The Daily Plan-it / Dean of Students Blog, Columbia J-school

September 17, 2006

TIP: How to use del.icio.us during your online research

Many journalists use what’s known as “tagging” to keep track of sites they find during their online travels. Sites such as Furl.net, Digg.com and Del.icio.us. See a useful tip on how to use del.icio.us below, sent in by Erica Berenstein, J2007, ericaeve[at]gmail (many of the others work the same way). Post your own comments below.

Del.icio.us - http://del.icio.us - is a website where you can post links to articles, blogs, and websites on your own personal page. I’ve found it very helpful as I do internet research on my beat, since it can be hard to keep all the web resources/sites/articles organized in my
notes. If I find an article that might be of use later, I post it to my del.icio.us page, tag it and add a note to remind myself what it is about. Later I can search my pages and articles by tags or the search option.

August 12, 2005

LIBRARY: Research Help from Deborah Wassertzug

Filed under: Libraries, Research

From Deborah Wassertzug, Journalism Librarian

For those who will not have my research training session until next week or
the following week, I’d like to turn your attention to a few links on the
Student Resources page (http://www.jrn.columbia.edu/students/) which will
help you get a jump start on beat research and on using LexisNexis.

On the Student Resources page, look for the “Libraries and Research”
section. In particular, take a look at the guide, “Scoping Out Your Beat,”
a selective list of helpful resources for getting to know your beat
neighborhood. Also, the guide “Getting Started with LexisNexis Academic”
will help you start using the web version of LexisNexis (which can be a
little tricky if you have not used it before).

Finally, for those who *have* had my session and have misplaced the
materials, the “Nexis and Factiva Cheat Sheet” which I distributed to you is
also available on the Student Resources page, so you can just print yourself
a new copy.

Deborah Wassertzug, Journalism Librarian
Columbia University Libraries
dw242@columbia.edu
212.854.3916 fax 212.854.24






















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