Google Notebook A Great Research Tool

Google Notebook (Something to note 2006 SMH, The Guide, 23rd October, 2006) Something to note: Google Online Notebook. Let’s you grab information from websites and store it for later retrieval. To use Google Notebook you will need to set up an account, visit www.google.com/accounts/NewAccount and sign up for an account – it’s free. Then visit the Notebook site at www.google.com/notebook and download the browser add-on that provides access to the notebook tool. The notes taken are stored online so you can get it from any web browser that has the tool installed. Once installed, launch your browser and there will be a new item on the browser’s right, Google Notebook. To use the tool, select a piece of information on a website, right click and choose the “note this” option. The clipping will be added to the notebook window with the URL of the site. Click the link at any time to return to the site. The default notebook is a small pop-up window that appears at the foot of the screen and can be made full size by choosing “Go to full page view” from the Actions list. Click the “Add note here” link to add a text note to the link. Add a section heading, drag and drop the note under new heading. Once you get a few notes entered, you can organize them into sections and create headings for them. To do this click the Actions drop down list, choose “add section heading” and type a heading for that section. You can then drag and drop the note under the new section heading. Each notebook can contain multiple section headings. While notebooks are private by default, they can be made public and searchable by clicking the “Make public” button. There’s a search function, too, for your notebooks. Click the My Notebooks button and choose Search Notebooks, or if you prefer, select all public notebooks and search for other people’s notebooks.
Watch the Google Notebook Video Training Session below to learn more.