Zoho: Free word processing, spreadsheets & lots more!

Zoho.com

"If you’ve never checked out the many web-based tools that Zoho provides (all free) they are MORE than worth a look. From word processing (now with several new features) to spreadsheets to web-based presentation tools (Zoho Show) and that’s just the tip of the iceberg." (From ResourceShelf).

The have something like powerpoint, to do lists, website tracking and all kinds of good stuff for free.

The Information Literacy Game

From the University of North Carolina, Greensboro....check out the game and play!

http://library.uncg.edu/de/infolitgame.asp#

PureVideo & Blinkx: Video Search

PureVideo at http://www.purevideo.com/

PureVideo searches the internet for videos from YouTube, AOL Music Videos, Stupid Videos, CollegeHumor, CNN, ESPN and hundreds more all at once.

Pretty much the same thing from Blinkx Video at http://www.blinkx.com/

Zotero: Managing Citations

From the website:

Zotero [zoh-TAIR-oh] is a free, easy-to-use Firefox extension to help you collect, manage, and cite your research sources. It lives right where you do your work — in the web browser itself. (beta version)

Automatic capture of citation information from web pages

Storage of PDFs, files, images, links, and whole web pages

Flexible notetaking with autosave

Fast, as-you-type search through your materials

Playlist-like library organization, including saved searches (smart collections) and tags

Platform for new forms of digital research that can be extended with other web tools and services

Runs right in your web browser

Formatted citation export (style list to grow rapidly)

Free and open source

Check it out at: http://www.zotero.org/ and download Firefox 2.0 here.

Google Your Library's Mission & Google's Ten Things

Library Journal article on using Google. Link to article: http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&db=aph&AN=21072518&site=ehost-live

Also Google.com's view on how to maximize and simplify usability: http://www.google.com/corporate/tenthings.html

Happy 100,000,000!

CNN.com reports that the web now hosts over 100,000,000 web sites. There were only 18,000 sites in August of 1995. Need some help hunting down the information you really want? Stop by the reference desk. We'll be glad to assist you!

Read the complete article here:

(CNN, 1 November 2006)
http://www.cnn.com/2006/TECH/internet/11/01/100millionwebsites/index.html