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
Jon Goodell, Library Liaison to COPH Faculty, Staff, and Students
MS Outlook Email/RSS Reader
Jon Goodell, Library Liaison to COPH Faculty, Staff, and Students
Google.com/reader
Jon Goodell, Library Liaison to COPH Faculty, Staff, and Students
Bloglines.com
Jon Goodell, Library Liaison to COPH Faculty, Staff, and Students
My NCBI
Jon Goodell, Library Liaison to COPH Faculty, Staff, and Students
Automated Lit. Search Shortcomings
Fixed search strategies Unanticipated new terms Separate logins required to save and
automate searches for each database provider
Jon Goodell, Library Liaison to COPH Faculty, Staff, and Students
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
Jon Goodell, Library Liaison to COPH Faculty, Staff, and Students
Additional Library Services and Information
RCSS NIH Public Access Copyright Compliance
Jon Goodell, Library Liaison to COPH Faculty, Staff, and Students
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 [email protected] | 686-6737
Jon Goodell, Library Liaison to COPH Faculty, Staff, and Students
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
Jon Goodell, Library Liaison to COPH Faculty, Staff, and Students
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
Jon Goodell, Library Liaison to COPH Faculty, Staff, and Students
Thank you
Jon Goodell, UAMS [email protected] | 501-526-5641Library Liaison to COPH Faculty, Staff, and
Students
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