Search alerts are a time saver! You do not need to perform the same search again and again to determine if any new articles have been published on your topic. Instead, articles matching your search parameters will be sent to you.
Search alerts are useful for:
The first step in creating a search alert is to create a search that returns results similar to what you'd like to receive alerts for.
On the page that displays your results list, most databases provide a link to create an alert.
To create an alert in PsycINFO:
In addition to creating alerts for articles or other items on a topic, another option is to create a journal alert. This is particularly useful if you have one or more favorite journals that are relevant to your research interests and want to be alerted as new issues are published. There a few ways this can be done:
To confirm that a journal is available through TCSPP University Library, use the "Journals" search in OneSearch, and then select the database where that journal is currently available full text.
Example:
Using One Search, the link for the "Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis" take you to the Journal Page. From there you can set up an alert:
Most journals provide alert services to keep you up to date with their content. Traditionally these have been called ToC alerts and will send you the table of contents each time a new issue of a journal is published. This enables you to see what is being published and take steps to view any articles of interest. The alert will not include the full text of articles. The link below for JournalTOC's is an example of an aggregator.
Journal TOC's
A free service providing table of contents alerts for over 17,000 journals. Search for publications by ISSN or journal title.
Publisher websites generally can provide updates to their table of contents.You can find links to the table of contents RSS feed or e-mail alert on each journal's website. You will likely need to sign-up for an account with the publisher.
Professional Organizations are another way to stay up to date in your field through research, attending conferences, networking and other opportunities:
