Most databases have an option to subscribe to search alerts to your database profile, email or to RSS feed. Publishers (e.g. EBSCO, Web of Science, or ProQuest) typically use the same interface for all databases they offer. Usually the publishers require you to create an account on the publisher's website in order to subscribe to alerts. Additionally, there are services such as PubCrawler that search for specific search terms simultaneously in multiple databases and regularly send notifications about new publications.
Your information needs determine what alternative suits you best. Sometimes it might be useful to subscribe to a search result on a regular basis, or be notified whenever new items matching your search terms are added to the database.
The titles in the alert emails or RSS feeds are usually links to the references in the databases. Feed subscriptions sent to your email often include a short abstract and keywords for the article, which allows you to quickly see if the article is worth reading in full.
Most of the frequently updated websites and news platforms support RSS protocols (Rich Site Summary; Really Simple Syndication). Even though not all of the sites offer the actual coding they can be transformed into RSS feeds with the help of utility services such as WatchThatPage or TrackEngine.
There are also feed readers such as Feedly and NetVibes that you can use to collect all the things you need in one service – news, publications, updated versions, YouTube videos, etc. In Outlook, you can subscribe to receive content from multiple web pages into one folder instead of your email inbox.
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In order to create search aletrs in Ebsco, you need to create an account to Ebsco. Remember to create an unique password, do not use your UTU password!
Run a search.
Click the Share link and select E-mail Alert or RSS Feed from the resulting pop- up menu.
Select yout alert preferences for example how often you will get notified and in which format references wil be delivered.
In e-mail alert add also your email-address. For RSS-feed you can copy the feed URL and add it to your RSS reader.
In ProQuest databases you can create email alerts without creating account to Proquest. Although, if you want to modify, delete, or view all of your alerts, then you need to create an account to Proquest.
Run a search.
Click the Save search/alert- link and select Create Alert or Create RSS Feed from the resulting pop- up menu.
Select yout alert preferences for example how often and how long you will get notified and in which format references wil be delivered.
In e-mail alert add also your email-address. For RSS-feed you can copy the feed URL and add it to your RSS reader.
For email alert you will get email from Proquest and you need to verify your alert order.
You have to create Web of Science account in order to create Search alerts.
You have to create Elsevier account in order to create Citation alerts.
1.Make a search in Scopus.
2. On the top left corner you will find Set Create Alert -link.
3. Add name to the alert, check your email-addres and select how often you want to get notified about new citations.
4. You can modify your alerts when you go to the right top corner, click your initials and from opening menu take Alerts.
You have to create Pubmed account in order to create alerts. You can create an account with UTU account.
1.Make a search in Pubmed.
2. Belove the search box you will find Create alert and Create RSS-links.
3. Add name to the alert, check your email-addres and select how often you want to get notified about new citations.
4. You can modify your alerts when you go to the right top corner, click your username and from opening menu take Dashboard.
To stay updated in your research field, keep track of citations for highly relevant papers. By receiving notifications whenever a new paper cites these key articles, you'll discover fresh and potentially significant research.
Once you publish your own papers, set up alerts to see who cites your work, allowing you to follow the latest developments and connect with researchers interested in your findings.
1. You have to create Web of Science account in order to create Citation alerts.
2. Find the article where you want to set citation alert
3. On the right side of the article information page you find Creation Citation Alert -button.
4. On pop-up window select Create.
5. Now citation alert is created and you receive an email whenever a new publication cites a previously published work.
6. You can modify your alerts when you go to left side of the page and from opening menu click Saved Searches Alerts.
1. You have to create Elsevier account in order to create Citation alerts.
2. Find the article where you want to set citation alert
3. On the right side of the article information page you find Set Citation Alert -button.
4. Add name to the alert, check your email-addres and select how often you want to get notified about new citations.
5. You can modify your alerts when you go to right top corner, click your initials and from opening menu take Alerts.
Nowadays there are multiple other sites that provide citation information. You need to create a free account in order to create allerts.-
Here is a couple examples:
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Some services offer article recommendations based on your library within the service. For example, ResearchRabbit provides weekly suggestions by allowing you to create collections and receive new paper recommendations based on your own ResearchRabbit collections.
