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What are alerts?
Alerts are a way to keep up with what's new — an automatic current
awareness service. Typically you register for the service and then create a search
strategy or personal profile which will be matched against each update of the
database, and an email notification is sent to you.
Uses of alerts:
- keep current with the latest research on a topic
- track the latest research by a particular author or institution
- receive the table of contents of your favorite journal
- see who has cited a paper or author (in SearchPlus only)
Alerts in Research Library databases
These alerts notify you via e-mail of recently published literature as
it is added to each database. You can receive bibliographic citations or receive
a notification with a URL for logging in to your account to view the results.
Alerts are available in:
How to set up an alert in DOE Energy or Engineering Index:
- Go to the database of your choice (you may use the links in the table above)
- Try out a desired search and review the results. For a topical search a good practice is to do the search with a date limit of one year, and see if the number of search results is a reasonable amount to get in weekly or biweekly alerts. Broaden or narrow the search as needed.
- Click on alerts in the database toolbar.
- If this is your first alert, Register as a new user; otherwise, Login with your User Name and Password.
- Select "New Alert".
- Give your alert a name, select method of receipt, and enter search criteria as tested.
- Submit the alert.
How to set up an alert in SearchPlus: Login. Execute a
search, click on the "Save as alert/search" link in the upper
right of the search results page, and follow instructions. SearchPlus has
alerts for regular Basic or Advanced searches and also for Cited Search.
An alert can search one, all, or any combination of databases within SearchPlus.
Science Server: see Alerts help within Science Server.
Alerts in other databases and search engines
| ASTM Standards Tracker |
Weekly e-mail on new or revised ASTM standards or work items. Get all categories or choose from among 60 technical fields.
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CSA databases•
(Aerospace, GeoRef, METADEX, NTIS, etc.) |
Any search can be saved as an alert, which is run weekly. |
| Google Alert |
Daily e-mail when your terms pop up in Google.
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| Melvyl: Catalog of the University of California libraries. |
Weekly e-mail when a UC library adds a book matching your search. To set up an alert, create a personal Profile, do a search, select "Previous Searches" then "Create Update."
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| Scout Report |
Subscribe to receive weekly notice of new and newly discovered
Internet resources of interest to researchers and educators.
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the library with any requests, questions, or suggestions.
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