Automatic retrieval in EBSCO: how to save an alert
EBSCOs Alert is a current awareness service designed to keep you abreast with the latest that is published in your area of interest. Search Alerts are searches you set up to be executed automatically at intervals that you specify. These searches are executed on schedule with email notification sent to you each time this happens. EBSCO uses persistent linking to make it easy for you to simply click on the supplied hyperlinks whenever you want to see the full article. Besides saving searches as alerts; you may also set up alerts for individual journal titles and receive table of contents via email each time a new issue of the journal is released.
SAVING A SEARCH ALERT
Follow the steps below to set up a SEARCH alert in EBSCO. This capability works not only for CINAHL but also for all EBSCO databases.
This database function requires that you be registered as an EBSCO user. When you activate this function, you will be asked to register.
Step 1. You must have an EBSCO host account
-Click on upper top left button: Sign in to My EBSCO host
-Select I'm a new user
-Complete the registration form
-Hit SUBMIT button
Note: Please remember your account information for future reference
Step 2. Sign into EBSCO using your registered name and password
-In order to use the alert function, you must be searching using the Advanced search screen.
Step 3. Do your search
-modify your search as many times as necessary to streamline your search
-when you're happy with your search strategy, select the tab: Search/History/Alerts
Step 4. Clean up your search history (delete unwanted searches)
Step 5. On the Search History screen, select Save Searches/Alerts
Step 6. Type a name for the alert (not your name) and a description of the alert.
Step 7. Select the Alert button opposite Save search as
Step 8. A save/alert page appears, complete this page
Step 9. Click save
You will start receiving email notification based on the parameters you entered on the SAVE/ALERT page.
SAVING A JOURNAL ALERT
Follow the steps below to set up a journal alert on EBSCO.
You must have completed Steps 1 and 2 above
Step 3. From the EBSCO list of databases, select a desired database
Step 4. Click the Publications button and find the journal you want
Step 5. Click on Journal Alert on upper right hand button
Step 6. You will be asked to sign in (if you are not signed in as a user)
Step 7. Fill the journal alert form to store your alert.
Step 8. Click Save
You will start receiving hyperlinked tables of contents in your email based on the parameters you entered on the SAVE/ALERT page. Simply click on the pdf or html links to view the complete articles.
MAKING CHANGES ON YOUR ALERTS
Go to My Folders to make any changes on your saved Alerts
For Saving alerts in PubMed, go to: My NCBI account tutorial.
Call Nelia at extension 47535, or email her at nwurang@llu.edu for assistance in setting up or making changes to your alerts.