Search Alerts & RSS Feeds
From Bentley Library Research Help
[edit] 1 About this Page
This page presents a listing of those library databases that offer search alerts and includes step-by-step instructions for creating alerts. All of the resources listed below are subscription databases and may only be accessed by current students, faculty, and staff of Bentley College. To see a full listing of library databases please visit the Bentley Library home page at http://library.bentley.edu.
[edit] 2 What Are Search Alerts?
Search alerts, or current awareness tools, are a great way to keep up with scholarly publications or research topics. There are different types of alerts, describe below. Generally, an alert is delivered via email or RSS feed. More information about RSS feeds is available on the Library's RSS page.
- Search Alerts: Save your search as an alert. The search is run again periodically and a notice of any new results is sent to you by e-mail or RSS.
- Journal or Table of Contents (TOC) alerts: You select the journals you are interested in, and when a new issue is published, you are notified by e-mail or RSS, with a table of contents of the new issue. Often, links to the articles will be included.
- Citation Alerts: Three databases, (Web of Science Social Science Citation Index (SSCI), Web of Science Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), and Elsevier Science Direct College Edition) perform citation alerts, alerting you when an article you are interested in has been cited by another article.
[edit] 3 Library Databases that Offer Search Alerts
The library databases listed below offer alerts via email (noted by the symbol 
) and/or RSS feeds (noted by the symbol 
).
[edit] 3.1 ABI Inform (ProQuest)
- See information for #ProQuest Databases.
[edit] 3.2 Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)
- See information for #EBSCOhost Databases.
[edit] 3.3 Accounting & Tax Index (ProQuest)
- See information for #ProQuest Databases.
[edit] 3.4 ACM Digital Library
Type of Alerts Available: Journal/TOC Alerts; Search Alerts
- First Step: Must Register for an ACM Web Account
- Click on "Register (free service)" at top of page
- Click on "Create my ACM Web Account Now"
- Choose "I am Not an ACM or SIG Member" and Click "Continue"
- Follow all steps for creating an account. An email will be sent to you, use the link to confirm account creation.
- Create Journal/TOC Alerts
- Click on "TOC Service" on the ACM search page.
- Select the journals you are interested in.
[edit] 3.5 Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) from Web of Science
- See #Web of Science.
[edit] 3.6 Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)
- See #EBSCOhost Databases.
[edit] 3.7 Communication & Mass Media Complete(EBSCOhost)
- See #EBSCOhost Databases.
[edit] 3.8 EBSCOhost Databases
- (Includes Academic Search Premier; Business Source Premier; Communication & Mass Media Complete; ERIC; and Medline)
Type of Alerts Available: Search Alerts & Journal/TOC Alerts
- Create Search Alerts
- To Create RSS Alert
- Conduct a search.
- From the either the Result List or the Search History Screen, click on either the RSS alert icon or the link titled "Create Alert for this Search".
- A pop-up screen displays with the search alert information.
- Copy the "Syndication Feed URL" into your newsreader.
- To Create Email Alert
- If you would like to get e-mail delivery of the alert information, follow the steps above but click the "Sign In and Create a New Alert" link. You will be prompted to sign in to My EBSCOhost (you may need to create an account if you have never done so before). Once you have signed in the "Search Alert Screen" appears. You can then select your email notification settings and save the alert.
- To Create RSS Alert
- Create Journal/TOC Alerts
- To Create RSS Alert
- Click the "Publications" link at the top of the page. Search for a publication.
- Once you have found the desired publication, click the RSS alert icon to the left of the publication name.
- A pop-up screen displays with the journal alert information. Copy the Syndication Feed URL into your newsreader.
- To Create Email Alert
- If you decide that e-mail delivery of the alert information is required, follow the steps above but click the "Sign In and Create a New Alert" link. You will be prompted to sign in to My EBSCOhost (you may need to create an account if you have never done so before). Once you have signed in the Search Alert Screen appears. You can then select your email notification settings and save the alert.
- To Create RSS Alert
[edit] 3.9 Elsevier Science Direct College Edition
Type of Alerts: Search Alerts; Topic Alerts; Journal/TOC Alerts; Citation Alerts
- First Step: Register
- Click "Not Registered?" in the top right corner on the main page.
- Fill in the form and click "Done".
- Create Search Alerts:
- Perform a search. The Search Results page will display.
- Click "Save As Search Alert".
- The Save As Search Alert page will display. Complete the fields on the Save as Search Alert page.
- Click "Save Alert" to save the search alert.
- Create Topic Alerts:
- Click on the "Alerts" button at the top of the page.
