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BrainFuse
https://npl.org/internet-electronic-resources/alphabetical-listing-of-databases/#B
Learn how to use Microsoft Word, Excel, and PowerPoint with the complete tutorials.
BBC First Click
http://downloads.bbc.co.uk/connect/BBC_First_Click_Beginners_Guide.pdf
Step by step introductory guide to using computers and the Internet.
Code.org
http://code.org
Hour-long instructional sessions are geared toward a diversity of audiences, from the very young to adults.
Computer Basics
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/computerbasics
Video tutorials cover What Is a Computer?, operating systems, applications, "the cloud," and others for starting to use a computer.
Computer Programming, Networking, and Tech Tutorials
http://www.khake.com/page65.html
Links to computer tutorials. Also see this page for additional resources.
Digital Learn
https://www.digitallearn.org
Online tutorials include instruction on email, word, resumes, job searching, and using a computer--but also include how to use SKYPE and Facebook, and how to buy a plane ticket online.
FindThatFile
https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/find-that-file
Use this site to locate all file types, or just documents, videos, audio files, fonts, software, and compressed file formats.
GCF Clobal - Technology
https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/subjects/tech
Microsoft Office 2016, Email, Internet, Online Safety, Linux, and more.
Kathy Schrock Guide to Everything
http://www.schrockguide.net/google-tools.html
This page will provide resources to support various Google Tools presentations and additional information Kathy Schrock discovers.
Learning Express
https://tinyurl.com/y9vfaly6
Instruction in computer and Internet basics, Microsoft applications (like Word and Excel), computer graphics (like Illustrator and Photoshop), and Windows operating systems.
Newbie's Guide to Streaming
http://tinyurl.com/o6ek5c5
A guide to watching television and film over an internet connection instead of by cable or on BluRay or DVDs.
Passwords
http://nplwebguides.pbworks.com/w/page/138631350/Passwords
A webguide on creating and securely storing passwords.
Beginner's Guide to Effective Email
http://www.webfoot.com/advice/email.top.html
Context, format, layout, etiquette, etc.
Create Your Gmail Account
http://tinyurl.com/8xn3t4n
Apply now for a free account.
Gmail Tutorial
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5UgnBU37qc
Use this YouTube video, created by the Paterson Public Library, to learn how to create a Gmail account.
ProtonMail
https://mail.protonmail.com/create/new?language=en
Sign up for an encrypted email account to avoid surveillance of your communication.
Welcome to Yahoo! Mail
https://login.yahoo.com/config/login_verify2?&.src=ym
Click on "Sign up Now," then choose the free email account, and fill out the form. Note that sometimes we find that others have already taken a user name that you may have wanted; just invent another.
Google Docs Tour
http://www.google.com/google-d-s/tour1.html
The official Google tour of documents, presentation, and spreadsheets. Help is available here.
Google Docs Tutorial
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/googledocuments
Learn to create and share documents.
Google Documents
https://sites.google.com/a/saline.k12.mi.us/wiki---google-documents/
Information about working with spreadsheets, presentations, and documents.
Build a Website
https://websitebuilders.com
This page offers elements of web page construction for when you want to develop your own site. It also shows you how to use basic free website constructors such as Wix, Weebly, Wordpress and more.
Finding Information on the Internet—University of California, Berkeley
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/TeachingLib/Guides/Internet/FindInfo.html
An excellent, extensive introduction to the subject, with suggestions for search strategies, tools, and citing Internet sources in research papers.
How the Internet Works
https://www.khanacademy.org/computing/code-org/computers-and-the-internet#internet-works
In short videos, you’ll get an inside look into foundational concepts of everything from wires to websites, taught by guest lecturers including the actual “Father of the Internet” Vint Cerf, Tumblr founder David Karp, and creators on teams at Google, Spotify, XBox, Symantec, and more.
Working with the Web: Browser Basics
http://www.jegsworks.com
A basic guide intended to help users connect to the internet and to navigate web pages.
Access 2000 Tutorial
http://www.agr.unideb.hu/~agocs/informatics/03_e_office2000/e_office2000tutorials/www.fgcu.edu/support/office2000/access/index.html
This program teaches you how to create tables, records, forms, and more.
MS Access Tutorials
https://www.tutorialspoint.com/ms_access/ms_access_overview.htm
A guide to learning Microsoft Access for absolute beginners.
Access 2016 Tutorial
https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/access2016/
"In this free Access 2016 tutorial, learn how to enter, manage, and search through large amounts of data in an Access database." A series of videos hosted on Youtube.
Access 2010 Database Tasks
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/access-2010-database-tasks-HA101829991.aspx
A very good introduction to creating and using databases.
Microsoft Office Online Interactive Guide - Access 2007
https://goo.gl/6sy8OJ
An interactive command reference guide.
Training Courses for Access 2013
http://tinyurl.com/kyckdpv
Beginner and Intermediate video tutorials include an overview of Access, instruction on how to build a table, create table relationships, move from Access 2003 to 2013, and more.
Basic Tasks in Excel 2010
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/excel-help/basic-tasks-in-excel-2010-HA101829993.aspx
Find a template, create a workbook, create a formula, etc.
Excel 2013 Class
https://www.gcflearnfree.org/excel2013
Learn how to create and format simple spreadsheets, use simple and complex formulas and functions, and accomplish more advanced tasks in this free course.
