keep updated in research: using alert services
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HKIEd Library Mar 2011 http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/instruct/workshops/materials/. Keep Updated in Research: Using Alert Services. Contents. Basics – What is a RSS Feed? How to subscribe to a RSS feed using IE Working Example 1: subscribe a predefined news feed - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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HKIEd LibraryMar 2011http://www.lib.ied.edu.hk/instruct/workshops/materials/
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Basics – What is a RSS Feed? How to subscribe to a RSS feed using IE Working Example 1: subscribe a predefined
news feed Working Example 2: customize your own news
feed More ways to subscribe & read RSS feeds
Alerts for Academics and Researchers Journals TOC Alerts Customized Search Alerts Citation Alerts Free Alert Services on the Web
Library Research Services for Faculties 2
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In the past, many companies, including academic publishers, use print catalogue and company newsletters to communicate with their customers about their product catalogues and company news
Nowadays, many of these companies are using email and / or RSS feeds instead. E.g. You can subscribe to alerts services for the table of contents of the latest issue in your education journal; monthly new book list of publications on special education from your favorite publisher, etc.
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RSS – RSS are feeds / channels waiting for users to subscribe to. Like listening to a radio, you can choose to tune in (subscribe) to the channels that you like and turn off (unsubscribe) at any time
RSS – therefore, unlike email, you can usually remain anonymous to the company
For more non-technical introduction to the nature and use of RSS: http://www.commoncraft.com/rss_plain_english http://netforbeginners.about.com/od/rssandlive
webfeeds/f/rss.htm5
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Look for wordings like "Alert Services", RSS and symbols like these
You can choose and download a RSS Reader. But the easiest way to begin is to subscribe a RSS feed using your Internet browser like the Internet Explorer or Firefox.
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http://news.yahoo.com
Scroll to the Bottom for RSS
Feed
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Subscribe to particular RSS
channel by clicking the RSS icon.
E.g. US Education
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Add the Feed to the "My
Favorite" bar
Add the Feed to the "My
Favorite" bar
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The RSS Feed is now added to the
"My Favorite" Bar
The RSS Feed is now added to the
"My Favorite" Bar
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Now you can access the Feed any time you want to
Now you can access the Feed any time you want to
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http://news.yahoo.com
Do a News Search. E.g. Fukushima
Do a News Search. E.g. Fukushima
Note the RSS icon of
IE is currently dimmed
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When RSS Feed is available for the web page, the IE RSS Icon
will be on
Or click the RSS Icon to
subscribe this search
Or click the RSS Icon to
subscribe this search
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CNN – CNN News Local News – HK Yahoo! News Mingpao iNews – Mingpao iNews RTHK News – RTHK Express News Library Pressdisplay
SCMP, The Guardian, The Washington Post, etc.
HK Gov't Services RSS
Virtually all blogs provide some sorts of RSS Feeds: e.g. the HKIEd Library Blog
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RSS Feeds to SCMP, Washington Post, The
Guardian, Wall Street Journals, etc. available via Library
Pressdisplay provided by the Library
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You can add your RSS Feeds to your Google / Yahoo! Personal home page and access it anywhere My Yahoo! iGoogle or use the Google Reader
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RSS in MS
Outlook
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There are many free RSS Readers. E.g. RSSOwl Reader (http://www.rssowl.org/)
There are many free RSS Readers. E.g. RSSOwl Reader (http://www.rssowl.org/)
RSS Reader can stay at the Windows Bar
but pop up the headings when new
feeds arrive
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Most major publishers are providing various alert services by email and / or RSS.
For those journals that no alert services are provided by the publisher, you can probably get the TOC indirectly via Library-subscribed databases
Usually the publishers or the databases will require you to register before you can set up email alerts. But then if you register with a publisher, they can often provide additional functions like keeping your favorite journals, favorite articles, bookmarks, saved searches and even tracking services.
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E.g. Found Literature & Theology in Library catalogue
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A typical OUP journal home
page.RSS and
other alerts options are available.
Some require a free
registration first.
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E.g. Found International Journal of Educational Research in Library catalogue
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A typical ScienceDirect journal home
page.RSS and
other alerts options are available.
Some require a free
registration first.
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E.g. Found Theory and Research in Education in Library catalogue
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A typical SAGE journal home page.
RSS and other alerts options are available.
Some require a free
registration first.
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Found Teaching Business and Economics from Library catalogue
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You must click the confirmation link in
an email sent to your email account to activate the alert
service
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Found Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly from Library catalogue
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Check: Bibliographic Records still
being updated
Alert options available. But
user must register and sign in to create alerts
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Add the RSS Feed but You Must Click “Save Alert” after adding the feed
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Email Option Only Appears AFTER
you Sign In
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Sign in first in order to be able to save your search, set up email
alerts, etc.
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Click "Folder" icon to Manage Your Alerts
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Sign in first in order to be able to save your search, set up email
alerts, etc.
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Register to create search history alerts, citation search alerts,
etc.
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Create Citation Alert from article
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Click "My Citation Alerts" to Manage
Your Citation Alerts
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You can create Email Alerts for your Searches
http://scholar.google.com
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You don't need to register or login first. But you must confirm the verification email
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Click "Cited by
XX"
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From this result list of entries
citing a particular article, "Create email alert" will track citations to
this article
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http://www.eric.ed.gov/
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For Example, a lot of famous universities have put videos of their lectures online on Youtube and iTunes U. You may subscribe to them using standard procedures in iTunes and Youtube
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