How to Use Google Notebook

If you're always doing some form of research online, Google Notebook can be a valuable tool for keeping your notes, websites and clips together. Google Notebook is designed to capture critical information from your web surfing and makes it easy to organize it in a few seconds. If you find yourself copying and pasting large amounts of text or images in a document as part of your research process, Google Notebook can make your tasks much more efficient and give you access to more details overall. Here are some simple ways to take advantage of this free organization tool from Google.

Difficulty: Moderately Easy

Instructions

Things You'll Need:

• Internet connection
• Access to Google
• Google account

1. Login to your Google account. Your master Google account will give you access to all of the tools and web applications from Google, so you can point and click on the Google Notebook icon after logging in.

2. Download the Google Notebook extension. This will download into your browser so you can have it available as you surf the web. The download takes a few seconds on a high-speed Internet connection, and you will need to restart your browser in order for it to work.

3. Launch the browser. After the download is complete, launch a new browser to reveal the Google Notebook extension.

4. Open Google Notebook. Select the Google Notebook and log in with your Google account.

5. Create a note. Click "New Note" to create a label for your notebook--the topic or subject you are researching.

6. Create a clip. Capture a portion of text or an image by selecting it with your mouse and clicking "Clip" on the Google Notebook toolbar. This inserts your selection into your notebook.

7. Use the share feature. If you are working on a group project, save the notebook and click on "Share options" to turn on collaboration features.

Tips & Warnings

• You can create multiple notebooks and save them in the Google Notebook interface for easy access.
• Label each notebook with just two to three words to make it easier to find data.
• You can drag and drop notes around your notebook to organize them better.
• Add comments to notes for more details on each topic.
• Don't forget that all URLs to notes are stored with each clip; this makes it easier to reference sources.
• Make sure you keep private research notes private. Double-check your share functions when saving to ensure you aren't giving collaborators access to your project.

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