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Alerts/Notification Services

Alerts/Notification Services. Workshop for UWB Nursing Faculty February 7, 2007, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Julie Planchon Wolf. Agenda for today (flexible). Demonstration of CINAHL and PubMed Alert/Notification Services How to save alerts for EndNote Tips & discussion about information management

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Alerts/Notification Services

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  1. Alerts/Notification Services Workshop for UWB Nursing Faculty February 7, 2007, 12:00 – 2:00 p.m. Julie Planchon Wolf

  2. Agenda for today (flexible) • Demonstration of CINAHL and PubMed Alert/Notification Services • How to save alerts for EndNote • Tips & discussion about information management • Hands-on time to experiment with searches, databases, and alerts features

  3. Alerts/Notification Services Guides • Notification servicesallow you to receive email notification of new books or articles in your area of study. • Online guide from the Bothell Campus Library: http://www.uwb.edu/library/notifserv.html • Online guide from UW HealthLinks: http://healthlinks.washington.edu/howto/alerts.html

  4. CINAHL • Click on “Personal Account (for Searches” link on upper blue bar • Click on “Create a new Personal Account” and register • Click on “Main Search Page” link • Perform a search in CINAHL • Click on the “Save Search/Alert” link underneath the Search History.

  5. CINAHL • Name your search and select the Type as AutoAlert (SDI) • Pick Fields and Scheduling options you want • For EndNote Users: • (Output Type – keep the default of “Ascii” (?) • Result Format - Reprint/Medlars

  6. CINAHL • Click on Save • Can revise alerts by clicking on the “Saved Searches/Alerts” link on upper blue bar

  7. PubMed: My NCBI Setting up an account: • Click on the My NCBI link located on the left blue bar in PubMed • Register • Email confirmation with link • Set-up account

  8. PubMed: My NCBI • Searches • Conduct a search • Click on “Save Search” to the right of the “Go” button • Answer the question “Would you like to receive e-mail updates of new search results?” by choosing Yes • For EndNote Users: Choose the format of MEDLINE and Text • Click the OK button

  9. PubMed: My NCBI • Collections • “Send to” and choose “Clipboard” • Click on the “Clipboard” tab • Click on “Send to” and select “My NCBI Collections”

  10. How to save Alerts/Notifications for EndNote • Save emails as a text file (.txt) • When you set-up your alert/notification account, choose a format that is EndNote friendly such as text or ascii (varies per database interface – read the help screens).

  11. EndNote 8 Tutorial • Located online at: http://healthlinks.washington.edu/howto/endnote/tutorial/ Goals of the tutorial: • Search and save citations from the PubMed/Medline database • Import citations into your EndNote library • Format your paper's citations in a bibliographic style you choose Includes a link to a 30 day free trial of EndNote

  12. EndNote Imports Guide • This online guide with importing instructions can be used with earlier versions of EndNote. • Located online at http://www.lib.washington.edu/help/endnote/

  13. EndNote Web • Accessible for free through the Web of Science database (UW Restricted) • Online Guides • UW HealthLinks Guide: http://healthlinks.washington.edu/howto/enweb.html • Web site http://www.myendnoteweb.com

  14. EndNote.com • Trainings and Tutorials http://www.endnote.com/training/ • Import Filters http://www.endnote.com/support/enfilters.asp

  15. Tips & discussion about information management • Stop information sources that are not proving useful (e.g. e-mail lists) • Set aside specific times to look at e-mails • File e-mails unscrupulously and customize your system to meet your current need • Set-up a rules wizard in Outlook to automatically filter incoming messages • Book: “Getting Things Done” by David Allen

  16. Questions and Hands-on Time • Please let me know if you have questions • Time available to experiment with searches, databases, and alerts features • Printing is available

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