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Keeping Current: Subscribing to Emerging Research & Evidence
Do you find it challenging to keep up to date with the latest info in your field? Reduce information overload and automate the task of keeping current with tools such as RSS feeds, search alerts and journal table of contents. These tools can bring newly released or published info together in one place, making it easier to stay current.
Learning outcomes:
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Differentiate between RSS feeds, search alerts and journal table of contents
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Set up an RSS feed
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Create a search alert in a database
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Set up an account with JournalTOCs and subscribe to journals
Recommended for: Staff, physicians and/or researchers who are looking to simplify the task of keeping current with their research areas of interest.
- Date:
- Friday, June 26, 2020
- Time:
- 10:00am - 10:30am
- Time Zone:
- Atlantic Time (change)
- Location:
- Online through Skype
- Zone:
- All Zones
- Categories:
- 30 Minutes or Less Library Services Online
*** BEFORE YOU REGISTER ***
To participate in an online session, you will need to meet the following requirements:
- You must have access to a computer with Skype for Business installed. If you do not have the software, you will be required to install a web app plugin that will allow you to attend as a guest
- You must have an audio output device connected (headphones or speakers) to be able to hear the instructor
- You must have an audio input device (webcam or microphone) connected whether you wish to participate verbally or not. If you do not wish to speak, you may type in the chat window
- Experience using chat
- Experience copying/pasting text and URLs
If you do not meet the above requirements, please consider requesting a one-on-one consult.
Prior to the start of an online session, test your sound settings to ensure you are ready. See Testing Skype Sound Settings* for step-by-step instructions.
To learn more about Skype for Business, see https://intra.nshealth.ca/UCS/BPS/SitePages/SkypeforBusiness.aspx*
*Internal link, you must be on the NSHA network to access