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Welcome to the Website for Information Technology!
In WITS, you'll find modules to help you with the IT Skills you'll need in ENGL 100 and ENGL 101:
In the Email module, learn how to:
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Set up email account on gmu.edu
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Forward email from gmu.edu account to another email account, if applicable
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Send messages
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Reply to messages
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Send/receive and open attachments
In the Word Processing module,
learn how to:
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Create, save, and retrieve a document
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Format document (to include page numbers and reference pages)
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Revise document (add/delete/reorder text)
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Print document
In the Research Skills module, learn how to:
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Articulate an information need
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Set up researchable questions
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Determine keywords based on these questions
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Understand the basic structure of databases (records and fields)
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Search online databases Expanded Academic ASAP, Periodical Abstracts, and the Library Catalogue in the GMU Library system by using the Boolean operator AND, truncation, and phrase
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Retrieve electronically available sources from these databases
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Evaluate web sources and other databases for credibility and reliability