socialmedian: Notebook 2.0: 12 Tools for Researchers

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Source: Mashable!

Sep 01, 2008

Summary

It’s ironic that there are so many new sites and tools for research and scholarly types online these days because the whole Internet started with them forty-six years ago. The concept was born in a series of memos by J.C.R. Licklider of Bolt, Beranek and Newman (BBN) in August 1962 where he discussed his “Intergalactic Computer Network” concept. It lead to ARPANET (Advanced Research Projects Agency Network) developed by ARPA of the United States Department of Defense, which was the world’s first operational packet switching network, and the predecessor of the global Internet. All of this lead to what we know as the Web today.

Well, fast forward several decades and we arrive to this list of the best tools for researchers today. In addition to being able to saves text, audio, video and links during your research online you’ll also be able to share these collections of notes with colleagues, students or anyone else. You can also keep things private for your own research projects. Here are just some of the tools every modern researcher needs:

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