Is Twitter just a social networking site, or can it be a legitimate information source?
A. Twitter users and the content they post are incredibly diverse. True, many people use it as a way to keep in contact with friends, and in doing so, their tweets may be trivial and irrelevant to most research. Others are using twitter as a virtual water cooler; a way to network between researchers with similar interests in order to share information and guide each other toward resources. You may find it useful to network with others who are pursuing research in your area, or you may wish to follow the tweets of leaders in your particular field of study. For more information on Twitter, go to the library webpage Searching Tweets.
