What database alerting services are available?
What is it for?
Most database providers make available automated services to keep you up to date with journals/articles in your area(s) of interest/research via alerting services.
Selected services
1.PubMedOne can save searches via PubMed's MyNCBI service and have these searches run automatically at specified intervals. There is a Help file on Saving your search & automatic e-mail updates available.
You can also create a PubMed search as an RSS feed.
2. Web of Science
Offers alerts for Science Citation Index Expanded and Social Science Citation Index.
Three types of alerts are offered:
- Table of contents alerts for journals
- Citation alerts (will receive an e-mail alert each time an article on the list is cited in a new article)
- Saved Search Histories
To enable alerts:
1. Connect to the Web of Science database.
2. Register with an email and a password.
For detailed instructions on how to setup alerts for journal content and citations, click on Citation Alerts or Search History Alerts and follow the instructions.