Getting information to come to you Emma Cragg, Sainsbury Library Jane Rawson, Vere Harmsworth Library Session structure Information overload? Ways of keeping up to date Database alerts Journal alerts Websites and blogs Practical exercises Information overload? Information sources are increasingly varied a n d v a s t Ways of keeping up to date RSS feedsalerts Managing information Publication type Duplicates Work time Period of interest Case study 1: Ms All Rounder My DPhil topic is really interdisciplinary. I need to keep up to date with several topics, but I dont want the hassle of checking databases all the time. Problem: Case study 1: Ms All Rounder Solution: database alerting services Includes RSS feeds,alerts and saved searches Some databases require you to create a free account to access these services Alerts to notify you of new material From e-journals databases such as Business Source Complete and ProQuest Saved searches From SOLO and e-journals databases such as Business Source Complete From abstracting and indexing databases such as Web of Science and Scopus Whittington, R. (1996) Strategy as practice Long Range Planning, 29(5), pp Alerts to notify you when a specific article is cited Web of Science Case study 2: Dr Organization I need to keep up to date with key journals in but I havent got time to keep browsing in the library or on websites! Problem: Case study 2: Dr Organization Solution: Table of Contents alerts Listings of tables of contents in journals as they are published. Alerts viaor RSS Two main sources: ZETOC alertsJournal publishers ZETOC Access to the British Librarys electronic table of contents of around 20,000 journals and 16,000 conference proceedings published each year. Offersand RSS alerting service as well as search. Can set up search alerts for title keywords or authors (not RSS) Publishers websites Access via OU E-journals/OxLIP+ Dependent on and different for each publisher platform look for my alerts or the RSS symbol May need to sign up even for RSS Case Study 3: Professor Asset I need to keep up to date with the academic community things move so fast! Problem: Case Study 3: Professor Asset Solution: get other people to do the work for you Websites, blogs, Twitter, social bookmarking sites All offer RSS feeds and somealerts People-driven: what other people are talking about/recommending More up-to-the minute than other methods as no publication schedule Follow links! Websites and Blogs Use RSS! Websites/blogs of major organisations, prominent researchers. Specialised blog search engines: Technorati (http://technorati.com/)http://technorati.com/ Google Blog Search (http://blogsearch.google.com)http://blogsearch.google.com Intute (www.intute.ac.uk and filter by blogs)www.intute.ac.uk Search blogs and individual posts Subscribe to searches viaand RSS Twitter RSS reader of the future? (But not full text, easier to miss things, cant save etc) Network of experts follow people you trust and people they trust, RTing, linking Twitter directories and lists for experts http://tweepml.org,Search & hashtags for subjects and conferences Incredibly up-to-the-minute! Social bookmarking Online lists of bookmarks/favourites in chronological order. Save individual articles as well as whole sites. Examples: delicious, StumbleUpon, Digg RSS feeds for users and for tags Subscribe to new links from trusted users or specific tags/tag combinations Have a go! Set up an RSS reader and find and add some feeds Run some searches and subscribe to alerts byor RSS Sign up for ZETOC Any questions, just ask!