Cool Tools for librarians, including Google Images, Google News Archive, Google Trends, Researchgate, Academia.edu, GCF Learn Free, and Codecademy

2. – Find Creative-Commons Licensed Images
– Search by Image
– Find more Sizes
http://www.google.com/imghp
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3. – Thousands of articles from 1 year old to 150
years old
– Find digitized newspapers out of copyright
news.google.com/archivesearch
Google News Archive

4. – See how popular search terms have been
over time
– Help marketing, business classes
– See what’s popular in library topics
www.google.com/trends/
Google Trends

5. – Find research in progress, including impact factors
– Upload your own research for the community (in-
progress or open source)
– Link to Google Scholar
ResearchGate
http://www.researchgate.net/publicliterature.
PublicLiteratureSearch.html

6. – Collaborate with others in the field
– Follow topics for updated research with analytics
– High in Google Search results and good for finding
taxonomy (though not always reliable!)
Academia.edu
http://www.academia.edu/

7. – Basic computer and internet skills
– Major information literacy focus (for
professors and teachers)
– Mobile apps
http://www.gcflearnfree.org
GCF Learn Free

8. – Free programming skills
– Easy-to-use interface for learning
– Earn badges and track progress in profile
http://www.codecademy.com/
Codecademy

9. http://www.slideshare.net/heyladydj/c
ooltools-26317077