Cool Web Tools: 15 sites in 15 minutes

 

Cool Web Tools: 15 sites in 15 minutes

This class introduces some online tools to help you use Internet resources more fully.

Browser

1. Firefox: http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/firefox/

Search Engines

1. Clusty: http://clusty.com/
2. Good Search: http://www.goodsearch.com/
3. A9: http://a9.com/
4. Rollyo: http://www.rollyo.com/

RSS & Blog Sites

1. All About RSS: http://www.faganfinder.com/search/rss.php
2. Bloglines: http://www.bloglines.com/
3. Technorati: http://technorati.com/

Social Networking Sites

1. del.icio.us: http://del.icio.us/
2. Flickr: http://flickr.com/
3. You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/

Other Cool Sites

1. Internet Archive: http://www.archive.org/index.php
2. Google Earth: http://earth.google.com/
3. NYC Transit Planner: http://travel.mtanyct.info/
4. How Stuff Works: http://www.howstuffworks.com/

Prepared by Susan Kurtas, Reference Librarian at United Nations Headquarters New York.