managing your research materials

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MANAGING YOUR RESEARCH MATERIALS

Personalization : Databases Alerts & RSS

What is Alert?

An alert or current awareness is a service that sends subscribers e-mails ofupdates to a database (also referred to as index or abstract) or to a journals web

site.

It is a way of keeping up-to-date with newly published research in ones chosen

field.

DATABASES ALERTS EXAMPLESScienceDirect*

Types of Alerts Frequency of Alerts Limits

ToC

for journals, book series, orhandbooks

as issues become available;

gives option to receiveindividual e-mails for eachvolume/issue or for allvolumes/issues

None

Search alerts(based on search results page)

Maximim of 10 searchalerts

Topic alerts(based on predefined broadcategory that can be selected,e.g., analytical chemistry)

None

Citation alerts Maximimum of 200citation alerts

This site includes 1,500 e-journals published by Elsevier.

Engineering Village 2


Topic alerts(based on searchhistory)

weekly 25 records sent in e-mail;additional available throughhyperlink

IEEE Xplore

Types of AlertsFrequency of

AlertsLimits

ToC for IEEE and IEE journals andmagazines

as new issuesbecome available

None

IngentaConnectTypes of Alerts

Frequency ofAlerts

Limits
http://libaccess.mcmaster.ca/login?url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journalshttp://libaccess.mcmaster.ca/login?url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journalshttp://www.engineeringvillage2.org/controller/servlet/Controller?CID=quickSearch&database=compendexhttp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/dynhome.jsphttp://www.ingentaconnect.com/;jsessionid=32v4p4w3c89n1.henriettahttp://libaccess.mcmaster.ca/login?url=http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journalshttp://www.engineeringvillage2.org/controller/servlet/Controller?CID=quickSearch&database=compendexhttp://ieeexplore.ieee.org/Xplore/dynhome.jsphttp://www.ingentaconnect.com/;jsessionid=32v4p4w3c89n1.henrietta


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ToC as new issuesbecome available

None

Topic alerts(based on savedsearch page)

ISI Web of Knowledge


Citation alerts daily, weekly ormonthly

None

Topic alerts(based on searchhistory)

Alerts have to be renewedevery 24 weeks

CHEMISTRYAmerican Chemical Society *


ASAD - As Soon AsPublishable; theseare articles on theweb before they areassigned avolume/issue number

daily or weekly None

ToC as new issues becomeavailable

ProQuest Dissertations and Theses (Registration possible after search executed)


Alerts Limits

Topic alert(based on recent andcurrent searches)

daily, weekly andmonthly, every threemonths

has to be renewed after amaximum of 1 year andminimum of 2 weeksdepending on optionselected

Up to 50 results per e-mailfor alerts based on recentsearches

Springer Link


AlertsLimits

ToC

(option to select byname of journal or bysubject)

as new issuesbecome availableNone

None
http://isi6.isiknowledge.com/http://pubs.acs.org/http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTNiMTAmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=22605http://www.springerlink.com/app/home/main.asp?wasp=29587b6223be482e84d8474a9fcb1e69http://isi6.isiknowledge.com/http://pubs.acs.org/http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTNiMTAmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=22605http://proquest.umi.com/login?COPT=REJTPTNiMTAmSU5UPTAmVkVSPTI=&clientId=22605http://www.springerlink.com/app/home/main.asp?wasp=29587b6223be482e84d8474a9fcb1e69


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Topic alerts

Includes all journals published by Springer Verlag and Kluwer AcademicPublishing. Covers subjects biomedicine, life sciences, physics,engineering, mathematics, computer science.

Wiley InterScience


ToC (table of contents)(alerts have to be set upfor each individual

journal)

Topic alerts(based on saved searchpage); search has to beexecuted before alertoption displays

as new issues becomeavailable

None

Publisher of science/engineering journals.

Link : http://library.mcmaster.ca/thode/alerts.htm

What Is RSS?

RSS (Rich Site Summary) is a format for delivering regularly changing webcontent. Many news-related sites, weblogs and other online publishers syndicatetheir content as an RSS Feed to whoever wants it.

Benefits and Reasons for using RSS

Allows to easily stay informed by retrieving the latest content from the sitesyou are interested in.

Save time by not needing to visit each site individually.

