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What is an alert?
- An alert is a notification that you can set up, edit (and cancel) in most journals or databases
- You can set up notifications to let you know via email/account when results from a specific search have new results, when a new issue of a journal is published or if you want to follow a specific author (including yourself!)
Google Scholar Alert
- Google Alerts
- OR...use Google Scholar
- Navigate to Google Scholar and sign into your account
- Click the top right hand menu and choose Alerts
- Click on the red Create Alert icon
- Create a query. This could be a search string, a keyword, or the name of a researcher etc.
- You can choose to receive up to 10 OR up to 20 results, sent to your email
- You can set up the alert and the edit as needed
Database Search Results Alerts
Journal Alerts
What is an RSS Feed?
- RSS stands for "really simple syndication" or "rich site summary"
- It is a feed that amasses different content collections of interest
- RSS feeds require a reader (Google Reader has been discontinued in favour of alerts)
- Copy the link from the alert and paste it into the reader (according to site directions)
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