It is important for researchers and academics to keep up-to-date with the most recently published information and developments. In order to do so, users can set up SEARCH ALERTS to be automatically notified when new articles are written on areas of interest or JOURNAL TABLE OF CONTENT ALERTS when new journal issues are published.
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Alerts, as defined by EBSCO, are:
For example: An instructor wants to keep up-to-date on simulations in education. The instructor can create a ARTICLE ALERT in the database(s) of their choice so that they are informed as soon as new information is published.
Aggression & Violent Behavior and likes to review the Table of Content of each issue to see what is in the current literature. The faculty member can create a JOURNAL TABLE OF CONTENTS ALERTS in the appropriate database so that they are automatically informed each time a new issue is published.
In the following sections, we will focus on these two types of Alerts: Article and Journal. These alerts can be delivered two ways, via email or through an RSS feed. This will be detailed in the subsequent sections, focusing on database aggregators, EBSCO and ProQuest.
Before creating any search or journal alerts, we recommend that you create a personal account in both EBSCO and Proquest. You will then have a personal folder that you can use to save search results, persistent links to searches, search alerts, journal alerts and web pages.
To create a personal account, go to the applicable EBSCO or ProQuest database and follow the steps outlined on the following sites:
EBSCO | PROQUEST | OTHER |
How to Create a ProQuest My Research Account |
Emerald Publishing: How do I create a User Profile |
You may set up an alerting service in any of the EBSCO or ProQuest databases that our Library subscribes to. This means you can have the results of a search you created automatically emailed to you. You determine how frequently the search will be run as well as the length of time the search will continue.
Note: You can search multiple databases at the same time by using Choose Databases (EBSCO) or All Databases (ProQuest).
EBSCO | PROQUEST |
1. Do a search in the main Library SearchMe! box
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1. Go to the ProQuest database of your choice.
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2. Now that you have an account:
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2. Create a search.
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3. To find your Alerts later:
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3. Save the search as an alert.
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As part of this service you can also have the Table of Contents (TOC) automatically emailed to you, as soon as a new issue of a Journal is released. This is not limited to the journals we subscribe to (as indicated in our Library Catalogue) but rather to the journals indexed in the EBSCO or ProQuest databases we subscribe to.
FIRST: Search the JIBC Library Journal Titles to see which database includes your chosen title.
EBSCO | PROQUEST | OTHER |
If your requested journal is in an EBSCO database:
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If your requested journal is in a ProQuest database:
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Journal NOT available through EBSCO or ProQuest?
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For additional information: | For additional information: | Information from other publishers: |
Emerald - Guidance on Creating Alerts Some Emerald journals we subscribe to are:
Taylor & Francis - Setting up Alerts Some T&F journals we subscribe to are:
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Email updates of the latest relevant Google results (web, news, etc.) based on your choice of query or topic.
For more information on RSS please visit these sites:
Alternatively, you can set up an alert to be sent to you via RSS Feed. This is a fast and simple way of having the alerts sent to your email address or to an RSS Feed Reader to which you subscribe.
RSS feeds are denoted by this symbol:
Note that if you choose an RSS Feed (rather than an e-mail alert), it will most often automatically route to your RSS Folder in Microsoft Outlook and to your IE Favourites-Feeds Folder.
In most cases, you must actually click on the RSS Feed URL to activate the Feed; or, to copy it into your Feed Reader.
For more information on RSS please visit these sites:
If our Library does not have access to the full-text, we will obtain a copy for you via ILL (Interlibrary Loan). Send your detailed request to library@jibc.ca.