MIST: Mapping Internet Search Tool

In a graduate course sponsored by Microsoft Research on the subject of learning and education, my interdisciplinary team developed MIST. 


MIST is an information management tool concept that supports complex searches. Targeted at academic researchers specifically, MIST records internet searches while allowing for on or offline collaboration, search management and search organization. 

The search tool enables users to keep track of resources they gather in the course of a search both online and offline. The goals of this tool were to support users in learning, assessing, and improving their search habits; improve queries through collaboration to maximize search efficiency; provide a visual search interface; and allow for the integration of non-web resources.