Refworks allows you to store and manage your references online rather than on your desktop. Users can then create automatic in-text citations and reference lists in a number of different referencing styles. New Refworks is supported by the library staff at UoB.

There are a range of other products available depending upon your research needs. Please see our guide to find out more.

Keeping up to date with the latest developments, research and publications in your field using free alerting services can be just the thing to give your assignments, research and understanding that little bit "extra". These free alerting services sometimes called current awareness and can either be email alerts or RSS feeds.

Journal Alerts

You can set up alerts to receive the table of contents from journal titles you have selected or articles that match your searches (keywords or author names). You can do this in DISCOVER. Watch this video on Setting up search and journal alerts in DISCOVER to find out how.

A free collection if scholarly Tables of Contents (TOCs) is available at JournalTOCs. You can set up an alert to let you know when new issues of your followed journals are published.

Networking, communicating and collaborating with other colleagues are important skill for researchers to develop. Social networking sites such as Twitter, Facebook and more scholarly ones such as ResearchGATE can help you make connections and equally get yourself known.

ResearchGate is a social network for scientists and researchers. Currently there are over one million active members who are uploading publications, creating groups, engaging in discussion and much more. Researchers can sign-up and join the network free of charge.

Another networking website for researchers is Academia.edu. The platform can be used to share and follow research based on personal interests. There is also the facility to monitor the impact of uploaded papers. Academia.edu has approximately 14 million academics signed up to their website.

JISCmail hosts thousands of electronic discussion lists on behalf of the higher education and research communities. By belonging to those which are relevant to your area of research you will be able to engage in discussions with other researchers. Try a keyword search to identify useful lists then follow the joining instructions.