A guide to using Zetoc and setting up RSS alerts on EBSCO and Web of Science.

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Cutting Edge?
Staying up to date in your area

2. RSS feeds
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 In the databases we’ve looked at you can set up an
account and then set up alerts or RSS feeds for
searches you’ve done
PsycInfo

3. Staying up to date – citation alerts
•In Web of Science databases (SSCI and SCI)
•For articles particularly significant to your work/dissertation
get an alert every time it is cited in new research

4. Zetoc alerts service – get info as it’s published
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• Access as you would any of the other databases (MyUnihub)
• Updated weekly - journals are indexed here by BL quicker than other databases

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• Create an alert and name it

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• Now add searches or journals to the alert

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•You can build a list of searches – by keywords or author
•You can also add searches by journals and be emailed every
time a journal is released

8. Excercise - Zetoc
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 Set up some alerts and add searches relevant to your
log books for this module
 Remember you can AND SHOULD add multiple
searches for each of the synonyms for your search
term to your alert
 Make sure you have done some searched and know
common terms for your interest area
 Grab me if you need a hand or help picking search
terms.