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Keeping up to date

Keeping up to date. University of Southampton Libraries. Things to think about. Too little or too much? What type of information do you need? Which resources should you use?. Sources of funding Literature review New information Conferences and meetings. Types of information. Informal.

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Keeping up to date

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  1. Keeping up to date University of Southampton Libraries

  2. Things to think about • Too little or too much? • What type of information do you need? • Which resources should you use?

  3. Sources of funding • Literature review • New information • Conferences and meetings

  4. Types of information Informal Keeping up to date General Specific

  5. Informal sources • Research group supervisor and co-researchers • Research partners in other Institutions • Peer contact • Social networking • Web 2.0 technologies

  6. Break

  7. General sources • Tables of contents services (TOCS) • Zetoc (British Library) • JournalTOC’s • individual journals • Conference listings • News services • General databases

  8. WoK Demonstration

  9. Specific/focused resources • Database search alerts • Publisher and Learned Society websites • E-print alerts

  10. Break

  11. Specific/focused resources • Smart phone apps • Research grant information

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  13. Alerting services - things to decide • What type of material do you want and when • How sophisticated do you want your search criteria to be • How frequently do you want to receive new material

  14. Types of Alert • Table of contents • Keyword • Detailed search including author, keyword and combinations • Citation alerts (Web of Science)

  15. Creating alerts • Register or set up a personal area on the database or website • Input your search criteria • Choose a frequency (if this option is available)

  16. Managing the material • Feed readers • Blog aggregators • Reference software • EndNote • Reference manager

  17. Managing the material • Information management and collaboration • Mendeley • Zotero • and possible future development – Sharepoint 2010

  18. Further information • Research web pages • Deskside training • Subject liaison librarians

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