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 resourcesOxford Libraries Information Platformhttp://www.bodley.ox.ac.uk/oxlip/

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

ALERTS

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

Journal contents alerts Current issue alerts, Journal alerts, journal contents page…

Accessing databases

Direct access from University networkFor remote access - ATHENS password

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

VPN service registration

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

Creating search alerts

Register on the database Conduct a search Save your final search strategyCreate an alert Updates will be e-mailed

Biomedical databases

Ovid platform

AMEDBIOSISCAB AbstractsCINAHLEmbase Global HealthHMICMedlinePsycInfoZoological Record

Science and Technology

Cambridge Scientific

Abstracts - CSA Illumina

ASFABiological SciencesBiotechnology and

Bioengineering Computer TechnologyEnvironmental SciencesMaterials Research with

METADEX

Science and Technology

ERL WebSPIRS GeoRef – geosciences

INSPEC – Physics,

Engineering, Computing

Engineering

Engineering Village Compendex EI –

Engineering Index

Multidisciplinary databases

Web of Knowledge

Web of Science

SCOPUS

Multidisciplinary databases

Web of Knowledge Arts & Humanities Citation Index

Social Science Citation Index

Science Citation Index Scientific and Technical

ProceedingsJournal Citation Reports

Multidisciplinary database

SCOPUS CompendexGeobaseEMBASEMedlineJournal articles

Journal Content Alerts

ZETOC – British Library electronic Table of Contents http://zetoc.mimas.ac.uk/

Alerts from Publisher websites

(e.g. Science Direct)

Database search alerts vs journal content alerts

Database search alerts

update on a topic based on saved search articles from wide range of

journals covered bibliographic references

and abstracts

Journal content alerts

individually selected

journal titlestable of content

from a journal issue

Contacts

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

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