The NIH Library offers a range of research updates for NIH staff. Based on a defined subject profile, you can obtain a list of the newest publications and stay up-to-date with the literature in your areas of interest. Results show that no one research update product will discover all the relevant information on a topic. To find the most comprehensive search, NIH Library staff recommends utilizing a combination of research update products.
Research Updates Comparison Chart [PDF 39k]
Overview of Alerting Services [PDF 25k]
MD Consult Personal Edition 
Customize MD Consult for email updates on current developments and news in clinical medicine.
My NCBI (formerly PubMed® Cubby) 
Save searches, set up email alerts, display links to web resources, and choose filters that group search results in PubMed (MEDLINE).
Ovid® Email Alerts 
Email delivery of searches in MEDLINE, PsycINFO®, and CINAHL®. Click the information icon ("i") for detailed instructions.
ScienceDirect® Alerts 
Set up a subject alert, journal volume/issue alert, and article citation alert from over 2,000 full-text journals.
ScopusTM
Set up subject alerts and document citation alerts from over 14,000 sources.
Web of Science® 
Save search histories to create email alerts and RSS feeds.