Undergraduate Research Engine

I've found the following customized google search tool useful for helping to narrow the results to more quality resources for undergraduate research.

Start using the Undergraduate Research Engine. So far I've been thrilled with the results. A student shortened the url in my Library Instruction class to http://tiny.cc/ure

Thanks go to David Dillard, a reference librarian at Temple University, for creating this cutomized search box. I read about this on his yahoo group, NetGold and have contacted him regarding how this tool was created, i.e. what limiters he set up.

Hooked on Gadgets - Interesting to consider . . .

READ ARTICLE - Hooked on Gadgets and Paying a Mental Price

I will really take a look at this and consider if I need more peacefulness and less gadgetry in my own existence.

Netvibes - Dashboard - READY

Hi Everyone - CLICK to see the public version of the Netvibes dashboard I created.

I have tabs for -

• General News & Information
  
• Information Literacy
  
• Technology
  
• Music

This is an easy to use site, so try setting one up for yourself.

Tools for the online reading of the future

Just saw an article about some neat tools for simplifying your online reading experience. They bookmark things and/or make it easy to save reading to a mobile device.

Readability = This is what they call a bookmarklet. It reformats the text so that you don't see the adds and extra side bars, and does it in various modes - Newspaper, Novel, eBook.

Instapaper = a way to mark a text in your browser and then either read it later via your Instapaper account or more conveniently save it to another mobile device for easier viewing there.

SEE whole article from ALA's TechSource Blog = Change How You Read