Ryan+Gates's+Research+Tools+Evaluation


 * Ryan Gates **
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=Digital Tools for Research=

Search Engines
Search for Kids || A safe way for kids to search the web without being exposed to inappropriate things. ||  || Kids, Students ||   || 4 || English || User-contributed online encyclopedia intended for people whose first language is not //English//. ||  ||   ||   || 5 || Search || With //Google Custom Search//, you can harness the power of Google to create a customized search experience for your own website. **...** ||  ||   ||   || 3 || >
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 * Qwiki || Provides video and audio info for web searches. ||  || People doing research. ||   || 4 ||
 * Google Safe
 * Ask Kids || Allows users to //ask// a question in plain English, confirms the question, then takes them to one web site that answers the question. ||  || All but geared towards kids. ||   || 3 ||
 * Famhoo ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Sweet Search || Sweet search is A Search Engine for Students. It searches only credible Web sites approved by Internet research experts. ||  || kids/students ||   || 4 ||
 * Wolfram || answer questions; do math; instantly get facts, calculators, unit conversions, and real-time quantitative data and statistics; create plots and visualizations; and access vast scientific, technical, chemical, medical, health, business, financial, weather, geographic, dictionary, calendar, reference, and general knowledge ||  || all ||   || 5 ||
 * Search-Cube ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Wikipedia Simple
 * Awesome Library ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * KidRex ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * Google Custom
 * Twurdy || Helps research process by providing links and articles to topic and ranks them by readability. ||  ||   ||   || 5 ||
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Tools for Simplifying and Summarizing Content
for Mac || Using //Text to Speech// (TTS), you can have Alex and other //Mac// voices speak selected text so you can hear a word as you see it onscreen ||  ||   || cool || 4 || for PC || text to speech software for //natural// voice. ||  ||   ||   || 4 || for Word (Mac/PC) ||   ||   ||   ||   ||   || Bookmarklet || Readability turns any web page into a comfortable reading view right in your web browser. ||  ||   || very nice || 5 || English ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || Click to Jog through the tools
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 * Text-to-Speech
 * Natural Reader
 * Text Compactor || Automatically //summarize// a document ||  ||   ||   || 5 ||
 * Auto Summary
 * Twurdy || Allows you to search articles by reading level. ||  ||   || I like this site || 5 ||
 * Readability
 * Wikipedia Simple
 * The Find Tool ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
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Tools for Organizing Research
Read/Write/Think ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || CLRS Research Guide ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
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 * Easy Bib || A free automatic bibliography and citation maker. || All || Different formats ||  || 5 ||
 * Notestar || Internet utility to assist in the preparation of research papers. Teachers and students can set up research projects with topics and sub-topics. Students may then take advantage of NoteStar's many features to collect and organize their notes and prepare their bibliography page. || Teachers and Students. || many features ||  || 4 ||
 * Online Note Taking
 * Outline Maker
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