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Scholarly Management:Staying Current with your Research
Beth Filar Williams, Coordinator of Library Services for Online &Distance Education
Liane Elias, Graduate Student in Library & Information Studies at UNCG
Cheryl Cross, Library Technology Support Analyst
Presented by UNCG Libraries, 9/28/11
Technical StuffClick TALK to speak, but set
up your audio first. (file –audio – audio set up wizard.
View PARTICIPANTS. Icons will appear next to their name if they are using mic, chatting, etc.
CHAT: Feel free to offer comments at anytime, ask questions, or chat directly with moderator.
Note icons to show emotion, leave room, raise hand or answer a poll.
Sometime video is used
Objectives
• to demonstrate various methods for staying current with your research
• to showcase the Current Awareness Libguides resources which will assist participants after this session
Types of Alerts/Staying Current
• Table of Contents Alerts• Search Alert• Citation Alert• Blogs• Twitter• Google News Alerts• Google Scholar Alerts• Mobile Options
POLL: RSS
A. I follow RSS feeds, via my emailB. I follow RSS feeds, via a reader (ex:
google reader)C.I have heard of RSS but don’t think I
follow it?D.RSSwhat?!
RSS• Stands for Really Simple Syndication• Very simple and streamlined way to bring your
news to you• Google Reader is most popular; runs from internet
browser
Table of Content Alerts:• Automatically receive a journals latest TOC • Skim article titles, link to full text • Offered by most databases & journals• Delivered via email or RSS feeds
Search Alerts• Set up alert on specific word/phrase in a database• Automatically receive alert when a new article is
added • Offered by most databases & journals• Delivered via email or RSS feeds
Citation Alerts:• Create an alert of a particular work• When this article is cited by another article,
receive an alert • Offered by only a few database like Web of
Science • Delivered via email or RSS feeds
POLL: Blogs
A. I follow blogs - though mainly for fun!B. I follow academic, scholarly blogs (maybe
some fun ones too) C. I am a scholarly bloggerD. (A or B) and CE. None of the above
POLL: Twitter
A. I tweet on twitter regularly but mainly for fun
B. I lurk on twitter but rarely tweetC. I use twitter for scholarly purposes onlyD. I use twitter for fun, scholarly purposes
and more!E. Tweeting is for the birds
Google News Alerts• http://www.google.com/alerts
Google Scholar Alerts• http://scholar.google.com/
Mobile Possibilities
iOS Android BlackberryOS
RSS Feeds Reeder($), Mobile RSS, Pulse
FeedR($), gReader, Pulse
Viigo, Arr!SS, Google Reader
Twitter Twitter, TweetDeck, Super Twario
Twitter, Plume, TweetDeck
Twitter, UberSocial, Viigo
• Keep up on the go with a smartphone or tablet
• Most RSS readers sync with Google Reader
• Find one that works for you!
Q &A?
http://uncg.libguides.com/currentawareness
Beth Filar Williams, DE Librarian, [email protected]
Liane Elias, LIS Grad Student, [email protected]