When I teach about technology I always say its my favorite when referring to a website or tool and am always asked for a list of these favorites. Therefore, I have put together my first list or volume 1 of "It's My Favorite". Hope you enjoy the list.

1. It’s My Favorite! – Volume 1
Search Engines
Deeper Web http://deeperweb.com/
Complete Planet http://aip.completeplanet.com
Search Credible http://searchcredible.com/
Soovle http://soovle.com/
CiteULike http://www.citeulike.org/
Virtual Private Library http://virtualprivatelibrary.com/
Internet Public Library http://ipl.org/
Content Curation
Google Alerts http://www.google.com/alerts
Feedly (RSS Feeds) http://feedly.com/
Research Blogging http://researchblogging.org/
Flipboard https://flipboard.com/
Paper.li http://paper.li/
If This Then That https://ifttt.com/
Zapier https://zapier.com/
Websites & Tools
PDF My URL http://pdfmyurl.com/
Zamzar (file conversion) http://www.zamzar.com/
Zotero (Research) https://www.zotero.org/
Similar Web http://www.similarweb.com/
GCFLearnFree (Tutorials) http://www.gcflearnfree.org/
Paper Rater http://paperrater.com/
Pearl Trees http://www.pearltrees.com/
Social Media Tools
Quora https://www.quora.com/
Research Gate http://www.researchgate.net/
Academia http://www.academia.edu/
Mendeley http://www.mendeley.com/
TrendSpottr http://widget.trendspottr.com/welcome.php
Diigo https://www.diigo.com/
Google Blogs http://www.google.com/blogsearch
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