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This guide provides information on how to access SimplyAnalytics, a market research tool, and how to use it.

Want to learn at your own pace? Check out our Technology & Computers research guides! Interested in hands-on, collaborative learning at the library? Register for Digital Essentials classes at a library near you!

There is a wealth of information online, but finding the right information when we need it can be a challenge. Learning and refining a few search techniques and principles that work for you can go a long way to making your online information-seeking easier, faster, and more accurate.

This page includes some recommended books from our catalogue, online tutorials and tools, and links to some of our digital resources, all of which are intended to help learners improve their online searching skills.

This guide has some useful online tutorials and tools, as well as some VPL Catalogue and Digital Library Resources to help educate and empower you to participate safely and comfortably online.

Interactive tutorials are a great way to get familiar with the basics of using the internet and surfing the web. Even if you’re already familiar with the basics, checking back in and getting a thorough explanation of how some of the applications we use to navigate the internet work can be very helpful, either as a refresher or to give better context about some of the tools we use every day.

This page includes some book recommendations on the internet and internet culture.

Substance use refers to the use of alcohol, cannabis, cigarettes, and other prescription and illegal drugs. Substance use may lead to substance use problems when it causes to harm the individual or the people around them.  Here are resources to help you learn more information about substance use.

Be sure to save your project before recording and immediately after to ensure you have it saved. Once your audio project is edited and you are ready to render or export it, you will want to save it as an MP3. An MP3 file is considered a "lossy" file format as it uses a compression algorithm to reduce the overall file size. A file with the .mp3 file extension is one of the most commonly distributed audio files used today and is used for podcasts. For more information on file types, see our guide on General Technology Skills. When exporting your audio project, render or export it as an MP3 file

Information on where to host your podcast and how to submit to Apple Podcasts.

Tips when recording Distance between mic: a hands distance away Watch for peaking audio: if the sound gets too loud it’ll sound distorted which is called peaking. You want to ensure your levels never go past -6 decibels. You can monitor your volume in the software while you are recording to make sure your levels never get too high. Someone should be wearing headphones at all time to monitor sound. Make sure to hit save before recording and then save once you are done. Don’t sweat it too much, you can always pause or stop a recording and editing is always an option after. Record a few seconds of room