As a high-school librarian in California I encourage students to use Google when they know exactly for what they looking, otherwise I suggest SurfWax which offers a great deal more flexibility in terms of a research tool. I have found that students especially like the ability to save research in a web-based folder that can be shared with other students (great for collaboration).
Has anyone out there tried SurfWax (http://wwww.surfwax.com)? It allows users to create custom sets of search sources, so you could create an "Outdoors" set and include sources like Outside Magazine, Swell.com, BikeMag, and others. It also offers an interesting information-capturing tool called an InfoCubby. Check it out.
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As a high-school librarian in California I encourage students to use Google when they know exactly for what they looking, otherwise I suggest SurfWax which offers a great deal more flexibility in terms of a research tool. I have found that students especially like the ability to save research in a web-based folder that can be shared with other students (great for collaboration).
Has anyone out there tried SurfWax (http://wwww.surfwax.com)? It allows users to create custom sets of search sources, so you could create an "Outdoors" set and include sources like Outside Magazine, Swell.com, BikeMag, and others. It also offers an interesting information-capturing tool called an InfoCubby. Check it out.