CURRENT AWARENESS TOOLS
With the right tools, valuable information and new developments will come to you, says Tarja Moles
RESEARCH TIPS
Tarja Moles
Are you spending a lot of time browsing the internet when researching your topic area and/or struggling to keep up to date with what’s happening in that field? Instead of going after information, have you considered letting that information come to you? Current awareness tools can help you with this and make your research much more efficient.
But what exactly are current awareness tools and what can they do for you? They are electronic tools that you can use to aggregate and organise current information in the news and literature, display it in one place (eg on the web or your email account) and view it when it’s convenient for you. There are a number of tools available and it’s the matter of your personal preference and research subject that will determine which one(s) you might like to try.