As far as these tools go, the entire ELM web page is kind of an unknown source for information. We as librarians must be charged with telling people about it, especially students. Anyway, I really liked the RSS feed option for Student Infotrac, because if you are given an assignment early enough in the semester/quarter you can go to the search page, search for your topic, then subscribe to the RSS feed and get updates whenever a new article is posted about your topic. The information will be very current, and fresh. Thus eliminating the need to use very old sources, with very old statistics.
I also liked the ability to be able to share documents with other peers and co-workers. It makes online collaboration a simple possibility for most people. This way you don't have to rely on a single aspect of the digital age all the time, like e-mail, or chat. Its good to use all parts of the Internet, not just a few of them.
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