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December 11, 2007

Enhance Current Awareness in ScienceDirect with RSS

For those of you who use ScienceDirect often, or read Elsevier journals, this e-learning workshop is for you.

If you want to avoid a cluttered email inbox and never miss another update, using RSS feeds are the solution. Many people are afraid to get started with RSS feeds and feed readers, but once you get used to them, they are priceless. The free Elsevier workshop will show you how to use the feeds that are provided on the ScienceDirect platform to manage your current awareness services. Be sure to register quickly, they are scheduled for December 12 and 14 at 10 a.m.

I recommend you watch a very short video I created for the Tech Fair that explains what RSS is and how RSS feeds can help you. There is also an explanatory page at http://library.wlu.edu/howto/rssfeeds.asp.

Posted by Mary Abdoney at 9:52 AM | | Comments (0)

New Dashboard Widget for Geologists/Physicists using Macs

For those of you using Macs, there is an interesting update to a Dashboard widget that allows you to browse the archives of well-known geophysical research journals, including those from the AGU, AMS, and EGS. JournArch now also allows you to search Google Scholar, and archived content from AGU, AMS and EGS. This widget was developed by an oceanographer at MIT, and is available for free.

Posted by Mary Abdoney at 8:08 AM | | Comments (0)