Connotea: a free online reference management tool for scientists/clinicians Monday, 16 July 2007 9:30 am
Posted by Dongmei in Web 2.0, bibliographic management, reference management, science.add a comment
This tool (http://www.connotea.org/) aims for clinicians and scientists, but really, anybody can use it.
What you can do:
* Quickly save and organize links to your references
* Easily share references with your colleagues
* References can be accessed from any computer
* Save references with just one click
* Easy to use. Nothing to download and nothing to learn. You can start creating your library today
* Discover new leads
* No cutting and pasting. Save references as you work without having to switch programs
* References can be exported to, or imported from, desktop reference managers
* References can be public, private, or shared with a selected group of colleagues
* No storage limit
* Save links to anything you find on the web
Check it out and see if you like it.
wikis in plain English (video) Saturday, 14 July 2007 11:11 am
Posted by Dongmei in training, tutorials, wikis.add a comment
Yet another great show from Common Craft Show that explains another Web2.0 technology wiki. Enjoy!
Note: If you want to embed the code of the show/video in your blog/web site and share with others, go to blip.tv and click on share to copy the code (you can even share that in MySpace).
RSS in Plain English (Video) Friday, 13 July 2007 4:25 pm
Posted by Dongmei in RSS, Web 2.0, training, tutorials.1 comment so far
For those that want to save time, yet don’t know where to start. For those that don’t know the power of RSS yet. This video from Common Craft Show explains it well and in simple English.
Authoritative version of Wikipedia for biology: Encyclopedia of Life Friday, 13 July 2007 4:13 pm
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If the $50 million biodiversity effort launched May 9 goes as hoped, the Encyclopedia of Life could eventually be an authoritative version of Wikipedia for biology fans.
Potential applications range from planning natural conservation in suburban subdivisions, to mapping coral reefs in the Pacific, to identifying that odd butterfly perched by your window. Led in part by Chicago philanthropists and researchers, the project aims to create a free internet resource to catalog and describe every one of the planet’s 1.8 million species.
After a few years, as a head of a reference works publisher pointed out: “when the site gains enough content mass, there won’t be much need for libraries to purchase traditional animal life encyclopedias.” He also pointed out that “the trend toward free, scholarly Internt reference sources–the kind not as easily dismissed from a validity standpoint as Wikipedia–will continue”.
