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Learn Computer Skills with Atomic Training

Need to learn Excel or Word before that next job interview? Or how to use the iPad you received as a gift? Maybe you’re ready to create a website or start blogging, but need some tips to get started. APL’s newest online resource Atomic Training can help with these and other computer learning needs.

Atomic Training provides on-demand software training and support tutorials. The videos may be watched in sequence like a course, or watched individually to learn a specific part of a program. Tutorials are available on software applications including Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, Google, Facebook, Twitter, and more.

Atomic Training is available to APL Cardholders via the Internet anywhere, anytime. It is available to everyone at any APL location.

Languages Added to Powerspeak

Italian, Korean, Russian, and English for Mandarin speakers have been added to the Powerspeak online language learning resource.

Birds of North America Online Trial until May 31

The Austin Public Library has a trial subscription to the Birds of North American Online through May 31, 2012. BNA Online provides comprehensive life histories for each of the 716+ species of birds breeding in the USA (including Hawaii) and Canada. It also contains image and video galleries showing plumages, behaviors, habitat, nests and eggs, and more. Most online BNA entries now feature recordings of the songs and calls of their species, recordings selected from the extensive collection of Cornell's Macaulay Library.

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