LibGuides: Tutorials for Online Resources: Creating Search and Table of Contents Alerts

Creating Search Alerts and Journal Table of Contents Alerts (TOC Alerts)

Many publishers and vendors allow you to set up TOC alerts for each new issue of a publication. You will receive the Table of Contents and links to the articles, either via RSS feed or email.

Search alerts allow you to run a specific database search automatically, for a period of weeks or a few months

EBSCO: Creating a Journal Alert
Get the newest Table of Contents
EBSCO: Creating a Search Alert
Engineering Village: Creating Alerts
Create and manage alerts
ProQuest: Create and Manage an Email Alert
Be sure to create a My Research Account in PQ before creating any alerts! This tutorial shows you how to set up a Search Alert that is sent to your Email account.
ProQuest: Creating a Publication-specific RSS Feed
Instructions on how to set up a Publication Alert from the Publications page in ProQuest.
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The new PQ interface is similar: click on the actual publication title to get to the individual publication's page, and look in the blue bar at the top of the page to see the RSS button.
JSTOR
A quick how-to guide to JSTOR's features.
SAGE Journals Online: Setting Up and Managing Alerts
Click Tools, then Email Alerts,and register.
To manage your preferences for Journal Email Alerts, click on "My Tools" once you have signed in.
Or, when you have found a journal
you are interested in using the “Browse” feature, use the “Add Alerts” and “Add to Favorites”
buttons to customize your SAGE Journals experience (users
must be logged in to their personal account to use these tools-see
Getting Started for more information on creating your My Profile.).
Science Direct Alerts
How to create Search, Topic, and New Issue alerts