I see whee there could be use for social bookmarking. I would still be concerned about using this as a major source of research. I am a proponent of conducting your own research, rather than simply relying on the opinions of others.
For the avid web user/surfer I can see where this would help to save time. Since I spend very little time on the web, I personally do not think that I would be someone with hundreds of saved websites. I just do not get into web research to that level.
The biggest plus that I see to this is when leading a class that is conducting research, a teacher can use this tool to direct the students' research. By building a social bookmark tool, the instructor can have student use the tool to gather his/her research in a simple, one stop type of scenario. However, I also see how this could hinder students that are in a class where they are be learning how to conduct research. I think this tool must be considered on an individual class basis.
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