When will I not be frustrated?

Well,
I think I have finally figured out somewhat about RefWorks- after discussing the problem with a Pitt Librarian for about 2 hours. But I still have such a hard time grasping the usefulness of these programs- they seem so complicated to me! I am 22 years old, raised on computers. It REALLY should not be this difficult, right? But for the life of me, Google Scholar is my WORST enemy. So slow, so difficult to maneuver! And RefWorks? Don't get me started. I hate to say this because it appears I will be using these programs a lot but, if I never have to use these again I will rejoice.
Not to mention the fact that I still have part two of the assignment to do, and I am at a complete loss of how to create RSS feeds and share them. What?! This all just seems impossible to me, and other than the kindly librarian on the Pitt Libraries, I have received very little guidance. How can they expect us to just find a miserable way through this with no guidance and do well on it?

I've read other blogs about how other people have spent more than 3 hours trying to plod through this, how smoke is coming out of their ears, etc. And I feel the same way! I'm not asking for magic, I'm just asking for a coherent explanation of what the heck we are supposed to be doing! Most of us are doing this assignment not understanding the importance, not understanding the programs except how to bumble through enough to get the work done, and then end up more frustrated than ever! These classes have been endless frustrations!!! I need to focus on my job and my life for about 50% of the time but I find myself ALWAYS frustrated by this nonsense!

I can honestly say, when I enrolled in online courses, I expected cohesive online learning. This just seems messy, and it's really disappointing. I'm already looking into attending the on-campus sessions (though it will cost me an ungodly amount of money to move there, and I was SO hoping to avoid), hoping that perhaps there would be some more guidance there. If not? Then I have no idea how this program functions.