Chemistry

There are so many new scientific peer reviewed papers produced globally each month that we need to use tools to help us find those of value to our work.  Use the power of alerts to help you stay on top of new research.  AND: make time each week to Scan papers and Read those that have extra value (see How to Read a Scientific Paper).  AND: keep track of what you read by storing citations in a citation management tool such as EndNote, Zotero, Mendeley.  Use FOLDERS and TAGS within the citation tool to keep papers stored meaningfully.

Set up alerts in these ways:

• By setting up a keyword search and having the database email you when new content matches your search criteria.
• By following an Author.
• By following new Tables of Content from specific journals.

Please understand that there are several ways to achieve setting up alerts.

1. From a Database, you can create alerts for Keywords, Authors and Journal Titles:

• Create a good keyword search, then:
  • In SciFinder, the Create Alert and Save combined symbol is the Bookmark.
  • In Scopus, the Create Alert symbol is the Bell and the Save symbol is the Bookmark. You will need to create a Scopus account.
  • In Web of Science, the Create Alert option is a written button.  You will need to create a Web of Science account.
• Click on an author name and you can set an alert for anything that author publishes that is added to the database.
• Click on a journal title and you can set an alert for all new items that are published by that journal.

2. From a Journal at its Publisher site.  Such as: ACS Applied Nano Materials, you may choose get e-alerts and set them up.

3. From a Google Scholar Author Profile; select follow author.  Same for ResearchGate.