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Overview
Research Tools Turning Search into Research
Darlene Fichter
Data Library Services, U of S Library
November 15, 2004
FeaturesOffer more the standard bookmarking
– Ability to bookmark any site with two clicks– Accessible from any computer
Accessible by anybody– By default, links are public unless marked private
Searchable personal archive Local Cache
– Furl will keep a cache of the pages/documents you keep. Spurl - 150Kb
Sharing/Learning with Others
What’s hotSpurl, furl, del.icio.us, and feedmelinks
create lists of active and popular resources
Tagging
Tools like de.licio.us and flickr, a social photography tool, make it easy to add keywords or tags
Other tools have more sophisticated schemes and support multi-word categories (furl) and hierarchical structures (Spurl)
Recommendation Services
Built-in recommender systems – Item Level:
Who else has added this item and what comments did they make
Leads to discovery of people with like interests– Profile Level
Subscribing to Someone’s Bookmarks
View online when logged inRSS feed
– All bookmarks– At the topic level
By email– Daily digest
Lazy Blogger / Webmaster
Post your links to your blogPost bookmark folders on your web site for
departmental news, etc.
More features …such as
Export:Furl XML format Zip archive of your saved documents Internet Explorer favorites format Mozilla/Netscape bookmarks format MLA citation format APA citation format Chicago citation format CBE citation format BibTeX citation format
Are Social Bookmarks for You?
Definitely the right tool for some jobsMy case
– 3 workplaces, multiple computers, browsers– Travel– Write and need cached copies– Need to share – publish to web, by email– Need to “Keep Found Things Found”™