STAYING ON TOP OF THE LITERATURE: CUSTOMIZING

AUTO ALERTS AND RSS FEEDSJon Goodell

UAMS Library

How Do You Stay Current?

Different needs for Teaching Research Service Programs

Jon Goodell, Library Liaison to COPH Faculty, Staff, and Students

Information Overload

Too much information; too little time to evaluate and process

Multi-tasking and interruptions; e.g., multiple lit. searches at a time and “oh that’s an interesting article” moments

Solutions More precise search strategies, automated searches, batching similar work, low information diets

Jon Goodell, Library Liaison to COPH Faculty, Staff, and Students

Email Auto Alerts

Specify search strategy and results sent automatically via email

Examples include PubMed via My NCBI, Ebsco Alerts, Ovid Auto Alerts, Web of Science

Use regular email to read alerts

Jon Goodell, Library Liaison to COPH Faculty, Staff, and Students

RSS Feeds

RSS = Really Simple Syndication Specify search strategy then automate

via one interface Examples include PubMed, Ebsco Alerts,

Ovid Auto Alerts, Web of Science May need to use alternate RSS feed

reader

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MS Outlook Email/RSS Reader

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Google.com/reader

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Bloglines.com

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My NCBI

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Automated Lit. Search Shortcomings

Fixed search strategies Unanticipated new terms Separate logins required to save and

automate searches for each database provider

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Demo of PubMed Auto Alert and RSS Feed

RSS Feeds – Needs a feed reader like MS Outlook or Bloglines.com

My NCBI Account – New articles of search results sent by email monthly, weekly, or daily

http://www.library.uams.edu/default.aspx

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Additional Library Services and Information

RCSS NIH Public Access Copyright Compliance

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Research and Clinical Search Services

Expert Searches performed by librarians Susan Steelman and Sheila Thomas

One on one literature search consultations

Classroom training for students rcss@uams.edu | 686-6737

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NIH Public Access Policy

NIH supported projects (directly or indirectly) must make resulting articles available in PubMed Central within 12 months of publication in a peer reviewed journal

Authors must retain the right to deposit NIH enforcement actions for non-

compliance Effective April 7, 2008

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Higher Education Opportunity Act and Copyright Compliance

Applies to all UAMS faculty, staff, students

“…may be ordered to pay either actual damages or “statutory” damages affixed at not less than $750 and not more than $30,000 per work infringed…” (See handout)

Jon Goodell, Library Liaison to COPH Faculty, Staff, and Students

Questions?

Auto Alerts and RSS Feeds Research and Clinical Search Services Library Liaison Program Librarian Taught Lit. Search Classes NIH Public Access Policy Higher Education Opportunity Act

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Thank you

Jon Goodell, UAMS Libraryjgoodell@uams.edu | 501-526-5641Library Liaison to COPH Faculty, Staff, and

Students

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