Current Awareness

Health Library Current Awareness Service - watch this video to find out how to access our current awareness service.

Current Awareness Guide

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This guide gives you an overview of the type of activities you can carry out to help you keep up-to-date with the latest healthcare news and research.

Creating Search Alerts

Ebsco Alerts

Create an alert on Ebsco - video demonstrating how to create an alert on an ebsco database, such as Cinahl or Medline.

Create a search alert on Ebsco - step by step instructions to create an alert.

NHS Database Alerts

Setting Up Alerts on NHS Databases - printable document detailing how to create alerts on HDAS databases.

Pubmed Alerts

Pubmed saving searches and setting up email alerts - short YouTube video explaining how to save searches and create alerts from your search.

Zetoc Alerts Guide (Keele users only)

Quick Online Guide to Zetoc Alerts

The Zetoc database provides access to the British Library’s Electronic Table of Contents which includes thousands of current journals. This guide helps you to set up Zetoc Alerts so that you can keep up-to-date with the latest published material within your selected criteria. Zetoc is only available to Keele users - use your IT account username and password.

Zetoc Screencast Series

Collection of videos to help you to use the Zetoc database, including creating alerts.

RSS Feeds

What is RSS? - technical description from Wikipedia

What are RSS news feeds? - more readable description from the BBC

RSS in Plain English - short YouTube video explaining RSS feeds and Feed Readers

RSS Feed Readers - examples of various types of feed reader

eJournal Feeds by Topic - a list of some ejournal RSS feeds, from Ebling Library

Social Networking

Healthcare Researchers and Social Media - collection of resources relating to how social media can be used by researchers to support their work and studies. Here you will find help on how to get started, information about the benefits of using these tools as well as discussion around some of the issues to be wary of.

Blogs

Blogs in Plain English - YouTube video explaining what blogs are

Technorati - search for blogs, plus other blogging and social networking information

Twitter

Twitter in Plain English - YouTube video explaining how to use Twitter

What is Twitter? - from about.com