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[edit | edit source]| Introduction | This document identifies the skills and knowledge chemistry undergraduates should develop in order to successfully navigate scientific and chemical literature, and will be well-prepared for graduate work or employment as a chemist. |
| Section 1 | Big Picture: The Library And Scientific Literature Outlines what chemistry undergraduates should know about the library and scientific literature. |
| Section 2 | Chemical Literature Expected skills and recommended resources for finding: background information; articles and other chemical literature; patents; chemical substances, reactions, and syntheses. |
| Section 3 | Properties, Spectra, Crystallographic, And Safety Information Expected skills and recommended resources for finding: properties; spectra; crystallographic data; and safety information. |
| Section 4 | Scientific Communication And Ethical Conduct Communication section lists style guides; citation and reference manager software; and resources for designing posters. Ethical conduct section provides links to resources on responsible conduct in research. |
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[edit | edit source]Current Awareness: Auto-Alerts
[edit | edit source]An impressive variety of current awareness services, or auto-alerts, are available to help chemists stay current on the published research literature. Auto-alerts allow you to save a search specific to your research interests, have it automatically re-run each time new citations are added to a database or publisher website, and have the new citations delivered to you, as an email or an RSS feed. Other names for these services include: email alerts, and SDI (selective dissemination of information).
Auto-alerts were formerly available only from subscription article/research databases, but are now also available from: publishers, Google Scholar, and additional less formal (and generally less comprehensive) options including: Twitter feeds; user communities or social networks; podcasts; YouTube Channels; smart phone and tablet apps; and search widgets.
To identify the auto-alert(s) that best meet their needs, researchers need to be aware of the different types that are available:
- Search Alerts: Allow you to save a search on a: topic, substance, reaction, author, or journal name (options vary by database and publisher). Your search is rerun either when new records are added, or at an interval you specify.
- TOC (Table of Contents) Alerts: Send you the table of contents when a new journal issue is published (also called journal issue alerts).
- Citation Alerts: Notify you when article(s) you specify are cited.
The Search Alerts, TOC Alerts, and Citation Alerts sections below list options for creating various types of auto-alerts using chemistry and general databases, major chemistry publishers, and Google Scholar. Each section indicates what each type of alert is Best for, and which option is the Best choice, for setting up an alert (database, publisher, etc.) Within each section, the most robust options are listed first. Each entry includes: a brief description; the provider’s name for the alert; links to web pages or PDFs that explain how to set up each type of alert; coverage; requirements for access; and available formats.
SEARCH ALERTS
[edit | edit source]Allow you to save a search on a: topic, substance, reaction, author, or journal name (options vary by database and publisher). Your search is rerun either when new records are added, or at an interval you specify.
- Best for: staying current on a topic, substance/reaction or author
- Best choice: article/research databases, significant publishers in your field
Database Search Alerts
[edit | edit source]Most databases listed here require subscription (paid) access, which is generally provided through your academic institution library or employer. For those with access, a free login/account is usually required to use the alerts service.
Chemistry Databases:
[edit | edit source]- SciFinder: Keep Me Posted (KMP): KMP Alerts can be set up for both topics and substances.
- Coverage: SciFinder indexes all of chemistry and chemical aspects of other fields and includes journal articles, patents, dissertations, meeting abstracts, and additional sources. This makes SciFinder Alerts the most robust option for staying current on the chemical literature.
- Required: Access to SciFinder, personal login (a prerequisite for SciFinder access).
- How To Set Up:
- Format: email only.
- Reaxys: My Alerts: Reaxys MyAlerts can be set up for: keywords, authors, journal titles, patent numbers, substances, and reactions.
- Coverage: Reaxys indexes selected chemistry journals and patents – those that focus on experimental data in organic, inorganic, and organometallic chemistry. More info on Reaxys coverage.
- Required: Access to Reaxys, personal login.
- How To Set Up:
- Format: email only. Additional Info: up to 50 alerts can be saved.
