keeping current: my ncbi ovid autoalerts infopoems bmj updates rss feeds connotea
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Keeping Current: My NCBI Ovid AutoAlerts InfoPoems BMJ Updates RSS Feeds Connotea From your library liaison, Marilyn Rosen May 2007. My NCBI-Email Table of Contents of Journals. Science Direct – Email Table of Contents. HighWire Press – Email Table of Contents. Daily POEMS. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Keeping Current:
•My NCBI
•Ovid AutoAlerts
•InfoPoems
•BMJ Updates
•RSS Feeds
•Connotea
From your library liaison,
Marilyn Rosen
May 2007
My NCBI-Email Table of Contents of Journals
Science Direct – Email Table of
Contents
HighWire Press – Email Table of
Contents
Daily POEMS
http://bmjupdates.mcmaster.ca/index.asp
BMJ UpDates
What is RSS?
• Really Simple Syndication or Rich Site Summary• Content can be delivered without cluttering your
email inbox• Avoid conventional searching or browsing
websites• Written in internet coding language XML
(Extensible Markup Language)• Makes anything on the web “subscribable”.• Need an RSS reader to read an RSS feed
What is an RSS Reader?
Small software program that collects and displays RSS feeds.
We recommend:
• Onfolio
• Google Reader
• Refworks
Recommended RSS Readers
• Onfolio (www.onfolio.com)– Free– Browser based– Must be downloaded & installed in Internet
Explorer– Feeds delivered to single computer– Many bells & whistles (reading lists, folders,
etc.)
Recommended RSS Readers
• Google Reader (www.google.com/reader)– Free– No installation required– Not browser-based; must login to web site to
view feeds– Web-based; can access your account from
any computer
Create RSS Feed for Journal through Pubmed
Recommended RSS Readers
– RefWorks– Useful if you use RefWorks already– Web-based– You can import data into your RefWorks
database
What is Social Bookmarking?
– Web based bookmarks, instead of computer-based
– Can help you manage and organize information
– Easy to share with others
Recommended Tool - Connotea
– Geared towards the scientist– Created and operated by Nature Publishing– Easy to share your library with others
I hope you all know how to reach me by now:
275-6940
Thank you!