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.

• Electronic Resources Update
  http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/e/crerar/newsletter/
  This newsletter is produced by the Science Libraries Division for the physical sciences community. It is available on the web or for e-mail delivery. Contact us if you are interested in receiving a print copy.

• New Books (and other acquisitions) Lists
  http://www.lib.uchicago.edu/newbooks
  Monthly lists of recent library acquisitions.

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  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.