- In the Topic Alerts section, click "Add/Delete Topic Alert". The Available Topic Alerts page will display.
- Select your category of interest from the category list and click "Go".
- Click the check box next to each topic alert you want to receive and click "Save Settings".
- Create Volume/Issue Alerts: (Note: can be set in three different locations)
- From Browse page:
- Select the "Vol/Issue Alerts" check box next to that title and click "Apply".
- From Journal and Book home pages:
- To add an alert, select the "Alert me about new Journal Issues" or "Alert me about new Book Volumes" check box next to that title and click "Apply".
- From the Alerts page:
- In Volume/Issue Alerts section click "Add/Remove Volume/Issue Alerts".
- At the Browse screen, click on either "Journals/Books Alphabetically" or "Journals/Books by Subject". (If browsing by subject, navigate through the menus until you see a list of journal titles).
- To add an alert, select the "Vol/Issue Alerts" check box next to that title and click "Apply".
- From Browse page:
- Create Citation Alerts:
- Perform a search to find a document of interest to you.
- Open the document and click the "Citation Alert" link on the right side of the screen.
- The Save as Citation Alert page will display. Complete the Save As Citation Alert page.
- Click "Save Alert".
[edit] 3.10 Emerald
Type of Alerts: Search Alerts; Journal/TOC Alerts
- First Step: Create your profile
- Click on "My Profile". Then select "Click Here to Register" and fill out the form.
- Check your email for confirmation.
- Create Search Alerts:
- After each search from within Emerald you will be given the option of adding it to your alert profile. Click on the "Save Search: option.
- The screen will display your current search along with any saved searches you have previously set up. Please enter a name for your saved search in the box provided, so that you can easily identify it in future.
- Select the maximum number of articles that you will see in each alert by altering the box marked `its.
- Click on "Add" to add it to your alert profile.
- Create Journal/TOC Alerts:
- Create Email Alert
- Select "My Profile" from the menu on the left side of screen.
- Click on "Alerts" then "TOC" from the left hand menu.
- Click on the "Add Journal" link.
- Click on the initial letter of the journal you want to add.
- Select the journal title(s) (use Ctrl to add multiple journals).
- Click "Add" to select the journal(s) to add to your TOC alerts list.
- Click "Done" to complete the process.
- The journals will now appear in your TOC alerts list. Select "Save" to store the list to your profile.
- Create RSS Alert
- Go to Emerald's RSS page to see a list of Emerald journals offering RSS feeds. Copy the RSS feed URL from your browser and add it to your RSS reader.
- Create Email Alert
[edit] 3.11 ERIC (EBSCOhost)
- See #EBSCOhost Databases.
[edit] 3.12 Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)
- See information for #InfoTrac Databases.
[edit] 3.13 Factiva
Type of Alerts Editor`s Choice Alerts
- Editor`s Choice is designed to give customers a quick sense of the current state of an industry. It covers 25 industries with a limited selection of trend stories, analyses, commentary, profiles and overviews taken from the Factiva.com database.
- Create Editor's Choice Industry RSS Feeds
- Click the "RSS" link at the top of any Factiva page to access the list of Editor`s Choice subjects available via RSS.
- Click on the XML/RSS button for the RSS feed that you are interested in.
- Copy the RSS feed URL from your browser and add it to your RSS reader.
[edit] 3.14 General Business File (InfoTrac)
- See information for #InfoTrac Databases.
[edit] 3.15 General Reference Center (InfoTrac)
- See information for #InfoTrac Databases.
[edit] 3.16 IEEE Digital Library
Type of Alerts: Search Agents (Search Alerts); Journal/TOC Alerts
- First Step: Create Free Web Account
- Go to search screen by clicking on "Search" in the menu on the left side of screen.
- Click on "Web Account: For Non Members" (right side of screen).
- Complete the form and click "Submit".
- Create Search Agents (Search Alerts)
- Make sure you are logged in before you search by clicking on "Login" at top of page.
- Conduct a search.
- On the search results screen select "Create Agent".
- Name your Agent. Agents are scheduled to run automatically every two weeks and will send an email to you if you have chosen to subscribe. These scheduled emails contain links to newly published Agent-relevant content as well as to additional articles of interest.
- Create TOC Alerts
- IEEE offers the availability of the latest magazines and transactions content through RSS. At bottom of main screen click on link to "RSS feeds for Digital LibraryContent" or go to the IEEE RSS page to view a list of RSS feeds. Copy the RSS feed URL from your browser and add it to your RSS reader. Also avilable on this page are links to the Daily Updates of Journal Lists and Daily Updates of Proceedings Lists feeds.