Ensure privacy, by not needing to join each site's email newsletter. The numberofsites offering RSS feeds is growing rapidly and includes big names like YahooNews.

RSS Feed Readers and News Aggregators

The software allow you to grab the RSS feeds from various sites and display them foryou to read and use.Some popular feed readers includeAmphetadesk (Windows,Linux, Mac), FeedReader (Windows), and NewsGator(Windows - integrates withOutlook). There are also a number of web-based feed readers available. My Yahoo,Bloglines, and Google Reader are popular web-based feed readers. Once you haveyour Feed Reader, it is a matter of finding sites that syndicate content and adding
https://univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca/Redirect/libaccess.mcmaster.ca/login?url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/browsebyproduct?type=1http://library.mcmaster.ca/thode/alerts.htmhttp://www.syndic8.com/feedcat.phphttp://news.yahoo.com/rss/http://news.yahoo.com/rss/http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/http://www.feedreader.com/http://www.newsgator.com/http://www.newsgator.com/http://my.yahoo.com/http://www.bloglines.com/http://www.google.com/reader/http://www.syndic8.com/feedcat.phphttps://univmail.cis.mcmaster.ca/Redirect/libaccess.mcmaster.ca/login?url=http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/browsebyproduct?type=1http://library.mcmaster.ca/thode/alerts.htmhttp://www.syndic8.com/feedcat.phphttp://news.yahoo.com/rss/http://news.yahoo.com/rss/http://www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/http://www.feedreader.com/http://www.newsgator.com/http://my.yahoo.com/http://www.bloglines.com/http://www.google.com/reader/http://www.syndic8.com/feedcat.php


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their RSS feed to the list of feeds your Feed Reader checks. Many sites display asmall icon with the acronyms RSS, XML, or RDF to let you know a feed is available.

More information on RSS :RSS Info Comprehensive Overview and LinksSyndic8 - Directory of RSS Feeds

RSS Blog Our very own weblog on RSSSites with RSS Feeds More RSS Examples. Sites with RSS feeds linking toWhatIsRSS.com

Link : http://www.whatisrss.com/

Reference & Bibliographic Management : Intro to EndNote

What is EndNote?

EndNote is citation management software that allows you to store, manage,organize and search for bibliographic references

Effectively organize and manage citations while conducting research, easilycreate independent bibliographies, incorporate references into word processingdocuments, and collect references from a variety of sources, including databases.

EndNote helps researcher to.

Search bibliographic databases on the Internet

Organize references, images, PDFs and other files in a library

Create an unlimited number of libraries of any size

Organize image files: Track images including charts, figures and equations,etc

Store PDF and other files with your EndNote library

Group references: Create up to 500 custom groups

Customize the reference library display

Preview formatted references

Includes hundreds of import filters

Link your EndNote records to the Web

Use Term Lists for consistent data entry

Searching: Use Quick Search in the toolbar to search all fields in an EndNote

Global Editing: Use the Change Text, Change Field, and Move Fieldcommands to modify existing references.

Sorting: Set up multi-level sorts on up to five fields of your choice such as

Year, Journal, and Title. Customize Setting

Running EndNote on a Network

Watch bibliographies appear as you write!

Create instant bibliographies in Microsoft Word
http://blogspace.com/rss/http://www.syndic8.com/feedcat.phphttp://rssblog.whatisrss.com/http://feeds.whatisrss.com/http://www.whatisrss.com/http://blogspace.com/rss/http://www.syndic8.com/feedcat.phphttp://rssblog.whatisrss.com/http://feeds.whatisrss.com/http://www.whatisrss.com/


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Collaborate with colleagues easily: A traveling library of cited referencesfollows the Microsoft Word document.

EndNote handles even the trickiest bibliographic details: EndNoteincludes bibliographic features that address a wide range of formatting issuesin the humanities, biomedicine, physical, life, and social sciences. Here aresome of the advanced formatting features EndNote handles with ease:

* Shortened forms of references in footnotes, including "Ibid."* Numbered text notes within a bibliography* Options for anonymous works* Hanging indent option* Capitalization options for author names or title

Includes more than 2,800 bibliographic styles

Link : http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/faq/faq.php?id=7

Managing Ideas: Intro to Mind Mapping SoftwareWhat is MindMapping Software ?Mind mapping software is used to create diagrams of relationships between ideas or

other pieces of information. It has been suggested that mind mapping software canimprove learning/study efficiency up to 15% over conventional note taking (Farrandet al, 2002).

