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Current awareness

Keeping up to date with information is often referred to as ‘current awareness’. This guide lists four common ways to do this.

1: Journal alerts

Learn how to use journal alerts

Sign up to be notified when new journal issues are published:

  • Publishers' websites
  • Direct from the journal website
  • Table of contents 
  • RSS 

2: Topic alerts

Learn how to use topic alerts

Topic alerts keep you updated with new resources on a specific topic:

  • Selective Dissemination of Information via the CSP’s library catalogue
  • Database alerting services
  • Google Scholar
  • Saved searches

3: Web information

Learn how to use the web to keep up to date 

Monitor updates from websites:

  • RSS feeds
  • Watch That Page
  • Electronic newsletters
  • Discussion lists (ICSP)

4: RSS feeds

Get started with RSS feeds

Information and advice on RSS feeds and how to set them up.

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