[edit] 3.17 InfoTrac Databases
- (Includes Expanded Academic ASAP; General Business File; General Reference Center; and Predicast PROMT)
Type of Alerts Available: Search Alerts & Journal/TOC Alerts
- Create Search Alerts
- To Create RSS Alert
- Conduct a search.
- On the results list screen, click the "Create a Search Alert" link.
- To subscribe to the RSS feed, copy the Feed URL and paste it into the software you use as your RSS reader or news aggregator.
- Click "Close" when you have finished.
- To Create Email Alert
- Conduct a search.
- On the results list, click the "Create a Search Alert" link.
- To receive alert e-mails, enter your e-mail address in the "Mail To" field.
- You may use the default Alert Name or enter your own text.
- Select the frequency in which you want the system to check for new content based on your search criteria: Daily, Weekly or Monthly.
- Click the "Save" button to submit your request.
- To Create RSS Alert
- Create Journal/TOC Alerts
- To Create RSS Alert
- Click the "Publication Search" link at the top of the page.
- Search for a publication.
- Once you have found the desired publication in the search results list, click on the publication title. This will bring you to a page displaying information about that publication.
- Click on the "Create a Journal Alert" link.
- To subscribe to the RSS feed, copy the Feed URL and paste it into the software you use as your RSS reader or news aggregator. Click "Close" when you have finished.
- To Create Email Alert
- Click the "Publication Search" link at the top of the page.
- Search for a publication.
- Once you have found the desired publication in the search results list, click on the publication title. This will bring you to a page displaying information about that publication.
- Click on the "Create a Journal Alert" link.
- To receive alert e-mails, enter your e-mail address in the "Mail To" field.
- You may use the default Alert Name or enter your own text.
- Select the frequency in which you want the system to check for new content based on your search criteria: Daily, Weekly or Monthly.
- Click the "Save" button to submit your request.
- To Create RSS Alert
[edit] 3.18 Management & Organization Studies (SAGE)
Type of Alerts: Search Alerts; Journal/TOC Alerts
- Create Search Alerts
- Do a keyword search and refine it until you are receiving the desired results.
- At the top of the results page, click the "Search History" link.
- Click the link that says "Save as Alert" for the search strategy you wish to save. You will be prompted to enter your e-mail address and a password. If you are a new user to "Alerts", then click "New User? Create a personal profile".
- Make the choices you want regarding what should appear in your alert, then click Save Alert. You will receive weekly alerts.
- Create Journal/TOC Alerts
- Select a journal from the "Browse" tab.
- Then click the "New Issue Alert" link for the chosen journal or select a specific volume and then click the "New Issue Alert" link.
- Enter your email address and password, and then click "Continue". If you are a new user to alerts, then click "New User Create a personal profile".
- After accessing your profile, you will see your saved journal issue
[edit] 3.19 Medline (EBSCOhost)
- See #EBSCOhost Databases.
[edit] 3.20 MLA International Bibliography & MLA Directory of Periodicals
Type of Alerts: Search Alerts
- Create Search Alerts
- Do a keyword search and refine it until you are receiving the desired results.
- At the top of the results page, click the "Search History" link.
- Click the link that says "Save as Alert" for the search strategy you wish to save. You will be prompted to enter your e-mail address and a password. If you are a new user to "Alerts", then click "New User? Create a personal profile".
- Make the choices you want regarding what should appear in your alert, then click Save Alert. You will receive weekly alerts.
[edit] 3.21 Predicast PROMT (InfoTrac)
- See information for #InfoTrac Databases.
[edit] 3.22 Project MUSE
Type of Alerts: Journal Alerts
- Journal Alerts from Project MUSE allows you to set up alerts by journal names or by subject area or both.
- Create Journal Alerts
- Create Email Alert
- Click on the "Journals" tab at the top of the page.
- Click on "Request Journal Alerts" on the left side of screen.
- Enter your email address.
- Click on "Make or Change Selections". You can make selections for journal titles individually or with a mix of subject collections.
- Create Email Alert
- Create RSS Alert
- Click on the "Journals" tab at the top of the page.
- Click on "Subscribe to RSS Feeds" on the left side of screen.
- Scroll down to bottom of RSS page and click on "Journal Feeds: Latest issues".
- Select the journal you are interested in, copy the RSS feed and add it to your RSS reader.
- Create RSS Alert
[edit] 3.23 ProQuest Computing
- See information for #ProQuest Databases.
