Current Awareness Features in the SwetsnetNavigator / NESLI service

Robert Bley

Electronic Products Manager, Swets Blackwell

London Current Awareness Afternoon

21/11/00

SwetsnetNavigator gives you:•Access to >16,000 titles at Table of Contents (TOC) level for browsing.•An unlimited number of User IDs and Passwords, including an Administrative ID and Password to allow you to create departmental and individual user ids and monitor usage.•250 TOC e-mail alerting profiles for titles you subscribe to at TOC, abstract or full text level.•IP controlled access.•SDI functionality (enabling users to save a search statement and receive update of new results, by e-mail, at a specified frequency). Up to 30 SDI profiles can be created.•Each additional block of 100 email alerts £90•Each additional block of 25 SDI profiles £90

Case study:

How one corporate library & info service has used SwetsnetNavigator’s alerting

functions to increase its profile and deliver service!

Alerts!

Alerts: Case study - a medium sized library

• PROBLEM:circulation of journals taking 2 yearsjournals not trackableusing BL for articles in circulating journals

• SOLUTION:keep journals in the librarycirculate TOCS...plus SDI

• PROCESS:TOCS emailed to librarianforwarded to all on circulation listhot links to abstracts and to full text via SwetsNet

Alerts: Case study

RESULT:

• better use of journals as resource• kudos for information service

- proactive - integral part of research process

For more information - check out http://www.swetsnetnavigator.nl

Thank you for your attentionThank you for your attention

Robert BleyRobert BleySwets Blackwell

http://www.swetsblackwell.comhttp://www.swetsblackwell.comUK OfficeUK Office

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e-mail: rbley@uk.swetsblackwell.come-mail: rbley@uk.swetsblackwell.com