1. Keeping up-to-date with the literature Ljilja Ristic & Angela Carritt February 2010 WISER

2.  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 Session Overview

3. Oxlip+ Oxlip+ - Oxford University Library Information Platform http://oxlip-plus.ouls.ox.ac.uk/ The search engine provides the following tools:  Find databases by title or subject  Find e-journal by journal title  Crossearch multiple sources  My Resources space

5. E- resources at Oxford Oxlip+ platform:  Bibliographic databases  Electronic journals  Conference Proceedings  General and reference material  Information Gateways  Internet resources (quality assessed)  Standards

6. Alerts  Database search alerts Alerts, My Profile, Saved searches, E-mail updates, RSS feeds …  Journal contents alerts Current issue alerts, Journal alerts, journal contents page…

7. Accessing e-resources  Direct access from University network  For remote access use your SSO login

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

9. Medical and life sciences database Ovid SP platform  AMED  BIOSIS  CAB Abstracts  CINAHL  EconLit  Embase  GeoRef  Global Health  HMIC  Medline  The Philosophers Index  PsycInfo  Zoological Record

10. Science and Technology Cambridge Scientific Abstracts - CSA Illumina CSA – Cambridge Scientific Abstracts databases:  ASFA  Biological Sciences  Biotechnology and Bioengineering  Computer Technology  Materials Research with METADEX  Technology Research Database

11. Science and Technology Engineering Village  Compendex EI – Engineering Index  INSPEC – Information System for Physics, Engineering and Computing

12. Science and Technology SciFinder on the Web CSA databases:  Chemical Abstracts  Chemical Reactions database  Chemical Substances  Medline

13. Social Sciences CSA - Cambridge Scientific Abstracts:  ASSIA: Applied Social Sciences Index and Abstracts  ERIC (Education)  PAIS International (public affairs/policy, international relations)  Social Services Abstracts  Sociology Abstracts  Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

14. Social Sciences EBSCO Host:  International Bibliography of the Social Sciences  Business Source Complete  Family & Society Studies Worldwide

15. Social Sciences Ovid  EconLit  PsycINFO  Index to Foreign Legal Periodicals

16. Social Sciences Proquest ABI/INFORM – Business, Finance and Economics EthnicNewsWatch

17. Social Sciences: other databases providing alerting services Education Australian Education index British Education Index Law Index to Legal Periodicals Lexis

18. Arts & Humanities EBSCO Host  America History and Life  ATLA Religion database and ATLASerials  Historical Abstracts  New Testament Abstracts  Old Testament Abstracts  Philosophers index  RILM Abstracts of Music

19. Arts & Humanities First Search  MLA Intl Bibliography (Modern Languages Association)  Bibliography of the History of Art  FRANCIS (international, multilingual, multidisciplinary humanities and social sciences)

20. Arts & Humanities CSA: Cambridge Scientific Abstracts British Humanities Index CSA Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts

21. Arts & Humanities: other databases offering alerting services English ABES: Annotated Bibliography of English Studies Philosophy International Philosophical Bibliography (allows you to save searches) Theology RAMBI - Index of ARticles on Jewish Studies

22. Multidisciplinary databases Web of Knowledge Web of Science/Science Citation Index Social Sciences Citation Index Arts & Humanities Citation Index

23. Multidisciplinary databases SCOPUS searches: Geobase Compendex Embase Medline

24. Journal Content Alerts ZETOC - Electronic Table of Contents Zetoc provides access to the British Library's Electronic Table of Contents of around 20,000 current journals and around 16,000 conference proceedings published per year.

25. Database search alerts vs journal content alerts Database search alerts  update on a topic  based on saved search  bibliographic references and abstracts Journal content alerts  latest issue of a journal  include pre-selected journal titles  table of contents only

26. RSS feeds Really Simple Syndication-RSS feeds can keep you up date with your favourite website, blogs, news events, journal issue releases etc. and can be used as an alternative to email for database alerts. For more information- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rss RSS feeds can be read using software called an "RSS reader", "feed reader", or "aggregator“ such asaggregator Google ReaderGoogle Reader, Bloglines, MyYahoo, Newsgator, etc.BloglinesMyYahooNewsgator

27. MyYahoo example

28. Contacts Ljilja Ristic Physical Sciences Librarian Subject Consultant Radcliffe Science Library Ljilja.Ristic@bodley.ox.ac.uk Angela Carritt OULS user Education Coordinator Angela.Carritt@ouls.ox.ac.uk