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Staying Informed: Effective Strategies for Keeping Up with Latest Research

Join Ljilja Ristic and Linda Atkinson in this informative session designed for those seeking to stay current with the latest literature in their fields. Discover various methods to keep up-to-date with research, including essential e-resources, bibliographic databases, and electronic journals. Learn about setting up alerts for database searches and journal contents, ensuring that you receive timely updates tailored to your interests. Whether accessing resources remotely or through the University network, this session provides the tools needed for effective research monitoring.

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Staying Informed: Effective Strategies for Keeping Up with Latest Research

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  1. WISER Focus on Keeping up-to-date with the literature Ljilja Ristic & Linda Atkinson

  2. Overview of the session • Introduce different ways of keeping up to date with latest research • Present a range of e-resources of interest • Show different types of Alerts • Demonstrate how to set up updates and alerts

  3. Oxlip electronic resources Oxford Libraries Information Platform http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip/ • Bibliographic databases • Electronic journals • Information Gateways • Internet resources (quality assessed) • General and reference material

  4. ALERTS • Database search alerts Alerts, SDI, My Profile, Saved searches, E-mail updates… • Journal contents alerts Current issue alerts, Journal alerts, journal contents page…

  5. Accessing databases • Direct access from University network • For remote access - ATHENS password http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/athens/ VPN service registration http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/

  6. Creating search alerts • Register on the database • Conduct a search • Save your final search strategy • Create an alert • Updates will be e-mailed

  7. Ovid platform AMED BIOSIS CAB Abstracts CINAHL Embase Global Health HMIC Medline PsycInfo Zoological Record Biomedical databases

  8. Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - CSA Illumina ASFA Biological Sciences Biotechnology and Bioengineering Computer Technology Environmental Sciences Materials Research with METADEX Science and Technology

  9. ERL WebSPIRS GeoRef – geosciences INSPEC – Physics, Engineering, Computing Science and Technology

  10. Engineering Village Compendex EI – Engineering Index Engineering

  11. Multidisciplinary databases • Web of Knowledge Web of Science • SCOPUS

  12. Web of Knowledge Arts & Humanities Citation Index Social Science Citation Index Science Citation Index Scientific and Technical Proceedings Journal Citation Reports Multidisciplinary databases

  13. SCOPUS Compendex Geobase EMBASE Medline Journal articles Multidisciplinary database

  14. Journal Content Alerts • ZETOC – British Library electronic Table of Contents http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/ • Alerts from Publisher websites (e.g. Science Direct)

  15. Database search alerts update on a topic based on saved search articles from wide range of journals covered bibliographic references and abstracts Journal content alerts individually selected journal titles table of content from a journal issue Database search alerts vs journal content alerts

  16. Contacts Ljilja Ristic Physical Sciences Librarian Subject Consultant Radcliffe Science Library Tel.(01865)272816 Ljilja.Ristic@bodley.ox.ac.uk Linda Atkinson Reader Services Librarian Healthcare Library – John Radcliffe Hospital Tel.(01865) 221936 Linda.Atkinson@hcl.ox.ac.uk

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