Sunday, November 25, 2007

#14 Discovering More Web 2.0 Tools

Couldn't have a proper look at lots of these as registration, logins etc. are required: I liked Biblio.com for its value added features such as the ability to browse by subjects, its (for the main part) detailed author biographies with links to related book listings and book review and and discussion facilities. Also liked rollyo.com which is in effect a diy search engine tool i.e. it allows you to choose your preferred sites including news sites and blogs which Rollyo will "roll" into a customised search engine which can also be shared with others (and have just noticed that it turns up as an optional exercise at the end of the Learning 2.0 program). Also had a quick squiz at Medstory, another great site which enables you to search for medical terms and symptons and then refine and expand your search through listed related terms that come up with the search results. Results are catagorised into general results, clinical trials and research articles. I tried searching on terms relating to my ever present back condition and found the quality of the returned results to be very good and relevant.

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