[edit] 3.24 ProQuest Databases
- Includes ABI Inform; Accounting & Tax Index; ProQuest Computing; ProQuest Psychology Journals; ProQuest Research Library; ProQuest Telecommunications; and Wall Street Journal
- Type of Alerts: Search Alerts; Publication Alerts
- Create Search Alerts
- Conduct a search from either the Basic or Advanced search screen. At the top of the results page click the "Set up Alert" button. (Or, choose from a list of all your searches by clicking on "Recent Searches". Locate the desired search, and click "Set up Alert" next to the search).
- Choose a frequency and length of time for the alert to be received (maximum one year). Enter an email address and subject and click "Save".
- Create Journal/TOC Alerts
- Click on the "Publication Search" tab at the top of the screen.
- Search for and click on the name of the publication you are interested in.
- Click on the "Set up Alert" button.
- Choose a frequency and length of time for the alert to be received (maximum one year). Enter an e-mail address and subject and click "Save".
- Create Pre-Defined Subject Searches (Note: Applies to ABI Inform Only)
- RSS feeds are available for pre-defined subject searches in the ABI Inform databases. Go to http://www.proquest.com/syndication/rss/rss.shtml to see a list of subject searches available. Copy the RSS feed URL from your browser and add it to your RSS reader.
[edit] 3.25 ProQuest Psychology Journals
- See information for #ProQuest Databases.
[edit] 3.26 ProQuest Research Library
- See information for #ProQuest Databases.
[edit] 3.27 ProQuest Telecommunications
- See information for #ProQuest Databases.
[edit] 3.28 Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) from Web of Science
- See #Web of Science.
[edit] 3.29 Wall Street Journal
- See information for #ProQuest Databases.
[edit] 3.30 Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
Type of Alerts: Search Alerts
- Create Search Alerts
- Do a keyword search and refine it until you are receiving the desired results.
- At the top of the results page, click the "Search History" link.
- Click the link that says "Save as Alert" for the search strategy you wish to save. You will be prompted to enter your e-mail address and a password. If you are a new user to "Alerts", then click "New User? Create a personal profile".
- Make the choices you want regarding what should appear in your alert, then click Save Alert. You will receive weekly alerts.
[edit] 3.31 Web of Science
Type of Alerts: Search Alerts; Journal/TOC Alerts; Citation Alerts
- First Step: Register
- Click on "Register" (right side of screen).
- Complete form and "Submit".
- Create Search Alerts (NOTE: not available if Cross-Searching)
- Conduct your search(es).
- Click on "Search History".
- Select the search you want to save and click on "Save History". You will be prompted to log-in if you haven`t already.
- In the "Save on the ISI Web of Knowledge Server section of the screen", name your search. You may get email or RSS alerts:
- To Create Email Alerts
- Put a check market in the box "Send me Email Alerts", choose email type, format and frequency, and click on "Save History to Server".
- Confirm and click "DONE".
- To Create RSS Alerts
- Do not put a check mark in the "Send Me Email Alerts" box. Simply click on "Save History to Server".
- At confirmation screen you will see the RSS feed button. Click this button and copy the RSS feed URL from your browser and add it to your RSS reader. Confirm, then click "Done".
- To Create Email Alerts
- Create Journal Alerts (NOTE: not available if Cross-Searching)
- Click on "General Search" at the top of the screen.
- In the "Source Title" section either search for the journal title or click on "See Full Source Titles List" and add the title to your search.
- Click "Search".
- Click on "Search History" at the top of the screen.
- Select the search you want to save and click on "Save History". You will be prompted to log-in if you haven`t already.
- In the "Save on the ISI Web of Knowledge Server section of the screen", name your search. You may get email or RSS alerts:
- To Create Email Alerts
- Put a check market in the box "Send me Email Alerts", choose email type, format and frequency, and click on "Save History to Server".
- Confirm and click <DONE>.
- To Create RSS Alerts
- Do not put a check mark in the "Send Me Email Alerts" box. Simply click on "Save History to Server".
- At confirmation screen you will see the RSS feed button. Click this button and copy the RSS feed URL from your browser and add it to your RSS reader. Confirm, then click "Done".
- To Create Email Alerts
- Create Citation Alerts
- Conduct your search then select the citation you are interested in by clicking on it.
- Click on "Create Citation Alert" (right side of screen). You will be prompted to log-in if you haven`t already.
- To Create Email Alert
- Confirm the alert then click "Done". An email alert will be sent every time the article is cited.
- To Create RSS Alert
- At confirmation screen you will see the RSS feed button. Click this button and copy the RSS feed URL from your browser and add it to your RSS reader. Then click "Done".
- To Create Email Alert
[edit] 4 Further Assistance
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