1. Alerts/Notification Services Workshop for UWB Nursing Faculty February 7, 2007, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Julie Planchon Wolf

2. Agenda for today (flexible) Demonstration of CINAHL and PubMed Alert/Notification Services How to save alerts for EndNote Tips & discussion about information management Hands-on time to experiment with searches, databases, and alerts features

3. Alerts/Notification Services Guides Notification services allow you to receive email notification of new books or articles in your area of study. Online guide from the Bothell Campus Library: http://www.uwb.edu/library/notifserv.html http://www.uwb.edu/library/notifserv.html Online guide from UW HealthLinks: http://healthlinks.washington.edu/howto/aler ts.html http://healthlinks.washington.edu/howto/aler ts.html

4. CINAHL Click on “Personal Account (for Searches” link on upper blue bar Click on “Create a new Personal Account” and register Click on “Main Search Page” link Perform a search in CINAHLCINAHL Click on the “Save Search/Alert” link underneath the Search History.

5. CINAHL Name your search and select the Type as AutoAlert (SDI) Pick Fields and Scheduling options you want For EndNote Users: (Output Type – keep the default of “Ascii” (?) Result Format - Reprint/Medlars

6. CINAHL Click on Save Can revise alerts by clicking on the “Saved Searches/Alerts” link on upper blue bar

7. PubMed: My NCBI Setting up an account: Click on the My NCBI link located on the left blue bar in PubMedPubMed Register Email confirmation with link Set-up account

8. PubMed: My NCBI Searches Conduct a search Click on “Save Search” to the right of the “Go” button Answer the question “Would you like to receive e-mail updates of new search results?” by choosing Yes For EndNote Users: Choose the format of MEDLINE and Text Click the OK button

9. PubMed: My NCBI Collections “Send to” and choose “Clipboard” Click on the “Clipboard” tab Click on “Send to” and select “My NCBI Collections”

10. How to save Alerts/Notifications for EndNote Save emails as a text file (.txt) When you set-up your alert/notification account, choose a format that is EndNote friendly such as text or ascii (varies per database interface – read the help screens).

11. EndNote 8 Tutorial Located online at: http://healthlinks.washington.edu/howto/endnote/tutorial/ http://healthlinks.washington.edu/howto/endnote/tutorial/ Goals of the tutorial: Search and save citations from the PubMed/Medline database Import citations into your EndNote library Format your paper's citations in a bibliographic style you choose Includes a link to a 30 day free trial of EndNote

12. EndNote Imports Guide This online guide with importing instructions can be used with earlier versions of EndNote. Located online at http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/endn ote/ http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/endn ote/

13. EndNote Web Accessible for free through the Web of Science database (UW Restricted) Online Guides UW HealthLinks Guide: http://healthlinks.washington.edu/howto/en web.html Web site http://www.myendnoteweb.comhttp://www.myendnoteweb.com

14. EndNote.com Trainings and Tutorials http://www.endnote.com/training/ Import Filters http://www.endnote.com/support/enfilter s.asp

15. Tips & discussion about information management Stop information sources that are not proving useful (e.g. e-mail lists) Set aside specific times to look at e-mails File e-mails unscrupulously and customize your system to meet your current need Set-up a rules wizard in Outlook to automatically filter incoming messages Book: “Getting Things Done” by David Allen

16. Questions and Hands-on Time Please let me know if you have questions Time available to experiment with searches, databases, and alerts features Printing is available