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[Note: updating during summer 2010] Yes! This is for the academic researcher who wants to step into the tools of social networking for primary research results.
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Lissa Lord [email protected]
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?
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/
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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
40 Search: university libraries
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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 [email protected]
http://dissertationresearch.blogspot.com
