Like it or not, computers are a part of academic life. The following guides may help you get to grips with them.
Word Processing: a guide for the perplexed
Advice on choosing and using word processing programs, formatting documents etc. Click here for the printer-friendly PDF version.
LyX is an alternative to traditional word processing which is particularly suited to academic writing (PDF file).
Mozilla is the Open Source project which came out of Netscape and which gave birth to Firefox, so for most purposes this will serve as a guide to these programs too. It gives tips on surfing the web, e-mail management and simple web-page construction.
Lots of useful information and advice for Bilkent students.
Google is good, but it's not the only search engine out there, and sometimes other search engines may suit your research needs better.
OpenOffice is an office suite similar to Microsoft Office.You can download verisons for Windows, Linux and Macintosh for free from this site.
Home for Mozilla, including the new Firefox browser and Thunderbird e-mail client.