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.
- Click HERE for quick tips on cited reference searching.
- Funding Opportunities, Awarded Grants, or News:
- NIH RePORTER is good for tracking awarded grants and associated publications.
- SciFinder is good for tracking patent publications.
- Google can be good for news.
- Consider blogs (e.g., NIH's Open Mike) and Twitter (e.g., #AAASmtg, #CDC, or #microbiome).
✽ Feedly can be a useful tool for managing RSS feeds.
✽ Science Careers article "How to keep up with the scientific literature"
Please contact your librarian - for assistance.
