This document provides an introduction to using Twitter for beginners. It explains that Twitter allows for sharing short text updates and links to content. Key aspects of Twitter covered include hashtags for topics, searching tweets, trends, and features of a Twitter account such as status updates, followers, lists, and direct messages. The document also lists some Twitter search and retrieval tools and recommends configuring account privacy settings.

1. Twitter for Beginners Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.net http://tinyurl.com/cvllearning Created for the Chattahoochee Valley Libraries

2. What 140 Characters Think text messaging Think status updates Think email Think blogging Think RSS Think sharing Think network

3. Where SMS Web Phone Apps eReaders iPad

4. Using Twitter Without An Account

5. Twitter Home

6. Searching

7. Trending Topics

8. Hashtags a topic with a hash symbol (#) to identify it Examples libday5 ala10 cil2010 gwws

9. RSS

10. http://search.twitter.com/

11. Advanced Twitter Search

12. Library or libraries near 31906

13. Search and Retrieval Tools http://wthashtag.com/ http://search.twitter.com/ http://twapperkeeper.com/index.php

14. iGoogle Page of Feeds

15. Your Twitter Account

16. Your Homepage

17. Status Updates

18. Tweets, Following, Followers, Lists

19. @ Messages, Direct Messages, Saved Searches Your Lists, Trending

20. Lists

21. @ Mentions

22. Direct Messages

23. Account Settings

24. Privacy

25. SMS

26. Profile

27. Design

29. Bobbi Newman http://librarianbyday.net http://twitter.com/librarianbyday This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 3.0 United States License. To view a copy of this license, visit http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/us/