Course content:
The participants will get to know different tools (push and pull services) to always keep track of recently published literature. This workshop will focus on
• Table of Contents Alerts (TOC)
• Saved Searches
• Search Alerts (SDI)
• Citation Alerts
We will use Scopus, Web of Science, Journal TOCs, and Google Scholar. Participants can also try out a feed reader and subscribe to RSS feeds.
Target group:
Master Students, PhD candidates, and Postdocs
Pre-requisites:
Participants are expected to bring a laptop with VPN. An up-to-date version of your browser is required; Firefox is recommended.
What previous participants said about the workshop:
"The most important lesson I’ve learned is the diversity of tools available, specifically the RSS tools."
"I have not been aware of using author's citations as alert, Web of Science, inoreader and feedbro."
"Communication was great, very interactive, much space to explore the different tools ourselves."
Please note: Our courses are generally free of charge for all participants. However, they do have a price and can cost PROCEED / the AWI as much as 150 € per day per student. Please take this into account when cancelling your place at the last minute. Please, always send cancellations to sea.courses@awi.de
