in the catalog and click the tag “Time100bestNonfiction.” Enjoy!