Keeping Current
Blogging at Crerar
In order to provide more up to date and timely news of the library,
including announcements about new products, information about
temporary technical problems with electronic resources, library
exhibits, scheduled workshops and training opportunities, and more,
the reference librarians at the John Crerar Library have set up a
blog.
To visit our blog, click http://crerar.typepad.com.
No need to sign up for anything -- just bookmark this site. Once at
the site, those of you who use RSS readers can add the Crerar blog
to your list of feeds. Scroll down the page and click on
Syndicate this site (XML) link on the right hand
side of the screen.
For any questions or comments about the Crerar blog, contact
crerar-reference@lib.uchicago.edu.
Workshops and Tours at the Library
Library
Catalog, Medline, Web of Science, RefWorks, EndNote, Journal Alert
Services, more....
What's New @ The Library
www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/whatsnew/
Alerting/Information Services
There are a variety of email article and journal alerting services
available today. Many of these services are free, or are included
as part of the University of Chicago Library online subscriptions
to publishers' journal packages. Also included are links to our
library newsletter and monthly new books lists for the John Crerar
Library. The following is a list for various formats of alerting
services of interest to researchers, with a URL for details on
setting up an alert, a brief description of the service, and any
special information you might need. Please contact the Crerar Reference Desk if you need
assistance.
http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/using/purchaserequest.html
The Library welcomes suggestions for the acquisition of materials
which support the University's teaching and research programs.
Before submitting a request, please check the
online catalog to determine whether the material you want is
already in the Library or on order. All suggestions will be
reviewed by the appropriate subject bibliographers in the Library
and you will receive notification of their
decision.
Profiling Services (Selection by Topic and/or Keyword
and covering multiple publishers)
- Current Contents
http://isiknowledge.com
One of the most comprehensive current awareness services available.
Covers journals from many different publishers. Research update
subject areas include: agriculture, biology, chemistry,
environment, physical and earth sciences, life sciences, clinical
medicine, engineering, computer science, technology, business,
social and behavioral sciences, and arts and humanities. Create and
run the desired search, click Save History and follow
instructions.
- PubMed: My NCBI
The My NCBI service stores PubMed search strategies. Each time your
return to My NCBI, you can scan recent articles on your topic. You
can also have email alerts sent when new citations are available
for your saved searches. To register, click My NCBI in the upper
right hand corner of the
home page. In order for you to use this feature your web
browser must be set to accept cookies. For more information, read
"My NCBI Replaces the Cubby: Includes Automatic E-mailing of Search
Updates and Filters" from the National Library of Medicine or
the My NCBI
help section.
- PubCrawler - an Update Alerting Service for PubMed and
GenBank
http://www.pubcrawler.ie/
PubCrawler is a free "alerting" service that scans daily updates to
the NCBI Medline (PubMed) and GenBank databases using your search
terms. The results are presented as an HTML Web page, similar to
the results of an NCBI PubMed or Entrez query. This Web page can be
located on our computer (the PubCrawler WWW-Service), on your
computer (the stand-alone program), or you can receive it via
e-mail (set this up using the PubCrawler WWW-Service).
- BioMail
http://www.biomail.org
Searches PubMed using your search terms.
BioMail then e-mails you the results weekly, biweekly or monthly as
you choose. It is possible to get the e-mail in HTML format with
direct links to PubMed, output in different formats for import into
reference manager programs and storage of important papers in a
"Reference Treasury". Setting up an account is easy. For more
information read the
BioMail Quick Start Guide.
E-mail Alerting Services
Most publishers
have email alerting services for their own titles. The following is
not an exhaustive list; individual publishers home pages may have
details on other services.
- ScienceDirect Alerts
http://www.sciencedirect.com
Service for Elsevier ScienceDirect journals only. Both simple and
advanced search form for setting up alerts are available. Select
the Alert button/tab and follow instructions. Requires individual
(free) registration.
- LINK Alerts
http://www.springerlink.com/
Alerting service for Springer LINK journals. Table of contensts for
selected publications and/or keyword alerts are available. Click
the Alert tab on the main SpringerLINK page and follow the
instructions. Requires individual (free) registration.
- Wiley Interscience (My Profile)
http://www3.interscience.wiley.com/cgi-bin/home
Personalized services, including email alerts and saved searches.
Requires individual (free registration). Select the My Profile tab
and follow instructions.
-
ASAP alerts
http://pubs.acs.org/journals/asap/index.html
Alerting service for American Chemical Society journals. Select
journal titles of interest. The message contains the title, author,
journal name, official Web publication date, and direct URL link to
the full article on the Web. Subscribers to the Web Edition will
access the full article while non-subscribers may purchase the
article using our Articles on Command service.
- Scitation
http://ojps.aip.org/journals/doc/MY-SCI/info/tour/myNewLook.jsp
New in January 2004 from the American Institute of Physics, this
service replaces OJPS. Personalized features include table of
content alerts and customized pages that allow users to create
article "collections", share these collections with other
researchers and build links to content of particular interest.
