Keeping up-to-date with the literature

Ljilja Ristic & Linda Atkinson

WISER Focus on

Introduce different ways of keeping up to

date with latest researchPresent a range of e-resources of interest Show different types of Alerts Demonstrate how to set up updates and alerts

Overview of the session

Oxlip electronic resources http://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip/

Bibliographic databasesElectronic journalsInformation GatewaysInternet resources (quality assessed)General and reference material

ALERTS

Saved search alerts SDI, My Profile, Saved searches, E-mail updates…

Table of Contents Alerts Current issue alerts, Journal alerts, journal contents page…

Accessing Alerts

Password registration is required For remote access - ATHENS password

http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/athens/VPN service registration

http://www.oucs.ox.ac.uk/network/

Saved search alertsFrom subject specific databasesWebSPIRS INSPEC, Biological Abstracts, GeoRef… Cambridge Scientific Abstracts – CSA Materials research, Environmental SciencesEngineering Village CompendexOvid Medline, Embase, CINAHL…

WebSPIRS Science and Engineering databases

This platform covers the main science databases:INSPEC database of physics, engineering, and computing researchGeoRef the main geology database Biological Abstracts of biology researchZoological Record – index to zoology literature Other

CSA Science and TechnologyCambridge Scientific Abstracts portal includesthe following science and technology databases:Materials Research database with METADEXComputer Technology for computer scienceBiotechnology and Bioengineering AbstractsEnvironmental SciencesAquatic ScienceOther

EEVL – Engineering VillageThis platform provides access to the mostcomprehensive interdisciplinary engineeringdatabase - Compendex Ei.

To create search alerts you need:To register on the web siteConduct a search on a topicCreate alert You can Edit or delete alerts Weekly updates will be e-mailed

OVID Medical databases Most of the big Medical databases are provided through the OVID platform.To set up an alert remotely you must go into OVID using your Personal Athens user-id and password.Within the OU network you will need to register to set up an alertA useful feature is the ability to suspend alerts.

Multidisciplinary databasesWeb of Knowledge This platform has the Citation databases that fully index journals from Science, Social Science, HumanitiesSCOPUS This platform provides access to medical, engineering, and environmental databases. It also includes around 16000 full-text journals

Alerts from e-journals

Table of Contents (ToC) for journals include:ZETOC – British Library electronic Table of

Contents http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/TDNet – Oxford electronic journals http://tdnet.bodley.ox.ac.uk/PrePRINT Network scientific or technical

documents circulated electronically

ZETOC e-journals

British Library electronic Table of Contents• Around 20000 current journals• 16000 conference proceedings published per year• Covers 1993 to date/Updated daily• E-mail Alerts to keep up-to-date

with new articles

E-journals at Oxford -TDNet http://tdnet.bodley.ox.ac.uk/TDNet platform provides access to all e-journals at Oxford:Around 39000 e-journal titles currently availableAll subjects coveredAlerts can be set up for selected journal titlesAlerts limited to journal titles held at Oxford onlyFor comprehensive update on a topic you need to search subject specific database.

Database search Alerts vs e-journal Alerts

Database search alerts:Provide an update on a topic of interestAre based on previously conducted searchSearch strategy defines the contentSearch strategy needs to be reviewed if topic of interest

changes

E-journal alerts:Alert you to new issues of journals Limited to selected journal titlesProvide alerts from specific journal collections

ContactsLjilja RisticPhysical Sciences Librarian Subject ConsultantRadcliffe Science LibraryTel.(01865)272816 risticl@bodley.ox.ac.uk

Linda AtkinsonReader Services LibrarianHealthcare Library – John Radcliffe HospitalTel.(01865) 221936 Linda.Atkinson@hcl.ox.ac.uk

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