Web Lab 

Have a look around -- try the tools. Then post comments to tell us what you think.

The "Top 100 Tools for Learning 2008" list includes a comparison of rankings over the last three years.     Visit the Web Lab's "Links"  page and tell us about your favorites.

Follow the links below for more Web 2.0 tools for students.

 

You can now search Alexander Street's Music Online audio, video, scores, and full text music reference collections from your Web browser's toolbar using their Search Engine Add-On. After installing the add-on, you will be able to type search terms directly into the toolbar, as seen below:

 

Installing the add-ons is simple and takes very little time.

Click here for installation instructions.

Find out about New DVDs using Five College Library Catalog Alerts

Use the library catalog “alerts” feature to find out about new DVDs and videos – at Smith or in any of the Five College libraries – through regular email or RSS updates.

Learn more about Catalog Alerts.

Use EBSCO Alerts to keep your research up-to-date

You can use EBSCO RSS alerts (or email alerts) to be notified when new articles become available for previously run searches or new issues of journals are out.

Learn more about EBSCO RSS Alerts

Tired of checking your favorite web sites daily?

Learn how you can use RSS feeds to automatically get the latest updates from web sites, blogs, and library databases.

Learn more about RSS

With Delicious you can get to your favorite websites and documents from any computer - at home, in the libraries, from your room, or wherever you happen to be.

All your bookmarks are kept in one place, stored online, for you to tag, save, and organize. You'll be able to find good stuff on the web, keep track of it all, share links with people you add to your network, and create a tag cloud to post on a blog or website.

Learn more about Delicious

RefWorks is an online tool that lets you import references from most of the databases to which the Libraries subscribe.

Learn more about RefWorks

Sign up for an individual account

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Zotero is a free research plug-in for Firefox that helps you gather, manage, and cite your research sources. Zotero is an open-source alternative to other citation management tools such as Refworks and EndNote.

Learn more about Zotero