Great tools for doing research on the social web
Find exactly what you're looking for on these social web resources.
Research is a crucial part of every industry.
In today's social media-driven society, the way we go about the search is constantly changing.
Instead of flipping open the encyclopedia, researchers now turn to the social web to navigate a sea of infinite answers.
In a recent Small Business Trends article, they put to the test just how you research -- well -- research.
Here are some tools to maximize your social web research efforts:
• Alltop
Alltop splits up different blogs and different categories so you can find exactly what you're looking for!
What could be better than Google? Customized Google!
Get the most recent, up-to-date articles instead of sifting through thousands of results!
See what's trending in social media on the social web!
Read more about organizational tools on the web as well as tips on how to use the social web to its fullest potential here.
Stacey Skulnik is a junior multi-platform journalism major at the University of Maryland and a Spring 2013 intern at USA TODAY College. Read more of her writing here.
This story originally appeared on the USA TODAY College blog, a news source produced for college students by student journalists. The blog closed in September of 2017.