Drinking from a Fire Hose:Keeping up with the Professional Literature

Angela MurrellKresge Library, TSRIamurrell@scripps.edu858-784-8705

Keeping up or drowning

How do you stay current with the professional literature?

This presentation

Will discuss some alerting features

Will not discuss search techniques Different for each database ‘tricky’ or complex For searching assistance:

Can arrange 1-on-1 training Attend workshops coming soon. Look for

announcements.

AlertsLibrary Current Awareness pagehttp://www.scripps.edu/library/currentawareness.html

Author/Subject alerts Ovid (Medline, PsycINFO, etc) PubMed (with TSRI holdings) ISI Web of Science (Science Citation

Index) Faculty of 1000

Table of Contents alerts TDNet (table of contents alerts) Individual publishers

PubMed (MyNCBI)

Register for free Must Verify email Save Searches Set up as Alerts

Daily, Weekly, Monthly Citations, Abstracts, links

Edit Email address – can take it with you! To get TSRI holdings

Use PubMed link from Library database page Or sign in and set “outside tool” to Scripps

Research Institute

Register

Register

Select usernameSelect password

Answer security QNOTE: Library does not

track or have access

Enter email Can be done later,

but must be verified before alerts will send

Verify Email

Respond to email sent by NCBI

TSRI holdings

To get TSRI holdings Sign into MyNCBI Click “MyNCBI” Click “Outside

Tool” on left

Save Searches /Alerts

Run your search while signed inClick “Save Search”

Set up as Alert

The Save search window will openYou may save the search, or set up an alert

(select “yes” and additional options will appear)

Select frequency and format of alert

Alert Email

Take your alerts with you

Sign in to MyNCBIClick on “MyNCBI”Click User PreferencesChange emailConfirmation email will be sent, you must respond to verify account

OVID(Medline, PsycINFO, etc)

Set up a “Personal Account” for free Save Searches Set up Alerts

Weekly, biweekly, monthly Choose fields to send in email

Can have links to TSRI full-text or ILLiad through SFX

Register

Register

Create a usernameCreate a password

NOTE: Library does not track or have access

Save Search

Set up as Alert

View/Edit Alerts

ISI Web of Science

Register on entry page Save Searches Set up as Alerts

Weekly, monthly Citation, abstract or full record

Citation Alerts Notified when paper is cited within

Science Citation Index

Register

Save Search/Alert

Save Search/Alert

Set up as Alert

View/Edit Alerts

Citation Alerts

Faculty of 1000

Register for free Same as BioMedCentral login Entire email address

Save Searches Set up as Alert

Weekly, biweekly, monthly Citation as HTML or plain text

Register

Note areas of interest

Save Search/Alert

Set up as Alert

Alert Email

TDNet

Register to receive Table of Contents alerts in emailLinks to full-text articles in journals licensed by TSRI

RegisterClick on “My TDNet”

Click “To create profile please click here”

Register

Enter your name and emailCreate user nameCreate password

Mark the box next to “By Journal Title” to receive Table of Content alerts

Click “Submit”

Add Journals

First time, click “Proceed” to select Journals

Future visits will see journals in your alerts

To add journals, click “Add Titles”

Add Titles

Mark box next to journal

Click here to update before going to another page

Search

Search in My TDNet Searches within YOUR selected journal titles

Search TDNet Searches within the TDNet list To add these titles will need to go to A-Z list

TDNet Email Alert

ToC from publishers

Use for titles not in TDNetRegister for free at publisher siteSelect Titles to get ToC

Email example from Science Direct

Locate Full-Text

Click on link in database (or some alert emails) Look for full-text link Or search catalog for print

ILLiad – to request articles we do not have

SFX

Full text

Search for print

ILL through ILLiad

Feedback/Questions

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