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.
OPPIE |
Alerts for Basic, Fielded and Cited Search. An alert can search one, all, or any combination of databases within OPPIE.
How to set up an alert: Login. Execute a
search, click on the "Save this search/Make Alert " link on the right side of the 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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