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]
Three of the major updating services offered by the NIH Library are listed below. Library staff will be happy to demonstrate the features and advantages of each upon request:
My NCBI
My NCBI is an index to over 5,000 journals in the areas of medicine, nursing, dentistry, veterinary medicine, the health care system and preclinical sciences. My NCBI saves searches and results from PubMed® and other NCBI databases. You can email search results from your saved searches daily, weekly, or monthly.
ScopusTM
Scopus is an index to over 15,000 journals in the areas of science, technology, medicine, psychology, sociology, and economics. My Alerts allows you to save search, author and document citation alerts, which can also be saved as daily, weekly or monthly email alerts.
Web of Science®
Web of Science is an index to over 8,000 journals in the areas of science, technology, medicine, psychology, sociology, and economics. Subject, author and citation searches can be saved. You can also save the search as a weekly or monthly email alert.