General Databases:
[edit | edit source]- Web of Science: My Saved Searches: Any search that can be done in Web of Science (WOS) can be saved and turned into a Search Alert. Options include: topic, title, author, publication (i.e., journal) name, and others. Both WOS and Current Contents are products of Thomson Reuters (formerly ISI) and use the same Web of Knowledge platform, so the process of setting up Search Alerts for these databases is very similar.
- Coverage: Web of Science indexes all academic disciplines. As such, it covers fewer chemistry journals than SciFinder, but provides a broader focus of all of science.
- Required: Access to Web of Science, register for personal login (sign in).
- How To Set Up:
- Format: email or RSS feed.
- Scopus: Search Alerts:
- Coverage: All academic disciplines. As with WOS and Current Contents, Scopus can be expected to cover less chemistry than SciFinder, but provides a broader focus on all of science. See also: Summary of Scopus Coverage, Full Content Coverage Guide.
- Required: Access to Scopus, Register for personal login.
- How To Set Up:
- Format: email only.
- Current Contents: Search Alerts: Searches done in Current Contents can be saved and turned into Search Alerts. Both WOS and Current Contents are products of Thomson Reuters (formerly ISI) and use the same Web of Knowledge platform, so the process of setting up Search Alerts for these databases is very similar.
- Coverage: All academic disciplines. As with WOS and Scopus, Current Contents can be expected to cover fewer chemistry journals than SciFinder, but provides a broader focus on all of science.
- Required: Access to Current Contents, personal login.
- How To Set Up:
- Format: email or RSS feed.
Google Scholar Search Alerts
[edit | edit source]- Google Scholar: Email Alerts:
- Coverage: As with all things Google, coverage is not specified, and may not be consistent, but Google Scholar is freely available. For more on Google Scholar coverage see: Content Coverage, Google Scholar Help
- Required: nothing. Google Scholar alerts do not require: a subscription, a login, or even a Google account (simply enter the email address where you want the alerts sent). Accessing most journal articles will still require a personal or institutional subscription.
- How To Set Up:
- Format: email only
Publisher Search Alerts
[edit | edit source]Many publishers offer the ability to save searches on a given topic and have them run automatically. Search alert options available from some major chemistry publishers are listed below. No attempt is made to list all relevant publishers. See the next section for
Publisher TOC Alerts.
Coverage: Note that Search Alerts from publishers will ONLY include their own publications.
Requirements: A free login/account is usually required to use publisher alert services, an institutional or personal subscription will required to access journal articles, but citations and article abstracts are usually freely available on the internet.
- American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications:
- Register for ACS ID
- Use the search form or Advanced Search Form to create searches
- To set up an alert, use the “Save This Search” option which appears on the search results display (lower left).
- After logging in, use YOUR PROFILE page to access, edit, and manage Saved Searches.
- Help Searching ACS Journals
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Publishing:
- Register for RSC account or Log In to your RSC Account
- Use the Search Box or Advanced Search page to conduct a search
- Click SAVE THIS SEARCH (top right) to set up an alert.
- Use MY PROFILE to access, edit, and manage Saved Searches (My Saved Search link: http://pubs.rsc.org/en/search/history).
- After logging in, access your saved searches within My Profile.
- Elsevier (ScienceDirect):
- Register for an Account or Log In.
- Use the Search Form or Advanced Search page to create a search.
- Select SAVE AS SEARCH ALERT to set up an alert.
- After logging in, use the My Settings or My Alerts links to access, edit, and manage Saved Searches.
- How To Set Up:
- ScienceDirect Help: Saving A Search Alert
- ScienceDirect Help: Alerts
- Wiley:
- Register for an Account or log in (top right).
- Use the search form or the Advanced Search page to create a search.
- From search results screen, click SAVE SEARCH to activate Search Alert.
- After logging in, use the Alert Manager and the Saved Searches links (both available under My Profile to access, edit, and manage Search Alerts.
- How To Set Up:
- Wiley Help: eAlerts
- Wiley Help: Registering for Email Alerts
TOC (Table of Contents) ALERTS
[edit | edit source]TOC Alerts, or Journal Issue Alerts, send you the table of contents when a new issue is published.
- Best for: keeping up with specific journals
- Best choice: the journal’s publisher
Publisher TOC Alerts
[edit | edit source]TOC Alerts available from some major chemistry publishers are listed below. No attempt is made to list all relevant publishers. Note that most major publishers offer TOC Alerts. Databases may offer TOC alerts as well, but generally provide less timely results than publishers for this type of alert.
Requirements: A free login/account is usually required to use publisher alert services, an institutional or personal subscription will required to access most journal articles, but citations and article abstracts are usually freely available on the internet.
Coverage: TOC Alerts, by definition, provide a Table of Contents for newly published journals. Some publishers, also provide ASAP, or As Soon As Publishable alerts as well.
- American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications:
- Register for ACS ID
- You can recieve TOC Alerts as either:
- After logging in, use YOUR PROFILE page to access, edit, and manage saved TOC Alerts.
- Help:Help Searching ACS Journals
- Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC) Publishing:
- Register for RSC account or Log In to your RSC Account
- Sign up for TOC Alerts as either:
- To manage your TOC alerts, use the ‘personalized subscription page’ link included on each emailed alert or the registration form
- Help: RSC eAlert FAQ Page
- Elsevier (ScienceDirect):
- Register for an Account or Log In.
- Browse through journal and book series titles published by Elsevier to identify TOC Alerts you would like to receive.
- Check the Volume/Issue Alerts box to receive emailed TOC Alerts.
- Check the Article Feed box to receive RSS TOC Alerts.
- Also available: Articles in Press alerts.
- After logging in, use the My Settings or My Alerts links to access, edit, and manage TOC Alerts.
- Help: ScienceDirect Help: Managing Volume/Issue Alerts
- Wiley:
- Register for an Account or log in (top right).
- To set up an alert you can either:
- Use the Publications or Browse By Subject links to navigate the the home page of the journal. Then, from the journal’s home page, click either the “Get New Content Alerts” link for an email alert or the “Get RSS Feed” link.
- Use Browse By Subject, select the relevant subject (i.e., "inorganic chemistry"), then choose “View All Products in [subject]” and limit to journals. This will get you a list of Wiley journals in that subject area. To set up a TOC Alert for any journals listed, click the check-box by the journal name, then click “Get Email Alerts”.
- After logging in, use My Profile to access, edit, and manage TOC Alerts.
- Help: Wiley Help: e-Alerts
- Springer:
- Register for an Account or log in (top right).
- To set up an alert, use the SpringerAlerts page to:
- use the check box to identify TOC alerts you would like receive.
- To manage alerts (unsubscribe or change settings) use the Change Alert Profile (under My Springer).
- Help
Database TOC Alerts
[edit | edit source]Note: TOC Alerts from databases generally provide less timely results than those from publishers.
To set up a TOC Alert in an article database, follow the instructions given in the Database Search Alerts section. Instead of searching for articles on a topic, search for the name of the journal you want TOC Alerts for, and limit your search to the Journal Name/Publication Name field (the name of the field varies from one database to another). See “How to Set Up” links for each database given in Database Search Alerts section.
JournalTOCs Alerts Service
[edit | edit source]- JournalTOCs: This is a free service that searches tables of contents (TOCs) of current issues of journals that produce TOC RSS feeds.
- Coverage: Only includes journals that produce TOC RSS feeds. Covers over 18,000 journals from over 1,000 publishers, with over 600 chemistry journals. Publishers include: Elsevier, Springer, Wiley, ACS, RSC and open access journals. See: publishers included, or journals by subject.
- Required: Register for personal login or sign in.
