Keeping up-to-date with the literature WISER Focus on Keeping up-to-date with the literature Ljilja Ristic & Linda Atkinson
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
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
ALERTS Database search alerts Alerts, SDI, My Profile, Saved searches, E-mail updates… Journal contents alerts Current issue alerts, Journal alerts, journal contents page…
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/
Creating search alerts Register on the database Conduct a search Save your final search strategy Create an alert Updates will be e-mailed
Biomedical databases Ovid platform AMED BIOSIS CAB Abstracts CINAHL Embase Global Health HMIC Medline PsycInfo Zoological Record
Science and Technology Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - CSA Illumina ASFA Biological Sciences Biotechnology and Bioengineering Computer Technology Environmental Sciences Materials Research with METADEX
Science and Technology ERL WebSPIRS GeoRef – geosciences INSPEC – Physics, Engineering, Computing
Engineering Engineering Village Compendex EI – Engineering Index
Multidisciplinary databases Web of Knowledge Web of Science SCOPUS
Multidisciplinary databases Web of Knowledge Arts & Humanities Citation Index Social Science Citation Index Science Citation Index Scientific and Technical Proceedings Journal Citation Reports
Multidisciplinary database SCOPUS Compendex Geobase EMBASE Medline Journal articles
Journal Content Alerts ZETOC – British Library electronic Table of Contents http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/ Alerts from Publisher websites (e.g. Science Direct)
Database search alerts vs journal content 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
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