keeping up to date

Keeping up to date with new research

James BissetLiaison Librarian

(Researcher Support)

Format of the session• How? Part 1– email 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:• Email• RSS (Really Simple Syndication)– Feeds – Feed readers• Browser• Online

Browser or Reader?

Browser or Reader?

Browser or Reader?

Feeds

1. Durham University News: http://www.dur.ac.uk/news/– http://www.dur.ac.uk/feeds/news/?section=1

2. BBC News: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/ – http://feeds.bbci.co.uk/news/rss.xml

Feeds

Feed Readers

• Feed readers:– Google Reader– NetVibes– 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

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Task Two

• Create a RSS feed or an email alert for a book from one or more of the following:– Library Catalogue (email)– New items purchased by the library (RSS)– Copac (RSS)– A publisher site (email/RSS)

What?

Journal Articles:• Web of Science• Google Scholar

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Task Three

• Create a RSS feed or an email alert for a journal from one or more of the following:– Web of Science (RSS and email)– Google Scholar (email)

What?

Journal Table of Contents:• Zetoc• JournalTOCs

Keeping up to date for researchers web page

Task Four

• Create a RSS feed or an email alert for a journal table of contents from one or more of the following:– Zetoc (RSS and email)– JournalTOCs (RSS)

What?

• Mailing Lists:– JISC Mail

• Blogs:– Google Blogs

• Web Page Alerts• Research news & funding opportunities• Twitter (http://twitter.com/search/ )

Keeping up to date for researchers web page

Journal article covering related research and discussion

Newspaper coverage on related topic

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Task Five

• Spend some time having a look at some of the resources:– JISC Mail– Blogs – Web Page Alerts– Research news & funding opportunities– Twitter

RSS filters

• See only relevant information from your feed• Define keywords • Filter services– Feed sifter– Pipes

Task Six

• Set up a filter using Feedsifter• Subscribe to your filtered feed

More information

– James Bisset– e-mail: james.bisset@durham.ac.uk – telephone: 0191 334 1586

• Liaison Librarians– www.dur.ac.uk/library/resources/subject/

• Web page– www.dur.ac.uk/library/research/keepuptodate/