Social networking in Compendex, ScienceDirect

(This is an email I received from Lauren Ray, the UW Libraries' Educational Outreach Librarian.) "The Ubiquitous Librarian blog has a recent post on Elsevier's 2.0 tools, specifically how Compendex is using tagging through del.icio.us. I just tried a search in Compendex, and saw that by clicking on the detailed record for a citation, you have the option of adding a tag to the citation (which you can designate as public or for your eyes only). In ScienceDirect, when viewing a citation (Summary Plus), there is the option to "Add to 2Collab", a space in which you can bookmark and share Science Direct citations, websites, blogs, etc with other 2Collab users. I just tried a search in ScienceDirect, and ended up joining 2Collab. I would definitely recommend checking it out. There are library & info lit related groups in 2collab, including the group "Research Assessment and Citation Analysis". Even if you don't end up using 2Collab, it's worth exploring how these tools might help faculty and students enhance the way they discover new sources of information. You can also get a really nice overview of how librarians can use 2Collab from this 2 minute video, featuring a guided tour by the senior project manager for Science Direct: http://technorati.com/videos/youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DJmNQB1tswgY. -Lauren"