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What is Social Bookmarking?

Social bookmarking is a way to keep all of your bookmarks in one online place you can access from anywhere. It is also a way to organize your bookmarks by tagging them with words that make the most sense to you, which will make it easier for you to find what you want later. In addition, you can add notations to each bookmark, essentially creating an annotated bibliography. It’s important to keep in mind that keyword searches and tag searches are different on these sites. With keyword, you are searching the entire content of the bookmark, including the title and notations. Clicking on a tag word, however, will only return items that have been tagged with the same word.

What makes it "Social?"

You can see what other people are bookmarking in a topic you are interested in by searching for a certain tag. You can also share your own bookmarks with people, which is great for collaborative research.

Why would you want to use Social Bookmarking?

• Your bookmarks will be accessible from any computer
• You can create annotated bibliographies
• You can collaborate with others on research
• You can find great links on your topic that other people have bookmarked.

Useful Resources

Handout on Social Bookmarking from our Workshops (pdf)

Introduction to Using del.icio.us for Social Bookmarking (pdf)

Social Bookmarking links tagged in del.icio.us