Keeping up to date with new research Nicola Conway Liaison Librarian
Format of the session How? Part 1 – vs RSS What? – Books – Journal articles – Journal Table of Contents (ToCs) – Mailing lists, Blogs, Research news & funding opportunities How? Part 2 – Filtering your feeds
How? Automated alerts either: RSS (Really Simple Syndication) – Feeds – Feed readers Browser Online
Feeds 1.Durham University News: – BBC News: –
Feeds
Feed Readers Feed readers: – Google Reader Google Reader – NetVibes NetVibes – Bloglines Bloglines
Task One Set up a RSS feed reader. Use Internet Explorer or register for an online reader such as Google Reader Subscribe to a generic feed e.g.. – Durham University central news – Durham University Library news – BBC news
What? Books: Library Catalogue New items purchased by the library Other catalogues Publisher sites Keeping up to date for researchers web page
Task Two Create a RSS feed or an alert for a book from one or more of the following: – Library Catalogue ( ) – New items purchased by the library (RSS) – Copac (RSS) – A publisher site ( /RSS)
What? Journal Articles: Web of Science Google Scholar Keeping up to date for researchers web page
Task Three Create a RSS feed or an alert for a journal from one or more of the following: – Web of Science (RSS and ) – Google Scholar ( )
What? Journal Table of Contents: Zetoc JournalTOCs Keeping up to date for researchers web page
Task Four Create a RSS feed or an alert for a journal table of contents from one or more of the following: – Zetoc (RSS and ) – JournalTOCs (RSS)
What? Mailing Lists: – JISC Mail Blogs: – Google Blogs Web Page Alerts Research news & funding opportunities Keeping up to date for researchers web page
Task Five Spend some time having a look at some of the resources: – JISC Mail – Blogs – Web Page Alerts – Research news & funding opportunities
RSS filters See only relevant information from your feed Define keywords Filter services – Feed sifter Feed sifter – Pipes Pipes
Task Six Set up a filter using Feedsifter Subscribe to your filtered feed
More information – Nicola Conway – – telephone: Liaison Librarian – Web page –
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