Table of Contents (TOC) and Search Alerts

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1 About this Page
2 What Are Search Alerts?
3 Library Databases that Offer Search Alerts
4 Further Assistance

[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 University. 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, which are described below.

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.

Generally, an alert is delivered via email or RSS feed. The RSS directions provided here assume that the user will be adding a RSS feed to to a "feed reader", such as Google Reader or Bloglines. However, users of IE7 and FireFox 2.0 (or higher) will discover that they will also be given the option of subscribing to RSS feeds via their browser. IE7 users may then opt to read their feeds in their "Favorites" area, and FireFox users may opt to read their feeds via "Live Bookmarks". More information about RSS feeds is available on the Library's RSS page.

[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.
  - Notice that on the result list page, in the box labeled "Search History/Alerts", there is an orange RSS icon to the left of each of your searches. Click on the RSS icon to create an alert for the search.
  - A pop-up screen displays with the search alert information. Copy the "Syndication Feed URL" and then paste it into your newsreader.
- To Create Email Alert
  - If you would like to get e-mail delivery of the alert information, follow the steps above. When the pop-up box displays the search alert information, click on the "Edit 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.

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 would like to receive email delivery of the alert, follow the steps above but click on the title of the publication instead of the RSS icon. A screen will then display the full publication record. Click on the "Alert/Save/Share" link on the right. In the pop-up box click on "Create an Alert". You will be prompted to sign in to MyEBSCOhost (you may need to create an account if you've 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.

[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". (Note that on the left side of the screen you can also choose to browse alphabetically or by subject).
- 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:
  - On the navigation bar, click "My Settings", and then click "Add/Remove Alerts". Or, on the navigation bar, click "Alerts" .
  - In Volume/Issue Alerts section click "Add/Delete Volume/Issue Alerts".
  - At the Browse screen, a list of journals and books will display. (Note that on the left side of the screen you can also choose to browse alphabetically or by subject).
  - To add an alert, select the "Vol/Issue Alerts" check box next to that title and click "Apply".

Create Citation Alerts:
- Perform a search to find a document of interest to you.
- Open the document and click the "Save as 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 ERIC (EBSCOhost)

See #EBSCOhost Databases.

[edit] 3.11 Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)

See information for #InfoTrac Databases.

[edit] 3.12 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] 3.13 General Business File (InfoTrac)

See information for #InfoTrac Databases.

[edit] 3.14 General Reference Center (InfoTrac)

See information for #InfoTrac Databases.

[edit] 3.15 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] 3.16 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.

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.

[edit] 3.17 Management & Organization Studies (SAGE)

Type of Alerts: Search Alerts; Journal/TOC Alerts

Create Search Alerts
- To Create Email Alert
  - Do a keyword search and refine it until you are receiving the desired results.
  - Click the "Search History" link in the top right corner. This will display a list of all of your searches.
  - Click the link that says "Save OR Alert" for the search strategy you wish to save. You will be prompted to log-in to your "Personal Profile". If you are a new user, click the "New Users Register Here" link.
  - After you have logged-in, make the choices you want regarding what should appear in your alert, and in the "Delivery Method" drop-down box choose either "Email-HTML" or "Email-Plain Text".
  - Click "Save Alert". You will receive weekly alerts.
- To Create RSS Alerts
  - Follow the steps exactly as above, except in the "Delivery Method" drop-down box choose "RSS".
  - Click "Save Alert".
  - At the next screen you will see an orange RSS icon next to your saved search. Click on the RSS icon. The RSS feed URL will display in your browser's address bar. Copy and paste into your feed reader.
Create Journal/TOC Alerts
- To Create Email Alert
  - Click on the "Browse" tab and select a journal. This will bring you to the publication's information page.
  - At the top of the page click on the "New Issue Alert" link.
  - You will be prompted to log-in to your "Personal Profile". If you are a new user, click the "New Users Register Here" link.
  - After you have logged-in, select the expiration date for your alert and in the "Delivery Method" drop-down box choose either "Email-HTML" or "Email-Plain Text".
  - Click "Save".
- To Create RSS Alerts
  - Follow the steps exactly as above, except in the "Delivery Method" drop-down box choose "RSS".
  - Click "Save".
  - At the next screen you will see an orange RSS icon next to your saved search. Click on the RSS icon. The RSS feed URL will display in your browser's address bar. Copy and paste into your feed reader.

