Presentation as part of the University of Bath Library and Learning Centre Research and Information Training Seminars, 2006

1. Keeping up-to-date An overview of tools available to keep up-to-date with new research. Prepared by Kara Jones & Jane Hill Library & Learning Centre University of Bath September 2006

5. Case study 1 Professor Jill Politic is an academic in the Dept. of Economics and International Development. She wants to keep up to date with the key journals in her field of research, without constant visits to the library or to the publisher website. How can Jill keep up to date?

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28. Case Study 3 Jennifer Genome is a researcher in molecular biology. This is a fast moving field, and she needs to keep up to date with the progress of her peers. Many scientists maintain their own websites to discuss their research, which they update constantly. Other research is frequently reported in newspapers and journals online. How can she keep up to date?

37. www.dmoz.org

38. Saving feeds

41. Case study 4 Lily Level is a new lecturer who has just moved to a position with the Department of Mechanical Engineering. She needs to find key conferences and mailing lists to build networks amongst her peers. How can Lily keep up to date?

47. “ ..a free service to help academics to share, store and organise the academic papers they are reading.” A “tag cloud” – showing the most popular subjects – click and follow to articles on these topics.

48. Tag cloud