Ebooks - getting your computer to read aloud to you

Adobe Reader has a 'Read Out Loud' feature which allows books to be read aloud by a computer once they have been downloaded. To use this simply hold the control, shift and Y keys down at the same time, or choose ‘Read out Loud’ from the View menu.

For more information see the Adobe help pages or this video tutorial.

Introducing Reading Lists @ Beds

Here's a short video explaining the new Reading Lists system, which we have been busy implementing ready for the new academic year. You'll need to log in to BREO to view it.

Web of Science tutorials on YouTube

Web of Science have made a selection of useful tutorial videos available here on YouTube.

Scopus redesign - further information and video

The Scopus 10^thanniversary release went live on February 1. The primary goal of the redesign was to optimize core workflows. This means effort was made to minimize the number of steps a researcher needs to take to accomplish a given task. Specifically, we focused on streamlining our interface to support the most common use cases.

Watch the release introduction video.

For a detailed review of the changes, please view the video or the full release notes.

Some highlights include:

• Easier Export: When selecting the export option, a pop-out screen appears that clearly indicates the primary reference managers such as RefWorks, Endnote and Mendeley, using logos. After a user exports once, settings are saved enabling them to complete their next export with one-click.
• New Direct Export to Mendeley:enabling direct export to through the Mendeley Web importer from the Scopus interface
• Redesigned Author and Affiliation Profiles:The author profiles have changed substantially and now have a ‘CV-style’ design that allows for easier scanning of information such as h-index, documents and citations.

Learn more about updates to Export and about updates to Author and Affiliation profiles.

You can share your feedback by emailing Scopus Marketing.

Zetoc - new screencast videos

The people at Zetoc, the British Library's Table of Contents service, have produced some helpful videos to get you started. Topics include Introduction to Zetoc, Authentication to Zetoc, Zetoc Search and Zetoc Alerts.