- How To Set Up:
- See "Following" subheading in: Instructions on setting up an RSS feed
- Instructions on Exporting your List of Journals to an RSS Reader.
- Format: Email and RSS feed.
CITATION ALERTS
[edit | edit source]Citation Alerts notify you when article(s) you specify are cited. This is a good way to keep track of who is citing your articles, or articles related to your research. Note that there are limited options for obtaining this type of alert.
- Best for: Keeping track of citations to article(s) of interest
- Best choice: article/research databases that provide this service
Database Citation Alerts
[edit | edit source]The databases listed here require subscription (paid) access, which is generally provided through your academic institution library or employer. For those with access, a free login/account is usually required to use the alerts service.
- Web of Science: Citation Alert: Web of Science (WOS), also known a Science Citation Index, was the first database that allowed researchers to easily identify and retrieve articles citing other articles.
- Coverage: Web of Science indexes all academic disciplines, but does not index as many chemistry journals as SciFinder. It is however, one of the few databases that provide Citation Alerts.
- Required: Access to Web of Science, register for personal login (sign in).
- How To Set Up:
- Sign in to WOS, and search for the article of interest. Click on the article’s title to get to the full record page, then click CREATE CITATION ALERT icon (on right). To manage or modify alerts: While signed into WOS, click MY CITATION ALERTS link (in toolbar at top of page) and click the MODIFY SETTINGS button.
- Format: email or RSS feed.
- Scopus: Document Citation Alert: Scopus and Web of Science are currently the major players among general databases which provide citation tracking features.
- Coverage: Scopus indexes all academic disciplines, but does not index as many chemistry journals as SciFinder. It is however, one of the few databases that provide Citation Alerts. See also: Summary of Scopus Coverage, Full Content Coverage Guide.
- Required: Access to Scopus, register for personal login.
- How To Set Up:
- Document Citation Alerts
- Note, this document indicates:
- “Non-Scopus documents (abstracts available on platforms external to Scopus) and citations derived from Scopus references are not included in Document Citation alerts.”
- Format: email or RSS feed.
Google Scholar Citation Alerts
[edit | edit source]- Google Scholar: Citation Alerts:
- Coverage: As with all things Google, coverage is not specified, and may not be consistent, but Google Scholar is freely available. For more on Google Scholar coverage see: Content Coverage, Google Scholar Help
- Required: nothing. Google Scholar alerts do not require: a subscription, a login, or even a Google account (simply enter the email address where you want the alerts sent). Accessing most journal articles will still require a personal or institutional subscription.
- How To Set Up:
- Google Scholar Help See Email Alerts section, headings for: How do I get notified when my papers are cited? and How do I get notified when a particular paper is cited?
- Format: email only
Publisher Citation Alerts
[edit | edit source]Coverage: Note that Citation Alerts from publishers can be expected to include only citations from their own publications.
Requirements: A free login/account is usually required to use publisher alert services, an institutional or personal subscription will required to access journal articles, but citations and article abstracts are usually freely available on the internet.
- American Chemical Society (ACS) Publications: Citation Alerts:
- Register for ACS ID
- How To Set Up:
- After logging in, use the ACS Publications page navigate to the journal and article of interest.
- Click on the article’s title to bring up the full record for the article.
- In the Toolbar on the right, click on CITATION ALERTS.
- This will add the article to your ACS Citation Alerts list, and you will receive an email alert whenever the article is “cited by newly published content.”
- Use the YOUR PROFILE page to manage Citation Alerts.
- Wiley:
- Register for an Account or log in (top right).
- How To Set Up:
- After logging in, navigate to the journal and article of interest.
- Click on the article’s title to bring up the full record for the article.
- In the ARTICLE TOOLS toolbar on the right, click on “GET CITATION ALERTS”.
- Citation alerts for this article will be added to your profile.
- Use My Profile to manage Citation Alerts.
- Help: Wiley Help: e-Alerts
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Current Awareness: Auto-Alerts
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