Some mind mapping software is 3D. Some mapping programs incorporate otherlearning optimization techniques including electronic flashcard style testing.Categories are:

1 Open-source software

2 Freeware

3 Web Applications

4 Proprietary software

5 See also

6 References

7 External links

Freeware

Compendium is a free mind mapping application created by the OpenUniversity (Requires Java runtime).

Web Applications

MindMeister is a free mind mappingweb application. It runs cross-platform ina browser window, and allows multiple users to simultaneously edit the samemind map.

Proprietary software

There are many pieces ofproprietary software that allow the creation of mind maps.Examples :
http://www.lib.ncsu.edu/faq/faq.php?id=7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_mappinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_computer_graphicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_flashcardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_software#Open-source_softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_software#Freewarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_software#Web_Applicationshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_software#Proprietary_softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_software#See_alsohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_software#Referenceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_software#External_linkshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compendium_(software)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Universityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Universityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_mappinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_applicationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_softwarehttp://www.lib.ncsu.edu/faq/faq.php?id=7http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_mappinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/3D_computer_graphicshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Electronic_flashcardhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_software#Open-source_softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_software#Freewarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_software#Web_Applicationshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_software#Proprietary_softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_software#See_alsohttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_software#Referenceshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_software#External_linkshttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compendium_(software)http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Universityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_Universityhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_mappinghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Web_applicationhttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proprietary_software


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Vanda North's Mind Map of the Mind Mapping Laws recreated with HeadCase

Solution Language Tool

Links: Innovation Tools; Mind-mapping.org (Independent site claiming tohave every piece of mind mapping software in its list of over 178packages); The Mind Mapping Software Blog

Example : http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Page

FreeMind - free mind mapping software

FreeMind is a premier free mind-mapping (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map)software written in Java. The recent development has hopefully turned it into highproductivity tool. The operation and navigation of FreeMind is faster than that ofMindManager because of one-click "fold / unfold" and "follow link" operations.
http://www.innovationtools.com/http://www.mind-mapping.org/http://mindmapping.typepad.com/http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Pagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_maphttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:XMIND_2008_in_Windows_Vista.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Solution_Language_Tool.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:Solution_Language_Tool.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Image:MMPLaws.jpghttp://www.innovationtools.com/http://www.mind-mapping.org/http://mindmapping.typepad.com/http://freemind.sourceforge.net/wiki/index.php/Main_Pagehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mind_map


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Screenshots of FreeMind

(http://freemind.sourceforge.net/FreeMind-computer-knowledge.png)

(http://freemind.sourceforge.net/FreeMind-learning-german.png)

(http://freemind.sourceforge.net/FreeMind-

freemind-development.png)

(http://freemind.sourceforge.net/FreeMind-

my-health.png)

Uses of FreeMind :

Keeping track of projects, including subtasks, state of subtasks and timerecording

Project workplace

Workplace for internet research using Google and other sources

Keeping a collection of small or middle sized notes with links on some areawhich expands as needed. Such a collection of notes is sometimes calledknowledge base.

Essay writing and brainstorming by colors

Keeping a small database of something with structure that is either verydynamic or not known in advance.

Commented internet favorites or bookmarks, with colors and fonts havingthe meaning you want.

FreeMind is a free software(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Software), licenced underGPL - GNU General Public License(http://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html). Basically, thatmeans that you are free to use FreeMind to whatever you want without paying for that,and that any code derived from current FreeMind's code must also be licenced under
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Softwarehttp://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmlhttp://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.htmlhttp://freemind.sourceforge.net/FreeMind-my-health.pnghttp://freemind.sourceforge.net/FreeMind-freemind-development.pnghttp://freemind.sourceforge.net/FreeMind-learning-german.pnghttp://freemind.sourceforge.net/FreeMind-computer-knowledge.pnghttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_Softwarehttp://www.gnu.org/copyleft/gpl.html


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GPL. FreeMind is also open sourcesoftware (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_software).

Links :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_software
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Open_source_softwarehttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Mind_Mapping_software

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