Wow, I knew Google was awesome, but I had no idea it was so versitile!
The things I think would be most useful when helping patrons would be Google Docs, Google Books, Google Patents and Google Maps.
The only one of these I have ever used is Google Maps. I discovered this years ago and thought it was awesome I could get a 'real' view of streets and such. I think Google Docs is awesome for people who do not carry a portable drive such as a jump drive. It can be accessed from any computer that has internet access. Google books is handy when you are trying to figure out where a quote came from. From my experiments with Google books, it seems to have a variety of books both new and old that are on there. I tried a classic Shakespear quote and a random quote from an author I currently read. Both were there. Google Patents is very cool as well. We do have the occasional patron who wants to do a Patent search and we usually direct them to the Main Library. Well, NO MORE! I'm going to show them this. I am not sure that it is as comprehensive as doing an official patent search, but at least they have a starting point with this.
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