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Learning Tools Directory 2010
Now completely overhauled, updated and reorganised into 12 categories of tools
for formal, personal, group and organisational learning

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Top Tools for Learning
Here are the Top 100 Tools lists for the last 3 years compiled from the Top 10 Tools lists of learning professionals worldwide

2009

2008  |  2007

Top 10 Tools Lists of Learning Professionals worldwide

Top 10 Tools Lists 2009

Alpha list of contributors 2007-2009


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Key tools every learning professional
should have in their toolbox
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TOP 100 TOOLS
Google Scholar

Google Scholar provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: peer-reviewed papers, theses, books, abstracts and articles, from academic publishers, professional societies, preprint repositories, universities and other scholarly organizations. Google Scholar helps you identify the most relevant research across the world of scholarly research.
 

Website scholar.google.com
Cost Free
Availability Online
2007 ranking 36=
2008 ranking 42=
2009 ranking -

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Comments from those who selected Google Scholar as one of their Top 100 Tools in 2009

  • I start my literature searches here (citation rating is especially useful) and just wish it was better integrated with the substantial digital library that comes through my university. Frances Bell

Comments from those who selected Google Scholar as one of their Top 100 Tools in 2008

  • "provides a quick way to perform a surface search of academic literature, and assess peer validation of resources." Pat Parslow

  • "Great tool for research of scholarly literature & reference materials. Doesn't yet provide universal access but still a first choice research tool. Free" Jack Chapman

  • "Search tool"  Daniel O'Shea

  • "with a limited access to a libraries database, this site has offered a wonderful first step toward advanced research" Bill Jackson

  • "in my mind, Google Scholar has made most library tools obselete. It has really taken reference checking to the next level"  Daniel Lemire

  • " Very handy when looking up articles for your dissertation."  Benjamin Hamilton

Comments from those who selected Google Scholar as one of their Top 100 Tools in 2007

  • "I search through my university's library with Google ScholarJoan Vinall-Cox

  • " I start my literature searches here (citation rating is especially useful) and just wish it was better integrated with the substantial digital library that comes through my university." Frances Bell

  • "Great research resource which includes information about the popularity of each citation as well as identifying Web and library sources for finding the articles."  Leigh Zeitz

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