Database alerting services

Annual Reviews

Fri, 15 Oct 2010 16:14:22 -0400

Annual Reviews allows you to establish a profile and be emailed Table of Contents alerts, citation tracking alerts, and saved search alerts.

BioOne

Sat, 10 Oct 2009 12:58:57 -0400

BioOne offers email table of content alerts for their indexed journals and a few books.

EBSCOhost

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:47:13 -0400

You can create email alerts for search in any (or multiple) EBSCOhost databases.

Engineering Village

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 15:00:34 -0500

Engineering Village allows you to create up to 125 weekly Email Alerts from the Search History. A Personal Account is required to set up email alerts.

Google Scholar

Wed, 12 May 2010 15:09:31 -0400

Google Scholar provides email alerts for new content added to their index (they do not list which publishers provide content or the frequency with which that content is re-indexed). You can't create alerts for individual publications in Google Scholar; you should use the directions for Publisher alerts for individual journal alerts.

IEEE Xplore

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 19:00:13 -0400

IEEE Xplore Digital Library offers table of contents alerts. You will need to create and login to an account before setting up alerts.

ISI Web of Science

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 14:21:44 -0400

ISI Web of Science databases allow creating saved search alerts (emails new citations that match your search criteria) and citation alerts (emails new article citations that include references to a chosen article).

Project MUSE

Thu, 01 Oct 2009 13:47:13 -0400

You can receive weekly email notifications of new journal issues or new titles available in Project MUSE. Visit their email alert page, enter your email address, then select titles for which to receive alerts.

ProQuest

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:14:11 -0500

There are two kinds of alerts. The search alert allows searches to be saved, run anew, and notification sent regarding updated results. The publications alert (found on the Publications search page with similar properties) notifies of the latest available issues of a favorite publication. Simply run and refine a search, then look for the Set up alert link at the top of the results.

PsycNet

Wed, 17 Feb 2010 14:14:11 -0500

To set an email alert for new matches to a given search, start by performing and refining a search in any PsycNet database. Then click the “Set Email Alert” button. This will prompt you to sign in to your My PsycNET account. From here you will be able to name your search, add personal notes, determine the frequency of the email alert, and set when the alert will expire. Go back to My PsycNET at any time to edit or delete the alert.

PubMed

Wed, 16 Jun 2010 18:17:50 -0400

A search in any PubMed database can be saved (using your My NCBI login). Once saved, you have the option of emailing new search results monthly, weekly, or daily. You can also set an upper limit on the number of search results to be emailed. A link in the email will take you to the complete search results in PubMed.