I am a big fan of Google from the beginning. I first started using Google "apps" while I was doing an internship my senior year of my Undergrad education. I am a big fan of using Google scholar, I found hundreds of important and relevant articles through Google scholar that I did not have any access to at SUNY Potsdam. I then asked the library to retrieve these articles and books for me through Interlibrary loan. Would I have found any of these resources had I only used the search engines provided to me by my library, I would say it is not likely.
I am also a huge fan of google earth, which is a great tool to learn about neighborhoods and decide whether it is even worth going to an area. I am also a fan of using Google labs in Gmail. I am a fan of Google stars which tells me the importance of emails that I need to take care of. I have also just learned that in Gmail you can retrieve an email within 30 seconds of sending it in case you sent the wrong email or the wrong information to a customer. This is very beneficial to libraries in case you perhaps send the wrong research information to the wrong person during our very busy days.
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