1. Keeping up-to-date with the literature
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
Bibliographic databases
Electronic journals
Information Gateways
Internet resources (quality assessed)
General and reference material

5. ALERTS Database search alerts Alerts, SDI, My Profile, Saved searches,
updates…
Journal contents alerts
Current issue alerts, Journal alerts,
journal contents page…

6. Accessing databases Direct access from University network
For remote access - ATHENS password
VPN service registration

7. Creating search alerts
Register on the database
Conduct a search
Save your final search strategy
Create an alert
Updates will be ed

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

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

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

13. Engineering
Engineering Village
Compendex EI –
Engineering Index

15. Multidisciplinary databases
Web of Knowledge
Web of Science
SCOPUS

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

18. Multidisciplinary database
SCOPUS
Compendex
Geobase
EMBASE
Medline
Journal articles

20. Journal Content Alerts
ZETOC – British Library electronic Table of Contents
Alerts from Publisher websites
(e.g. Science Direct)

23. 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

24. Contacts Ljilja Ristic Physical Sciences Librarian Subject Consultant
Radcliffe Science Library
Tel.(01865)272816
Linda Atkinson
Reader Services Librarian
Healthcare Library – John Radcliffe Hospital
Tel.(01865)