Strategies for staying current Module 6 Peg Burnette Objectives By the end of this module you will Understand different strategies for keeping up with news Understand strategies for keeping up with professional literature Be able to use Web technologies for : News feeds Email Newsletters Journal Alert services Saved Database searches Part 1 Current Awareness - News Web Syndication Online Newsletters Mail Lists 1
Web Syndication RSS - Really Simple Syndication Atom Subscribe to news feeds The feed provides an alert to updated content A feed reader or aggregator delivers and manages the alerts Syndicated content can include news, blogs entries, web pages, and podcasts How do I get the feed? A reader or aggregator allows the user to organize and track web feeds. The aggregator collects selected feeds and displays updates in a single, customized web page. Feeds are available in either RSS or Atom format Indications of available web feed include: SUBSCRIBE XML script 2
Web-based Readers Newsisfree www.newsisfree.com/ Bloglines www.bloglines.com Newsgators www.newsgator.com RSSReader www.rssreader.com Feedster www.feedster.com/ Origin of the feed 3
Client-based readers AmphetaDesk www.disobey.com/amphetadesk/ Winodws/macs/linux Free FeedDemon feeddemon.com Windows Fee FeedReader feedreader.com Windows Free 4
Personalized Portals Yahoo MyYahoo myyahoo.com Google Google Reader reader.google.com Gmail Web Clips Opera Web browser www.opera.com/ Firefox NewsFox https://addons.mozilla.org/firefox/629/ 5
Podcasts Deliver audio/video to your computer or MP3 player Subscription requires reader application Apple itunes - www.apple.com/itunes/ Juice - http://juicereceiver.sourceforge.net/ Available on demand from web site JHSPH Podcasts Audio: http://commprojects.jhsph.edu/pr/audio_podcast.xml Video:http://commprojects.jhsph.edu/pr/video_podcast.xml Email lists & Newsletters News from PHP Partners https://list.nih.gov/cgibin/wa?subed1=phpartners_link&a=1 PHP Partners discussion & email lists http://phpartners.org/dlists.html Finding Feeds for Health Information Public Health Partners News RSS Feed: http://commprojects.jhsph.edu/pr/newsrss.xml Evidence Based Nursing http://ebn.bmj.com/ Biomed Central Public Health http://www.biomedcentral.com/bmcpublichealth/ 6
More public health feeds CDC Public Health Law News http://www2a.cdc.gov/phlp/weeklynews.asp National Library for Health RSS Directory http://www.library/nhs.uk/rss/directory/ Medscape Public Health and Prevention http://www.medscape.com/publichealth Morbidity Mortality Weekly Report http://www.cdc.gov/mmwr/ Finding feeds for any topic RSSfeeds.com www.rssfeeds.com Subject categories Keyword Syndic8 www.syndic8.com Search or browse NewsIsFree www.newsisfree.com Browse by category, date, etc. Web feed versus email list Privacy Easy to unsubscribe Feeds are automatically categorized 7
Part II How to keep up with professional literature Current Awareness Services Saved searches Alert Services Journal Tables of Contents Databases PubMed PubMed Informer MyNCBI (formerly Cubby) CINAHL (EBSCO) ISI Web of Knowledge Saved history alert Citation alert My Journal List PubMed Informer http://pmi.nlm.nih.gov 8
MyNCBI http://www.nlm.nih.gov/bsd/viewlet/myn cbi/saving_searches.html Save searches Set up e-mail alerts for new content Display links to Web resources (LinkOut) Choose filters that group search results EBSCO CINAHL Journal Alert Journal alerts can be set up using the Publications link Both tools offer options for customizing new content EBSCO CINAHL Saved Search Establish personal account Sign in to My EBSCOhost account Perform a search Click Search History/Alerts Click Save Searches/Alerts Select appropriate options 9
Other Databases Blackwell Synergy Table of contents from journals sent directly to your email ISI Web of Knowledge Science Direct Saved searches Email Alerts SpringerLink Wiley Intersccience Saved searches Email Alerts Journal Alerts American Journal of Public Health http://www.ajph.org/subscriptions/etoc.sht ml Journal of Community Health http://springerlink.metapress.com/content/ 1573-3610/ Emerging Infectious Diseases http://www.cdc.gov/ncidod/eid/index.htm Recap Keep up with news using technologies such as RSS or Atom for syndicated content News alerting services sent to email Saved search feature in a database Subscriptions to email newsletters and discussion lists 10
Thank you for completing Strategies for Staying Current To earn credit, please take time to complete the assessment for module 6. 11