InMyField

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Why should I join?

What subject areas does InMyField cover?

What features does InMyField offer?

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Why do I get a prompt to complete my profile?

InMyField is a professional tool designed specifically to help anyone working in academic or scientific research by making it easier to identify and contact like minded people.

Our member database provides simple, relevant professional information to allow our members to find the knowledge and experience they are looking for.

Through InMyField you can:

• Gain exposure to new career opportunities by building a professional network of researchers in your field.
• Find and connect with new colleagues by promoting yourself and your unique knowledge and experience.
• Increase publication potential by collaborating to produce more rigorous and innovative scientific research.
• Locate funding opportunities using our Funding database.
• Locate employment opportunities using our Jobs database.
• Promote your work by uploading poster presentations, lecture notes, powerpoint slides or published articles/abstracts that you have produced to your Library, and view other people’s work through their Libraries.
• Debate cutting-edge topics with your contemporaries on our subject-specific Forums.

InMyField can be of use now and throughout your career to help expand your horizons and foster new contacts in your field.

The site is designed to be used by academics, scientific researchers and those in related businesses. The database of members is divided into 18 general fields: Astronomy, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Earth Sciences, Mathematics, Computer Science, Anthropology, Geography, Psychology, Social Sciences, Agriculture, Engineering, Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Military Science and Veterinary Science. When you join you can also select from approximately 600 specific fields within these areas.

• Build and update your own personal profile
• Search the database of member profiles
• Make up your own contact list
• Contact other members
• Search our funding database
• Search our jobs database
• Use our discussion forums
• Receive automatic updates for new members, jobs and funding opportunities in your field

Simply click the 'join now' button on the main page of the website, or click 'join' on the menu bar of the website at any time. Enter in some basic information and click 'signup'. You will be emailed a password to access the members area of the website.

Please ensure you have entered the correct type of information in each field.
Once initial registration has been completed you should receive a confirmation email. If a payment is required for membership you will be prompted by email and on the website. Once initial registration and payment (if required) has been completed you will be able to access the full website and complete your profile.

You will need cookies enabled on your browser to register and log in. To change your cookie settings using Internet Explorer go to your tool bar and select ‘tools -> Internet options -> Privacy -> Advanced’.

Once you are fully registered with the website you can log in by clicking the 'sign in' button at the top right of the screen. This will take you to your personal dashboard page and allow you to access your profile and all the members features of the site.

You can change or update your profile at any point during your membership, simply select ‘edit profile’ from the member menu. We actively encourage members to update and amend their profiles to ensure they are as current as possible. If you need to update account information such as your email address or password, select 'Account' from the top right corner of the page.

At the login screen there is an option to select ‘forgotten password’. Details will be emailed to your registered email address. If you wish to change the password you are automatically given to one which is more memorable for you, select 'Account' from the top right corner of the screen.

When you first join InMyField you enter only a basic amount of information to allow the system to categorise your membership: name, email address, fields of work. We prompt members to complete their full profile in order that they get the most possible out of the website. Your profile is what allows other members to find you; it is also the information which InMyField uses to make suggestions for you. The more information you have on your profile, the more complete a picture it provides of you and your abilities and experience.