Firefox add-ons

I tried zotero first, and I strongly recommend this add-on to all the freshmen who are struggling to tidy up collected sources in writing essay!
As for me, most sources I use in essay are from Internet.
Since I meet zotero, I always copy the page URL and paste it to the paper to keep it. (If I can use okiniiri-system, the problem is solved easily, but I do not have personal computer in fact!)
If I use zotero, I can use system which is similar to okiniiri-system, besides, divide some pages into the folders.
As another functions, we can do citations and works cited, which are the most tiresome part in essay, much easily by using zotero.
This function has us avoid to miss limit of the essay submission for there being not sufficient time to write confusing works cited part.

I'll try Mail Notifier and Personas system, which May recommended on her blog.
They sound very useful!

Research Tools

Last class made me shocked to know that there were so many useful tools on google engine, or other engines.

The only tool I could use in spring term was the blank box on the top of google page, and it was not so helpful for my study! That's because most of time I was being annoyed with what words will lead expected books or articles for me. Also, picking up what I want to know by opening all of the links needed so much perceverence!

If categories are suggested like `wonder wheel', I can cut these time.

I also tried ' SurfWax' engine.
The merit of this engine is that one can deepen searching about the one topic from one word. There is a 'focus' button above the searching page, and various choices of links (abstract of each is shown) on the left table. This would be useful to deepen knowledge from different percepectives.