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UPDATE: GTA Technology Topics, Tips & Tricks: U.S. SOPA & Protect IP Acts – Censorship of the Internet

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Note: This is an update to an earlier post that can be found here.
 
If you hadn’t heard already, tomorrow Wikipedia (as well as Reddit and other websites) will be going “black” to protest the SOPA and PIPA acts. These websites will be effectively be taken offline. See more about this: English Wikipedia Anti-SOPA Blackout
 
Google will also be protesting SOPA tomorrow on its home page. More information here. I’m very curious to see if they will change their logo!
 
From the ALA Washington Office:  PIPA, SOPA and OPEN Act Quick Reference Guide
 
Also, the Obama Administration has come out in a recent announcement against SOPA.
 
Interesting to note – you may not had heard about SOPA and PIPA in US mainstream media or on the US broadcast networks, as many of these organizations are in support of these acts. For a review, please see the infographic below.
 
Stay informed!
 

GTA Technology Topics, Tips & Tricks: Websites & Blogs for Technology-Related Information & News

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Websites
If you are interested in technology in general, the information superhighway or even gadgets, software or hardware, here are some great resources to check out.
 
Gizmodo (the gadget guide…but more than just gadgets!)
 
Lifehacker (tips and downloads for getting things done)
 
Mashable (social media news and web tips)
 
FastCompany (Where ideas and people meet.)
 
ReadWriteWeb (web apps, web technology trends, social networking and social media)
 
Wired.com (in-depth coverage of current and future trends in technology)
 
Blogs
These are LIS blogs that post consistently on technology-related topics.
 
iLibrarian
 
 
 
LITA Blog (LIS tech jobs focus)
 
 
The Search Principle (focus on Health Librarianship/social media)
 
 
 
Links to More LIS Blogs
 
 
 
Salem Press 2011 Blog Award Winners (also browse the links on the left sidebar)
 

GTA Tips & Tricks: A Few Research/Reference Resources

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ALA (RUSA) Mars Best Free Websites
The 2011 Best Free Reference Websites. Quality websites on specific topics – fun to browse and see what’s out there.  It was interesting to see WikiLeaks on the list but I’m not surprised at TED.


University of Alberta LIS Subject Guide
If you have not yet discovered the Library and Information Studies Subject Guide on the University of Alberta Libraries website, I encourage you to review this resource as there are a variety of useful goodies, such as lists of LIS Databases & Journals and in depth resources on specific LIS topics.


Web of Science (see series of images below)
Not yet heard of citation mapping? Well this is a tool that can help you find related research articles by mapping references (citations) of other researchers who have cited the article. A popular arts and humanities, science and social sciences citation mapping database is called Web of Science.


Enter your search terms on the search page and press enter. Click on the link for an article of interest to you. Then click on the “Citation Map” link (note not all articles will have a citation mapping link).  Choose which direction to map and click on “CREATE MAP” at the bottom right of the screen. Then have fun exploring that citation map!!! There are some other features to Web of Science and I have only described here one of its most powerful tools.
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