Information gathering and sharing tool


This edition of NetSpeak introduces a few more means for discovering and sharing content.

A significant factor that distinguishes a researcher of this age from the researcher of yesteryears is the access to multiple collaboration platforms. The widespread growth of Net-based collaboration tools has made sharing of ideas/resources a breeze. As you are aware, for information gathering and sharing we have several tools at our disposal.

The wide spectrum of content discovery and sharing tools includes the traditional search services (search engines, search directories, subject gateways and so on), social messaging and networking services (such as twitter, Facebook and Google Plus).

Though these services can be used for sharing specialised and scholarly content too, they are more tailored to the needs of general public. This scenario is giving rise to the emergence of more focussed networks and services. The introduction of Circles in Google Plus could be considered as recognition of this evolving requirement............Click for more

 

 

Source Web Page: The Hindu


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