Library

Last updated 6/22/10

Isothermal Community College P.O. Box 804, Spindale NC 28160 (828) 286-4636  fax (828) 286-8208 Charles P. Wiggins, Director of Library Services

Cool Tools

General GCF LearnFree.org teach yourself basic "technology, literacy, and math skills" Measurement Unit Converter Airhead Emissions Calculator calculate your pollution footprint Sheppard Software free educational games Dimdim a simple, free web meeting service that lets everyone everywhere communicate using rich media in real time	Language Tools Word Friend "a free personal online dictionary" that will save words you want to remember Word Web (free download) "does much more than a paper dictionary or thesaurus" BBC Languages free beginner's courses Babel Fish translation tool Online Etymology Dictionary find out where words came from	Graphics Create A Graph Make pie charts and several other kinds of graphs (without Excel!) using your own data, then print, download or email them Cool Text Graphics Generator for web pages and anywhere else you need an impressive logo without a lot of design work
Computer & Keyboarding Skills Peter's Online Typing Class Learn to type or improve your typing skills at this free site New User Tutorial For those who are using the computer for the first time	Microsoft Office 2007 Help for making the adjustment from: Word 2003 to 2007 PowerPoint 2003 to 2007 Excel 2003 to 2007	Citation Makers Citation Generator Citation Builder EasyBib Son of Citation Machine
Politics Politifact.com checks statements made by politicians and rates them for truthfulness FactCheck.org monitors the factual accuracy of what is said in the nation’s political arena	File Converters change gif's to jpg's and many more options Zamzar Media-Convert PDF to Word	URL Shorteners make a long URL (internet address) into a short and easy one Bit.ly Tiny URL Digbig