Furl

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Furl

• social bookmarking website
• www.furl.net
• Lisa Delgado
• EDIT 6320

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File URLs

• Furl is a free, web based, social bookmarking
  website that allows users to store, classify,
  search, and share links to selected websites.
• Bookmarks can be kept private or shared,
  imported from Favorites, del.icio.us, etc., and
  exported to citation lists or emailed.

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Furl Getting started

• Sign up for a free account at www.furl.net
• Add a Furl It button to your toolbar
• Surf the web and locate webpages
• Click the Furl It icon to archive it
• Add tags, comments, etc. if desired
• Click Save

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Furl Accessing Your Archive

• Go to www.furl.net and login
• Use search/filter feature to locate specific sites

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Furl Share Links via Email

• Search Furl archive for links to share
• Identify (check) websites you want to email
• Click the Email button
• Add email address (and additional comments)
• Click Send

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Furl Share Links via Link

• Make webpages you want to share public
• Click on Public View
• Copy web address for your public page
• Share web address
• Suggest search term if desired

To see recommended Furl links go
to http//www.furl.net/members/ljdelgado Search
or Filter by- Furl
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Furl Why Use It?

• Bookmarks are available from any web-connected
  computer
• Searches make manual organization of links
  unnecessary
• Webpages are archived and fully indexed
• User determines what is public or private
• Sharing by email or link is easy
• RSS services are available

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Furl How is It Being Used?

• Students collect websites for online research
• Teachers share websites with students and
  colleagues
• Librarians locate and share resources with
  patrons
• Readers save books they want to read
• Online users locate articles to read later

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Furl How Will I Use IT?

• I will create a shared Furl account for my
  media center. When teachers request online
  resources, I will save and tag them in this
  shared account (shared username and password).
• I will suggest they add additional sites they
  discover to this archive using the same tag.

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Furl References

• DesRoches, D. (2007, January 1). All Together
  Now. School Library Journal, 53, (1). Retrieved
  October 8, 2007, from http//www.schoollibraryjour
  nal.com/article/CA6403269.html
• Fulton, B. (2006, September 1). SchoolTools III
  FURL and Other Social Bookmarking Tools.
  BiblioTech. Retrieved October 11, 2007, from
  http//lsobibliotech.blogspot.com/2007/09/by-bruce
  -fulton-welcome-back-i-trust.html
• LookSmart. (2007). Furl FAQ. Retrieved October
  11, 2007, from http//www.furl.net/faq.jsp
• Richardson, W. (2007, March 1). Taming the Beast
  Social Bookmarking. School Library Journal, 53,
  (3). Retrieved October 8, 2007, from
  http//www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA6420
  397.html
• Wenzloff, J. (2007). A New Adventure. Retrieved
  October 11, 2007, from http//www.anewadventure.or
  g/tools/bookmarks.html