[edit] 3.18 Medline (EBSCOhost)

See #EBSCOhost Databases.

[edit] 3.19 MLA International Bibliography & MLA Directory of Periodicals

Type of Alerts: Search Alerts

Create Search Alerts
- To Create Email Alert
  - Do a keyword search and refine it until you are receiving the desired results.
  - Click the "Search History" link in the top right corner. This will display a list of all of your searches.
  - Click the link that says "Save OR Alert" for the search strategy you wish to save. You will be prompted to log-in to your "Personal Profile". If you are a new user, click the "New Users Register Here" link.
  - After you have logged-in, make the choices you want regarding what should appear in your alert, and in the "Delivery Method" drop-down box choose either "Email-HTML" or "Email-Plain Text".
  - Click "Save Alert". You will receive weekly alerts.
- To Create RSS Alerts
  - Follow the steps exactly as above, except in the "Delivery Method" drop-down box choose "RSS".
  - Click "Save Alert".
  - At the next screen you will see an orange RSS icon next to your saved search. Click on the RSS icon. The RSS feed URL will display in your browser's address bar. Copy and paste into your feed reader.

[edit] 3.20 Predicast PROMT (InfoTrac)

See information for #InfoTrac Databases.

[edit] 3.21 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 "Tools & Resources" link at the top of the page.
- Click on the "Sign Up for Email Journal Alerts" link.
- Enter your email address and click on "Make or Change Selections".
- Locate the journal(s) you'd like to create an alert for and put a check mark in the box next to its title.
- Click on the "Save Changes and Exit" button at the top or bottom of the page.
- You will recive an email confirmation of your changes.

Create RSS Alert
- Click on the "Tools & Resources" link at the top of the page.
- Click on "Subscribe to RSS Feeds" link.
- Scroll down to bottom of RSS page and click on "Latest issues".
- Locate the desired journal and click on the RSS icon to the left of the journal name. Copy the URL in the browser address bar and add it to your RSS reader.

[edit] 3.22 ProQuest Computing

See information for #ProQuest Databases.

[edit] 3.23 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
- To Create Email Alerts
  - Conduct a search from either the Basic or Advanced search screen. At the top of the results page click on the "Set up Alert" link.
  - 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".
- To Create RSS Alerts
  - Conduct a search from either the Basic or Advanced search screen. At the top of the results page click on the "Create RSS Feed" link.
  - Copy the feed URL and paste it into your feed reader.
Create Journal/TOC Alerts
- To Create Email 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" link.
  - 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".
- To Create RSS Alerts
  - Click on the "Publications" tab.
  - Choose a publication. You will see a RSS icon to the right of the publication title. Click on the RSS icon.
  - Copy the feed URL and paste it into your feed reader.

[edit] 3.24 ProQuest Psychology Journals

See information for #ProQuest Databases.

[edit] 3.25 ProQuest Research Library

See information for #ProQuest Databases.

[edit] 3.26 ProQuest Telecommunications

See information for #ProQuest Databases.

[edit] 3.27 PsychARTICLES

Type of Alerts: Search Alerts; Journal/TOC Alerts

Create Search Alerts
- To Create Email Alert
  - Do a keyword search and refine it until you are receiving the desired results.
  - Click the "Search History" link in the top right corner. This will display a list of all of your searches.
  - Click the link that says "Save OR Alert" for the search strategy you wish to save. You will be prompted to log-in to your "Personal Profile". If you are a new user, click the "New Users Register Here" link.
  - After you have logged-in, make the choices you want regarding what should appear in your alert, and in the "Delivery Method" drop-down box choose either "Email-HTML" or "Email-Plain Text".
  - Click "Save Alert". You will receive weekly alerts.
- To Create RSS Alerts
  - Follow the steps exactly as above, except in the "Delivery Method" drop-down box choose "RSS".
  - Click "Save Alert".
  - At the next screen you will see an orange RSS icon next to your saved search. Click on the RSS icon. The RSS feed URL will display in your browser's address bar. Copy and paste into your feed reader.
Create Journal/TOC Alerts
- To Create Email Alert
  - Click on the "Browse" tab and select a journal. This will bring you to the publication's information page.
  - At the top of the page click on the "New Issue Alert" link.
  - You will be prompted to log-in to your "Personal Profile". If you are a new user, click the "New Users Register Here" link.
  - After you have logged-in, select the expiration date for your alert and in the "Delivery Method" drop-down box choose either "Email-HTML" or "Email-Plain Text".
  - Click "Save".
- To Create RSS Alerts
  - Follow the steps exactly as above, except in the "Delivery Method" drop-down box choose "RSS".
  - Click "Save".
  - At the next screen you will see an orange RSS icon next to your saved search. Click on the RSS icon. The RSS feed URL will display in your browser's address bar. Copy and paste into your feed reader.

