Biomedical Sciences Toolkit

Consider a combination of approaches to stay on top of the literature in your field. 

• Targeted Literature Searches:
  • Set up automated ongoing searches in databases such as PubMed, Embase, Scopus, and/or Web of Science to look for topics, authors, or institutions important to you.
  • In PubMed, you can use MyNCBI to save searches and receive updates of newly-published references by email or RSS feed.
• Cited Reference Searches:
  • Set up automated ongoing searches to track new articles that cite an article of interest. 
  • Best databases: Web of Science, Scopus, or Google Scholar.
  • View quick tips on cited reference searching.
• Journal Tables of Contents
  • Look for an option such as "Alerts and Feeds" on journal publisher websites to receive the table of contents of each new issue by email or by RSS feed.
  • Consider using the Read by QxMD app (using your UW NetID for access to UW Libraries subscriptions).
• Awarded Grants, Patents, and Social Media:
  • NIH RePORTER can be used to track newly-awarded grants and associated publications
  • SciFinder is good for tracking patent publications.
  • Consider blogs (e.g., NIH's Open Mike) and Twitter (e.g., @KCPubHealth, #AAASmtg, or #metagenomics).

[If using RSS feeds, consider Feedly to manage them.]

Please contact your librarian - for assistance.