Saturday, October 25, 2008

Using Delicious in Doctoral Work

This is a great article on how to use Delicious for research.

Establish an evolving set of tags, and make sure to use the tags in as uniform a manner as possible. When tagging, list the format (interview, video, mp3, etc.), the author, the subject(person or general), and key content words.

Stick to one-word tags.
In notes section, type up the summary.

Use only three or four tags if possible.

Here are some suggested research tags:
    research:
  • booklist - possible books to purchase or find in the library, or use this as a replacement for amazon wishlists.
  • theory - books or articles on the use of theory
  • vocabulary - quick access to important definitions with short summaries
  • toread - I need to these articles very soon
  • author - key thinker in my area of study
  • recommended - a book, author, or site recommended to me by someone else

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