Re: [LM_NET] Share: Google Wonder wheel

[Thomas Kaun <tomkaun@GMAIL.COM>]

And Deeper Web, an add-on for Firefox which works with Google, is well worth
taking a look at as well.
Tom Kaun

Thomas T. Kaun, Teacher Librarian
Bessie Chin Library @ Redwood High School
Larkspur, CA 94939
tomkaun@gmail.com | Library Web site: http://rhslibrary.org
President: Calif. School Library Assoc. - NS

Information doesn’t deserve to be free. It is an abstract tool; a useful
fantasy, a nothing. It is nonexistent until and unless a person experiences
it in a useful way. --Jaron Lanier


On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 11:19 AM, Amy Jensen <ajensen@wisd.org> wrote:

> Fun!
>
> It is similar to the combined search engine I am a fan of Clusty
> www.clusty.com (Which has apparently changed its name to Yippy--not sure
> if that is much better...)
>
> However, it combines results for multiple search engines then displays
> sub-headings, which it calls clouds, on the left to help narrow your search.
>
> Try it out!
>
>
>
> Amy Jensen, M.Ed., MLIS
> Librarian, Waxahachie ISD
> ajensen@wisd.net
> Every student. Every chance. Every day.
>
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: School Library Media & Network Communications [mailto:
> LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU] On Behalf Of T.K. Cassidy
> Sent: Tuesday, May 25, 2010 12:39 PM
> To: LM_NET@LISTSERV.SYR.EDU
> Subject: Share: Google Wonder wheel
>
> Just found out about a powerful research tool. Go to Google and type in a
> topic. On the left will appear a menu. Near the bottom is "Wonder wheel".
> Click on it. A "story web" will appear in the middle and, on the right,
> appears a list of sites that correlates with the topic of the web. Click on
> one of the topics and another web appears with a new set of related URLs! I
> love this.
>
> When you are done playing with that go back to google. Type in presidents
> and add squared behind the word. Play with this too!!!
>
> The things I am not too old to get excited about! =))
>
> T.K. Cassidy-Fleming, Media Specialist
> proudly serving the staff and students
> of Cedar Ridge Elementary
> 706-712-8400
> 285 Cedar Ridge Road
> Dalton, GA  30721
> tkcassidy@whitfield.k12.ga.us
>
> We are now at a point where we must educate our children in what no one
> knew
> yesterday, and prepare our schools for what no one knows yet. -- Margaret
> Mead
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