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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.
| SearchPlus |
Weekly alerts for Basic or Advanced searches and also for Cited Search. An alert can search one, all, or any combination of databases within SearchPlus.
How to set up an alert: Login. Execute a
search, click on the "Save as alert/search" link in the upper
right of the search results page, and follow instructions. |
| E-Science Server• |
Daily, weekly or monthly alerts on any search terms.
How to set up an alert:
Login. Execute a search. Click on "Save search" and fill in the brief form, clicking the box for "Run search on a regular basis."
New journal issue alerts: To be alerted when a new issue of a journal is available, Browse to a Journal page and select "New Issue Alert for this Journal." |
Alerts in other databases and search engines
CSA databases•
(Aerospace, GeoRef, METADEX, 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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| IHS Standards alerts |
E-mail alerts when documents on lists you have saved are revised
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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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Please email or call (667-5809)
the library with any requests, questions, or suggestions.
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