Wikipedia: Beneath the Surface

For a balanced look at the strengths and weaknesses of Wikipedia, check out this video made by North Carolina State University Libraries.

Google Fusion Tables

Amy Cavendar writes for the ProfHacker section of the Chronicle. In her 1/10/2011 post, All Things Google: Using Google Fusion Tables to Visualize Data she introduces a new Google product just released from the Google Labs. Google Fusion Tables allows the user to gather, visualize and share data online. I'm going to take a look at it. Census data can be loaded into a table and plotted with Google Maps. I see applications for the Social Work students.