Research

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=Bookmark=

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- Search the citations other scholars are bookmarking (from SpringerLink)

- Save your bookmarks (a.k.a. "favorites") online & then access them from any computer

- Same as Delicious, but on steroids (allows highlighting and archiving of webpages, social interaction, etc.)



=Collaborate=



Field Notes

- Collaborate with colleagues to write conference proposals and prepare PowerPoint presentations



- Hold videoconferences with colleagues from around the world for free

Wikispaces - Use a wiki to remove writer's block--allows you to make continual changes to your text, to move things around, and to keep a constant outline of the various sections of your writing in view via the navigation bar. If you cut a section, but think you might want to use it later? No problem--just make a "parts pile" page, paste the deleted section in, and find it later. Also removes the "Word crashed and I lost everything" phenomenon. Everything you type is captured in the history (as long as you save frequently), and you can always revert to a previous version of the paper if you change your mind midstream. GREAT for collaborative authoring as well.

- Maintain an annotated, sharable research library with searchable, printable notes and reports

=Make Info. Come to You=

- Subscribe to alerts about upcoming conferences based on parameters you specify

- Directory of RSS feeds to which you can subscribe

- Make information come to you. Set up the alert and it searches the web and delivers updates to you

- Gathers news from blogs, newspapers, and other media sources on topics of interest to professionals in specific industries. Available as an e-mail digest, RSS feed, etc. ACTFL collaborates with SmartBrief to produce one specific to professionals in world language education. There is also a generic education one.

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=PDFs=

- Upload a document, it turns it into an editable PDF

- Create PDFs for free (download the program, the select print, change the printer to CutePDF, and voila!)

- Allows you to make any PDF editable and send it electronically

- "Write" on the PDFs you save. Great for reading and annotating research articles.

- Free PDF editor that works in your browser

[|PDF Toolbox: 40 Tools to Rip, Mix, & Burn PDFs (from Mashable)] Create PDFs for free (download the program, the select print, change the printer to CutePDF, and voila!)

=Search=

[|15 Educational Search Engines]



[|100 Search Engines for Academic Research]







=Archives=

- Searchable database of archived primary source materials available by subscription. Free trial available to institutions.



[|The Online Books Page] - Digital archives of books and historical materials from a variety of sources

- Primary source materials from countries around the world, including some rare texts and English translations

- Links to primary source materials from Latin America and the Caribbean

[|Research Tools for Spanish & Portuguese Studies] - Includes archives of primary sources, biographical information, country data, dictionaries, statistics, etc.

Basic Tools
[|Academic & Scholar Search Engines & Tools] - An annotated bibliography (Hint: Click CTRL + F, then type in linguistics (or whatever your field is), click next to see the next relevant reference)

- Searchable database of scholarly journals with open access content

- Google Scholar in Spanish

- Search for only scholarly articles

[|Google Cheat Sheet]

[|Google Search Shortcuts - Cheat Sheet]

- Collection of search engines

[|Repositories of Primary Sources] - A searchable list of archival materials, manuscripts, photographs, and rare documents, organized by country and discipline

[|250+ Killer Digital Libraries and Archives] - Organized by state

Search Engines

 * Blinkx || [] || Searches across video search engines ||
 * Bookfinder || http://www.bookfinder.com/ || Metasearch for inexpensive books ||
 * CiteULike || [] || Scholarly citations ||
 * Creative Commons || [] || Finds images with Creative Commons licenses ||
 * Diigo || http://www.diigo.com/ || Results are based on items others have bookmarked ||
 * Dotsub || http://dotsub.com/ || Videos in multiple languages ||
 * Freeimages.com || http://www.freeimages.com/ || Copyright-safe images ||
 * Google Books || [|http://books.google.com]

See also: [|FullBooks.com] || Searches within the text of books ||
 * Google Scholar || [|http://scholar.google.com] || Finds scholarly articles, books, & citations ||
 * Icon Finder || [] ||  ||
 * Jamendo || [] || Finds music you can use in publications and websites ||
 * Librivox || https://librivox.org/ || Free audiobooks ||
 * Newseum || [] || Search front pages of today’s papers ||
 * Pixabay || http://www.pixabay.com/ || Copyright-safe images ||
 * Slideshare || http://www.slideshare.net/ || PowerPoint presentations ||
 * Spezify || [] || Visual results ||
 * Switchboard.com || [] OR [] || Find people ||
 * Teacher Tube || [] || Finds education-related videos ||
 * TED Ed || http://ed.ted.com/ || Educational videos ||
 * Twitter Search || [] || Twitter posts ||
 * Wiki Search || [] || Finds wikis ||
 * Zillow || [] || Real estate ||

**Related Research**
Bates, Marcia J. (2007, October). [|What is browsing--really? A model drawing from behavioural science research]. //Information Research, 12//(4). Retrieved November 7, 2007, from http:informationr.net/ir/12-4/paper300.html

Spencer, Monica. (2006, March 14). [|Four modes of seeking information and how to design for them]. //Boxes and arrows, January 2010 Issue.// Retrieved November 7, 2007, from http://boxesandarrows.com/four-modes-of-seeking-information-and-how-to-design-for-them/

Zillman, Marcus P. (2006). [|Academic & Scholar Search Engines & Sources - An Annotated List of Links]. Retrieved January 6, 2008, from []

**Future Directions**
Knight, Will. (2007, October 25). [|Video search makes phone a 'second pair of eyes.'] //New Scientist// http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12831 Retrieved October 26, 2007, from http://www.newscientist.com/article/dn12831