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Robin Featherstone
Robin Featherstone

Presentation given as part of the "Graduate Student Workshop" series at the University of Western Ontario on June 17, 2010

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Keeping Current with Scholarly Literature Robin Featherstone Clinical Medicine Librarian Taylor Library, University of Western Ontario [email_address] Slides available: www.slideshare.net/featherr
In 1980, reading 1 RCT per day would keep you up to date… http://trusttheevidence.net/carl-heneghan/how-many-randomized-trials-are-published-each-year ... In 2008, you would have to read 71 per day
Prediction: 500,000 RCTs per year published by 2018-9 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wp3m1vg06Q
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How do alerts work? ,[object Object],[object Object]
Which databases offer alerts? Biological Sciences Engineering Health Sciences Medicine Physical & Mathematical Sciences ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
What kind of alerts can I set up? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Demo - Scopus ,[object Object],[object Object]
Exercise ,[object Object],[object Object]
RSS = Really Simple Syndication http://geekandpoke.typepad.com/geekandpoke/2007/02/keeping_up.html http://commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english
How does RSS work? ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Demo - PubMed ,[object Object]
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Recap ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
QUESTIONS Robin Featherstone [email_address] http://www.slideshare.net/featherr

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Keeping Current with Scholarly Literature

  • 1. Keeping Current with Scholarly Literature Robin Featherstone Clinical Medicine Librarian Taylor Library, University of Western Ontario [email_address] Slides available: www.slideshare.net/featherr
  • 2. In 1980, reading 1 RCT per day would keep you up to date… http://trusttheevidence.net/carl-heneghan/how-many-randomized-trials-are-published-each-year ... In 2008, you would have to read 71 per day
  • 3. Prediction: 500,000 RCTs per year published by 2018-9 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4wp3m1vg06Q
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