Friday, September 26, 2008

Week 5, Thing 12

#12 Roll your own search engine

Do you have a group of websites that are your favorites? Or a set of online resources that are similar that you frequently use to answer homework or reference questions? Well Rollyo may be the tool for you. Rollyo allows you to create your own search tool for the just the websites you know and trust.

Take a look at some of these search rolls that have already been created:


Try a search for broad terms like "homework” or “history” to see results listed from multiple sites.


One of our own Geeks has a post on her blog, OPL’S PSA: Omaha Library’s Passably Sane Assistant on Rollyo


Discovery Exercise:
1. Explore Rollyo and create an account for yourself.


2. Create a search roll for any subject you like.


3. Create a post in your blog about your experience and link to your search roll. Can you see a potential use for tools like this?


OPTIONAL: Add your search roll to your blog using the "Create a Searchbox" tool.

Rollyo - You just never know when this little tool might come in handy.

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