[edit] 3.28 Science Citation Index (SCI) from Web of Science

See #Web of Science.

[edit] 3.29 Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) from Web of Science

See #Web of Science.

[edit] 3.30 Wall Street Journal

See information for #ProQuest Databases.

[edit] 3.31 Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

Type of Alerts: Search Alerts

Create Search Alerts
- To Create Email Alert
  - Do a keyword search and refine it until you are receiving the desired results.
  - Click the "Search History" link in the top right corner. This will display a list of all of your searches.
  - Click the link that says "Save OR Alert" for the search strategy you wish to save. You will be prompted to log-in to your "Personal Profile". If you are a new user, click the "New Users Register Here" link.
  - After you have logged-in, make the choices you want regarding what should appear in your alert, and in the "Delivery Method" drop-down box choose either "Email-HTML" or "Email-Plain Text".
  - Click "Save Alert". You will receive weekly alerts.
- To Create RSS Alerts
  - Follow the steps exactly as above, except in the "Delivery Method" drop-down box choose "RSS".
  - Click "Save Alert".
  - At the next screen you will see an orange RSS icon next to your saved search. Click on the RSS icon. The RSS feed URL will display in your browser's address bar. Copy and paste into your feed reader.

[edit] 3.32 Web of Science

Includes Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI), Science Citation Index (SCI) and Social Science Citation Index (SSCI)

Type of Alerts: Search Alerts; Citation Alerts

Create Search Alerts (NOTE: not available if searching "All Databases". You must pick an individual database to search by clicking on the "Web of Science" tab at the top of page, then put a check mark in box next to the specific database you'd like to search (Science Citation Index, Social Science Citation Index, or Arts and Humanities Citation Index).
- 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 (new users should click "register" to create a username and password).
- 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".

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".

[edit] 4 Further Assistance

For further assistance, please contact the Reference Desk via email or by phone at 781.891.2300.

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Table of Contents (TOC) and Search Alerts

From Bentley Library Research Help

Contents

[edit] 1 About this Page

[edit] 2 What Are Search Alerts?

[edit] 3 Library Databases that Offer Search Alerts

[edit] 3.1 ABI Inform (ProQuest)

[edit] 3.2 Academic Search Premier (EBSCOhost)

[edit] 3.3 Accounting & Tax Index (ProQuest)

[edit] 3.4 ACM Digital Library

[edit] 3.5 Arts & Humanities Citation Index (A&HCI) from Web of Science

[edit] 3.6 Business Source Premier (EBSCOhost)

[edit] 3.7 Communication & Mass Media Complete(EBSCOhost)

[edit] 3.8 EBSCOhost Databases

[edit] 3.9 Elsevier Science Direct College Edition

[edit] 3.10 ERIC (EBSCOhost)

[edit] 3.11 Expanded Academic ASAP (InfoTrac)

[edit] 3.12 Factiva

[edit] 3.13 General Business File (InfoTrac)

[edit] 3.14 General Reference Center (InfoTrac)

[edit] 3.15 IEEE Digital Library

[edit] 3.16 InfoTrac Databases

[edit] 3.17 Management & Organization Studies (SAGE)

[edit] 3.18 Medline (EBSCOhost)

[edit] 3.19 MLA International Bibliography & MLA Directory of Periodicals

[edit] 3.20 Predicast PROMT (InfoTrac)

[edit] 3.21 Project MUSE

[edit] 3.22 ProQuest Computing

[edit] 3.23 ProQuest Databases

[edit] 3.24 ProQuest Psychology Journals

[edit] 3.25 ProQuest Research Library

[edit] 3.26 ProQuest Telecommunications

[edit] 3.27 PsychARTICLES

[edit] 3.28 Science Citation Index (SCI) from Web of Science

[edit] 3.29 Social Science Citation Index (SSCI) from Web of Science

[edit] 3.30 Wall Street Journal

[edit] 3.31 Worldwide Political Science Abstracts

[edit] 3.32 Web of Science

[edit] 4 Further Assistance

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