Archive for the ‘research tools’ Category

TweetDo you need or want to take a library survey but you don’t want to spend a lot of money or end up with a bunch of papers laying around? Here are 5 great online resources for creating and administering library surveys. 1. Polldaddy- this easy to use site lets you collect surveys via your [...]

TweetWatch the video below to listen to me explain how to use sweet search.

TweetManaging citations and references can be a royal pain. If you work in a college library, then you are certainly all too familiar with this problem experienced all too often my students. Fortunately for librarians and for the benefit of students, there are quite a few tools being created to help them. Cite U Like [...]

TweetHave you ever used Connotea ? I discovered this site a few months ago and it looks quite promising as an alternative to Refworks and other more expensive online reference storing sites. Although it of course, does not offer all the features of Refworks, it is free and is easy to use. The only downside [...]