keeping up to date
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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
Keeping up to date for researchers web page
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
Keeping up to date for researchers web page
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: [email protected] – telephone: 0191 334 1586
• Liaison Librarians– www.dur.ac.uk/library/resources/subject/
• Web page– www.dur.ac.uk/library/research/keepuptodate/