Keeping up with the literature in your Field Keeping up-to-date with the literature on your field can be a difficult task. Alerting services, such as Automated
E-mail Alerts and RSS Feeds are a great and easy way to keep current while saving time.
Library databases and publishers offer you these tools to receive:
- Latest research on a topic.
- Table of contents (TOC) of your favorite journals
- New articles corresponding to an author
There are a several ways of tracking what is being published and keeping yourself informed of new and important developments in your field. A selection of current
awareness services is outlined below.
Email Alert
Many databases will allow you to set up email alerts to receive new articles from a specific journal, a subject area, by a certain author, or containing
specific keywords. See instructions below to find out how to create an email alert.
Blogs and Discussion
Lists Researchers around the world keep each other informed by posting the latest news in Blogs and discussion lists.
Web Pages
There are a variety of services that provide alerting services for what is published on the web.
Some of these services include:
RSS
RSS stands for "Real Simple Syndication," an XML format for sharing syndicated information on the Web. RSS allows people to monitor web sites and databases
for new information, without having to visit the site, blog or database.
How do I find RSS Feeds?
- Look for the image icons
or 
or 
on web pages.
- Look for RSS options within article databases.
- Use a blog directory like Technorati or Google's Blog Search
How do I subscribe to an RSS feed?
To follow an RSS feed, you need a "feed reader".You have several options:
Help by Database Vendor
Alerts and RSS Feeds are features available in some of the databases the Library subscribes to. Click on the link to find step by step instructions for creating
your own email or RSS alert.
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Database Covered
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HELP: Email Alerts
and RSS Feeds
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ACS Journals
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American Chemical Society Journals
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Cambridge
Scientific
Abstracts
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ASFA: Aquatic Sciences and Fisheries Abstracts |
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ASFA 1: Biological Sciences and Living Resources |
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ASFA 2: Ocean Technology,Policy and Non-Living Resources |
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ASFA 3: Aquatic Pollution and Environmental Quality |
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ASFA Aquaculture Abstracts |
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ASFA Marine Biotechnology Abstracts |
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GeoRef, GeoRef In Process |
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Oceanic Abstracts |
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EBSCOhost
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Academic Search Premier |
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Agricola, Business Source Complete |
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CINAHL, Pre-CINAHL |
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Communication & Mass Media Complete |
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Computer Source |
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EJS E-Journals |
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Environment Index |
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ERIC |
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Fuente Académica |
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GreenFILE |
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MasterFILE Premier |
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MEDLINE |
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Newspaper Source |
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Professional Development Collection
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Psychology & Behavioral Sciences Collection |
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PsycINFO |
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Regional Business News |
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Teacher Reference Center |
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Engineering
Village
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Compendex (Engineering Index) |
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IEEE
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IEEE Explore |
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ScienceDirect
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ScienceDirect |
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ProQuest
Direct Web
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ProQuest:
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ABI/INFORM
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Academic Research Library
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Dissertations & Theses
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Hoover's Company Records
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Nursing & Allied Health Source
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Biology Journals
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ProQuest Central
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Psychology Journals
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Science Journals
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Social Science Journals
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Wilson Web
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Applied Science Full Text
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Art Full Text
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Art Museum Image Gallery
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Art Retrospective
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Biological & Agr Index Plus
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Business Full Text
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Children's Core Collection
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Education Full Text
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Education Index Retro
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Essay & General Lit
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General Science Full Text
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Humanities & Social Sci Retro
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Humanities Full Text
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Legal Periodicals Full Text
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Legal Periodicals Retro
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Library Lit & Inf Full Text
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Readers' Guide Full Text
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Readers' Guide Retro
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Senior High Core Collection
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Social Sciences Full Text |
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RSS Feed
From the search results page select the RSS Feed link. Select the desired radio button: Email Alert or a RSS Feed. Then determine the frequency of updating the Feed and the duration. Finally, you can then click on the Create Alert button. On the resulting popup window, you can click on the RSS Feed URL to subscribe to this Feed. Note the Subscribe to this feed link on this page.
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