1. Yun Zhang, M.S., M.L.I.S.
Science Librarian
Georgia State University
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2. Drowning in a Sea of Publications?
http://www.rkrk.net.au/images/thumb/3/35/Information_overload.jpg/
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3. Flow of Scientific Information
Flow of Scientific Information by Robert Tomaszewski
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4. Needs for New Publications
 Journal articles in your field
 Journal articles on your research topic
 Science news
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5. Outline
 Technology basics: E-mail alerts, RSS feeds
 Scientific publishing flow & current awareness tools
 Design your own information monitoring plan
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6. Technology Basics
 E-mail alerts
 RSS feeds
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7. Scientific Publishing Flow & Current Awareness Tools
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8. Journal articles in your discipline/field
 Services available:
New journal issue Table of Contents / Advance online
publication articles via e-mail alerts / RSS feeds from
publishers/aggregators
 Solution 1: Get Journal TOCs / Advance online
publication articles via email/RSS feeds from publishers
 Solution 2: Set up RSS feeds from
http://www.tictocs.ac.uk/
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9. Nature journal e-mail alerts/RSS feeds
1. Go to Nature website (http://www.nature.com/)
2. Click on Publications A-Z index
3. Select the journal you want to set up alerts/RSS feeds.
4. Sign up for e-alerts or web feeds
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10. Set up TOCs RSS
feeds from ticTOCs
1.Go to
http://www.tictocs.ac.uk
2.Search for the journals
you want to receive TOCs,
and Add selected to
MyTOCs
3.From the MyTOCs
column, click Select All.
4.Click Export Selected.
5.Save the OPML file to
your computer.
6.Import your OPML file
into your RSS feeds reader,
Google Reader for example.
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11. Journal articles on your research topic
Solution: Database search alerts/RSS feeds
Life Sciences Database Alerts
Search Interface NCBI Web of Knowledge
Database PubMed (Includes All Databases Biological Abstracts Web of Science MEDLINE
MEDLINE)
Subject Coverage Biomedical sciences All the databases we Life science Sciences, social Biomedical sciences
have: Biological sciences and arts &
Abstracts, Web of humanities
Science, and
MEDLINE
Update Daily Vary by database Bimonthly Weekly Weekly
Frequency
Alerting Service Search alerts/RSS feeds N/A Search history alerts /RSS feeds
Citation alerts/RSS feeds
Notes Picks up e-first articles Alerting not available Only the last search query in your search history will be created
for Web of alerts.
Knowledge All
Databases search
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12. Save search, then
set up email alert.
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14. Science News
 Solution:
 RSS feeds from science news website
 Recent GSU biology publications
 GSU Library Science Blog
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15. Questions?
yunzhang [at] gsu [dot] edu
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