Web2 0 & Academic Research & 15 Tools

Lissa Lord llord@ku.edu

Regents Center Library, University of Kansas, Edwards CampusMarch 2010

Web 2.0 &

Academic Research &

15-Tools

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How do we keep track of all the bits and?

Tool #1

iGoogle

Web 2.0 organization tool

Google.com and click on more ▼

Search Twitterhttp://search.twitter.com

http://www.Topsy.com

http://collecta.com

http://crowdeye.com

Tool #2

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Are your search terms being talked about on

Twitter?

Try Twitter search from your Twitter page

RSS feed for this query

Twitter Search box

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RSS feed?The results of your search will be updated automatically.

Click: RSS feed for this query

Tool #3

Google homepage

is your iGoggle

iGoogle http://www.google.com/ig

I direct currentcurrent RSS notices of my research topics to iGoogle.

Google Reader http://www.google.com/reader

I direct general RSS notices to Google Reader

Tool #4

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I put a GoogleReader widget on my iGoogle

page so I could follow all “worthy things to know”

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Websites and RSS

Subscribe to a website if you want to follow its updates if it has the

option of RSS or Subscribe

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Google Blog Search

Tool #5

http://blogsearch.google.com/

http://www.google.com MoreBlogs

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Add blogurl:edu

to the search

and you’re

looking at blogs

coming from an

education

domain. (gov,

com, web, org)

Health care debate blogurl:edu

RSS

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From my iGoogle:

www.google.com/ig

Blog Searches I posted to my iGoogle page.

This is how RSS looks when active.

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KEOTAG.com

http://www.keotag.com

It works: keyword social networks individually

Search across 14

different sites

Tool #6

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A twitter search brought up an academic resource I didn’t know existed!

The second result is exactly what I hoped to find. A twitter statement leading straight to a presentation on academic libraries and Web 2.0

“I’ve learned to follow the hunch but never assume where it will go.” Even Williams

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You Tube

for

Academic Research

Tool #7

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Search: academic libraries web 2.0

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Web 2.0 is all about sharing. I want to share this video with my Twitter followers.

Tool #8

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The share feature wrote the text and put in the link. I merely clicked enter.

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Addthis http://addthis.com/There would be no need for Web 2.0 without the desire to share information with others.

Addthis is a share button you add to your own site (your twitter, your facebook, your blog) which allows your readers to share with their readers.

Another sharing Tool #9

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Share the Dissertation Research Blog on Twitter? Sure!

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Have you ever wished that the URL you want to send to someone was not so long?

Check out Bitly.com

Tool #10

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Long URL

Now a Short URL

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Long URL

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Bitly.com will take this long URL http://proquest.umi.com.www2.lib.ku.edu:2048/pqdweb?index=0&did=1961761271&SrchMode=1&sid=1&Fmt=2&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1267816216&clientId=42567

And, shorten it to this URL

http://bit.ly/bh5PLZ

Now a Short URL

delicious.comsocial bookmarking website

What is delicious A collection of favorites - yours and everyone else's.

Your favorites are assigned a specific URL See my site (RefLibrarian): http://del.icio.us/RefLibrarian/

Everything on delicious is someone's favorite

Tool #11

Can I bookmark a result from a saved twitter search to delicious?

Yes

You are on twitter search result page

Copy its URL and save in delicious

slideshare

share your slides and borrow others’

Sign-up for slideshare at www.slideshare.net

Upload your presentation slides

Your slideshare web address allows access

You don’t need Powerpoint to showshow a Powerpoint presentation Example: http://www.slideshare.net/lissalord/web20-academic-research-ten-tools

Tool #12

Google Alerts

YOUR search alert

Google Alerts <http://www.google.com/alerts> 

Use Google Alerts to repeat your good search automatically and when results turn up Google will email you and include the annotated links in the message.

It is like having a ٨ research assistant!reliable

Tool #13

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Tool #14

Tedtalks

Get bright ideas from those who have them

Give power to your presentation

To inspire you during a dry intellectual phase

Tedtalks are 15min video talks

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Small town link to newspapers http://bit.ly/dg7zMd

The main site for US newspapers http://bit.ly/95hQEH

Site International newspapers http://bit.ly/bgY8ui

Tool #15

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There is No

The End

The journey continues. . .

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Thank You!

Who knows what will happen in the information seeking world during 2010?. Stay tuned, it is sure to be exciting!

. . . Lissa llord@ku.edu

http://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com