03 December 2006
How 2 Connect Using Social Media on Squidoo
a good overview of various aspects of Web2.0
01 December 2006
New Media and Cyberculture library resouces
Library Resources for communication studies site; here, suggested keywords for searches, reference works, periodical indexes, web sites, professional associations, journals and trade publications, statistical sources. updated 2004.
24 November 2006
Choose the Best Search for Your Information Need
by 9 othershow to refine a topic and its searches; updated for web 2.0 and specialty searching; good for anyone starting to do Internet research on a topic and will take you to some previously unused search tools
18 November 2006
Communication Studies Resources: The University of Iowa
one of the largest set of links, updated regularly, to all aspects of communication; many political themes; a wide range of disciplinary approaches included; highly recommended
13 November 2006
Research Beyond Google: 119 Authoritative, Invisible, and Comprehensive Resources | OEDb
by 7 othersThe invisible web, or deep web, is estimated to be 500 times bigger than the searchable web and comprises databases and results of specialty search engines that the popular search engines can't index.
02 November 2006
LibraryThing | Catalog your books online
by 56 othersYou sign up, enter the name of a book, then find out what other folks who liked that book also liked; a tag cloud for the book leads to other books on this topic. Quite addictive, and I just used it to look at the info. around one book.
15 October 2006
CiteULike: A free online service to organise your academic papers
by 46 othersCiteULike is a free service to help academics to share, store, and organise the academic papers they are reading. When you see a paper on the web that interests you, you can click one button and have it added to your personal library.
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