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Below are examples of how to set up email alerts in different types of databases that appear on the library's database list. We suggest reading through the examples below, even if they are not related to your subject area, to get a flavor for two things: the range of information resources for which alerting services are available and how to locate information about setting up email alerts. It is not always easy to locate the latter. A librarian can help. After reviewing these examples, check the Database Finder to locate what capabilities the databases relating to your interests may provide.
Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts (LLBA) is an example of a bibliographic database. When you first enter the database, look around for documentation about alerts and how to set them up. Click on advanced search tab. Click on "help and support" toward the upper right. (There is also an "alerts" link in the upper right but first read the documentation about setting up alerts.)
If you select the "Index" tab on the resulting screen, you can see "alerts" as a topic on the alphabetical topic list on the left.
Another option, less direct, is click the "Contents button" and look under "Search Tools" for "Alerts".
Books in Print enables you to identify book, audio, and video titles relating to your subject of interest. When you enter the database, you see this screen:
In the bar toward the upper right, you will notice the item "BIP Alert". Clicking on this brings you to the point below where you can enter a login and password. However, where can you obtain details about using the alerting service? In the far upper right, there is a "Help" button. Click on it to get to a list of topics, one of which is "BIP Alert" :
Clicking on the document labeled "QG05" to the right of the picture of the BIP Alert button brings you to a document about setting up alerts:
Access Science is an online encyclopedic and dictionary resource for information about science and technology topics. On the opening screen for this database, notice the bar of links, one of which is "Newsletter".
Clicking on Newsletter brings up the following.
National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) working papers are studies in progress, prior to publication in a journal or other publication. Here is the opening screen.
Drag down the menu for "Publications"; you will then see an item "New This Week".
Clicking on this item brings up a place where you can "Register for the 'New This Week' e-bulletin".
Science.gov describes itself as "a gateway to authoritative selected science information provided by U.S. Government agencies, including research and development results."
Note the "Alerts" link on the bar near the top. This leads you to the following information about setting up alerts.
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Last update 12/19/05