Free Web Tools

Memo Cordova, Ellie Dworak, Kim Leeder 1:30pm-2:30pm

· (memo) Rss/readers/aggregrators: way of staying aware and updated for new content

· Delicious: with ellie

o Create delicious for style blogs

o Use delicious to create links on a particular topic for reading lists and subject guides

o Can create links to books in the catalog to organize and categorize in delicious then share with students and faculty

· Zotero; kim leeder

o Use to save subject specific articles for faculty and staff

o Gather articles together to share and/or use for curriculum development

o Totally searchable

o Must use with firefox

o Holds copies of articles (eg- pdf of proquest articles, etc) so fewer worries about broken links, etc.

· Bibme: kim leeder

o Pared down version of zotero

o Better for citations (books are probably best)

o Really helpful, though probably best to double check accuracy

o Citeulike works well for this too, but with more robust group functionality

· Jing

o Free online screencaputre tool

o Screen toaster and fireshot are both web-based tools that are similar

· Gliffy- flowcharts, diagrams, architectural tools, etc.