1. Keeping up to date University of Southampton Libraries

2. Things to think about • Too little or too much? • What type of information do you need? • Which resources should you use?

3. Sources of funding • Literature review • New information • Conferences and meetings

4. Types of information Informal Keeping up to date General Specific

5. Informal sources • Research group supervisor and co-researchers • Research partners in other Institutions • Peer contact • Social networking • Web 2.0 technologies

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8. General sources • Tables of contents services (TOCS) • Zetoc (British Library) • JournalTOC’s • individual journals • Conference listings • News services • General databases

16. WoK Demonstration

17. Specific/focused resources • Database search alerts • Publisher and Learned Society websites • E-print alerts

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20. Specific/focused resources • Smart phone apps • Research grant information

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24. Alerting services - things to decide • What type of material do you want and when • How sophisticated do you want your search criteria to be • How frequently do you want to receive new material

25. Types of Alert • Table of contents • Keyword • Detailed search including author, keyword and combinations • Citation alerts (Web of Science)

26. Creating alerts • Register or set up a personal area on the database or website • Input your search criteria • Choose a frequency (if this option is available)

27. Managing the material • Feed readers • Blog aggregators • Reference software • EndNote • Reference manager

28. Managing the material • Information management and collaboration • Mendeley • Zotero • and possible future development – Sharepoint 2010

30. Further information • Research web pages • Deskside training • Subject liaison librarians