During May our regular #ResourceOfTheMonth feature focused on increasing online presence. This is the perfect time to increase online presence as many are working from home and spending more time online.

The first resource that was mentioned was ORCiD. If you are publishing research papers you should have an ORCiD ID. This will allow you to distinguish your research from the works of others and connect yourself to your research outputs.

The first resource is ORCiD. If you don’t already have an ORCiD ID it is a very quick process to register at https://t.co/n712FytGW3.
An Orcid ID allows you to distinguish your works from other researchers and connect yourself to your research outputs.

— Cambridge Medical Library (@cam_med_lib) May 6, 2020

The second resource that was highlighted was Symplectic Elements. This allows researchers based at the University of Cambridge to share their information with other Cambridge based researchers. This account can be linked to an ORCiD ID.

The second resource for our #ResourceOfTheMonth is Symplectic Elements. Now is a good time to make sure that your profile is up to date. This is the University of Cambridge’s research information management system. There is more information here https://t.co/vftkbpCHaY

— Cambridge Medical Library (@cam_med_lib) May 13, 2020

In our third tweet we highlighted The Conversation. This is a news website that gives researchers the opportunity to reach readers outside of academia.

This week the #ResourceOfTheMonth is The Conversation. It is an independent news website that publishes articles written by academics and researchers. It gives you the opportunity to reach a wider audience and therefore increase your online presence.https://t.co/P04rryJW4B

— Cambridge Medical Library (@cam_med_lib) May 19, 2020

The final tweet of this series was focusing on using Twitter to increase an online presence. Twitter can be used to promote your research quickly and easily to others by posting links to published articles and to build connections with other researchers by contributing to discussions.

We're currently revisting some of our previous #ResourceOfTheMonth tools, focusing on research dissemination. Today we want to recommend Twitter itself — a great platform for connecting with other academics, or finding out about current research in your field.

— Cambridge Medical Library (@cam_med_lib) May 26, 2020

The Office of Scholarly Communication have a webpage with more information about managing your online presence. https://osc.cam.ac.uk/author-tools/managing-your-online-presence

If you have any questions about how to access any of these resources please contact the library training team: librarytraining@medschl.cam.ac.uk

Do be sure to follow the Medical Library on Twitter for more great resources and tools every month.