Microsoft Excel 2003 Tutorial
http://baycongroup.com/excel.htm
Step-by-step instructions familiarize you with the program so that you can enter text, set up calculations, and create spreadsheets.
Microsoft Excel 2007 Tutorial
http://baycongroup.com/el0.htm
A tutorial arranged in four sections. Examples of lessons include charts and functions.
Training Courses for Excel 2013
http://tinyurl.com/n2ddrvd
From beginner through advanced--over 2 dozen free video tutorials teach you to become an Excel pro.
Basic Tasks in PowerPoint 2010
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/powerpoint-help/basic-tasks-in-powerpoint-2010-HA101824346.aspx
Apply a template, create a presentation, insert slides, and more.
Microsoft PowerPoint 2007 Tutorial
http://baycongroup.com/powerpoint2007/index.htm
This overview teaches how to create a presentation, create animations, and more.
PowerPoint Basics Tutorials
https://iu.mediaspace.kaltura.com/media/PowerPointA+The+Basics+-+Packaging+a+Presentation/1_4oqog4iq
Fundamental and more advanced instruction in creating a PowerPoint presentation.
Training Courses for Powerpoint 2013
http://tinyurl.com/pyt8ktm
From Microsoft, Beginner through Advanced video lessons for using Powerpoint 2013.
Basic Tasks in Publisher 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/basic-tasks-in-publisher-0e5ed249-1927-433f-a35c-63beb8216fcf
Apply a template, create a publication, insert illustrations, etc.
Getting Started with Office 2013 Tutorial/Publisher 2013 Walkthrough
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mtRMoE5uUI
Youtube video gives a quick overview of Publisher 2013.
Make the switch to Publisher 2013
http://tinyurl.com/qcaev54
A video tutorial at the intermediate level from Microsoft: "Get started making the switch to Publisher 2013. Learn how to select a template, use the ribbon, save publications as templates, find your templates after you save them, and use images."
Microsoft Publisher 2003 Tutorial
https://www.uwec.edu/kb/article/microsoft-publisher-2003-getting-started-with-colors
A short overview which explains how to work with text, how to arrange pages, and how to work with graphics.
Microsoft Publisher 2007 Tutorial
https://www.uwec.edu/kb/article/microsoft-publisher-2007-ff59f3d
How to lay out text and graphics, how to use master pages, how to work with rules, etc.
Basic Tasks in Microsoft Word 2010
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/word-help/basic-tasks-in-word-2010-HA101830016.aspx
An introduction to finding a template and then creating a new document; to opening reading, saving, and printing documents.
Microsoft Word Computer Course
https://www.homeandlearn.co.uk/word2007_2010/Word-2007-2010.html
This online Word course contains twelve sections where users can learn basic and more advanced features. Tutorials include different techniques and are accompanied by images to help users follow along with the instructions.
Microsoft Word 2003 Tutorial –BayCon Group
http://www.baycongroup.com/word.htm
Elements of the Word screen; changing fonts and making italics, underlining, and boldface; preparing tables; printing; saving files, etc.
Microsoft Word 2007 Tutorial
http://baycongroup.com/wlesson0.htm
Basic features, formatting, adding bullets, and other topics.
Training Courses for Word 2013
http://tinyurl.com/l6yl4y4
From Microsoft, video instruction from the basic (create a document) to the more advanced includes resumes, bibliographies, mail merge, and more.
Word 2010 Class
https://www.gcflearnfree.org/word2010
Learn how to create documents such as letters, flyers, and reports with this free online class.
Word 2013 Class
https://www.gcflearnfree.org/word2013
Learn how to format documents, work with graphics, insert text and more to create professional looking flyers, letters, etc.
Microsoft Word 2016 Course
https://edu.gcfglobal.org/en/word2016/
Learn the basics of Microsoft Word 2016 in this free tutorial. There are also YouTube videos that cover each topic.
Free Social Media Tutorials
http://www.gcflearnfree.org/socialmedia
Covers Facebook, Twitter, blogging, Skype, and more.
Social Media Training for Beginners
https://blogs.constantcontact.com/social-media-quickstarter/
Covers the basics of different social media platforms such as Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Pinterest, LinkedIn, and more. Learn how to develop your personal or professional online presence.
Learn Touch Typing for Free!
https://www.typingclub.com
Exercises are available which will help users improve their typing skills.
Peter's Online Typing Course
http://www.typing-lessons.org/preliminaries_1.html
A series of 18 lessons for more effective typing.
Sense-Lang
http://www.sense-lang.org/typing/
Timed typing tutorials and typing games.
Typing Web
http://www.typingweb.com
Lessons and practices for people at all levels, beginner to advanced.
Typing Academy
https://www.typing.academy
Learn to touch type from your web browser. No account necessary.
Mouse Aerobics
http://apps.monroe.lib.mi.us/mouse
This friendly and very helpful lesson in using the computer mouse is also recommended as an excellent general introduction to using web sites.
Mousercise
http://www.pbclibrary.org/mousing/mousercise.htm
Practice your mousing skills on this fun website!
Web Conferencing
Zoom
How to Use Zoom to Stay Connected During Coronavirus (aarp.org)
How to use Zoom during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond. Read instructions for joining and hosting meetings, muting, chatting, screen sharing and more to help if you're unsure or intimidated about using any video conferencing platform like Zoom.
For more information, including for other web conferencing platforms, see the Web Conferencing web guide.
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