Using Delicious

  with Gale Resources

 

This project will help you use the Web 2.0 tool Delicious to save content from the Gale Cengage Learning eResources from the Infotrac Interfaces. 

The Idea of this training is to find the best places in the Gale Databases to Bookmark (Create a Link) and then save those links in Delicious. Once you have saved the links you can tag them appropriately. 

Links in your Delicious Page

1. An Article

2. A Search Results Set

3. An About this Publication Page

4. A Marked Items List

5. The Gale Support page

Training Objectives:

1. Understand the Different Points in the infotrac Resources that give students access to different types of content

2. Understand when and why to use these different access points in the classroom and on the reference desk

3. Be able to create a Bookmark Link to each of the helpful spots

4. Develop a community of people who can help you find amazing resources in Gale

 Handouts

4 Points Lesson

Steps for using Delicious

SRIC Scavenger Hunt

The advantage of creating a Delicious account is that you can:

1.  Share searches for popular assignments with your coworkers or local teachers.

2.  Save links to your favorite magazines in one place.

3.  Save your favorite links on multiple computers to open and use anytime.