How to Create Database Alerts

An EBSCO account creates a personal folder in which you will be able to save search results and persistent links to searches, saved searches, search alerts and journal alerts. 


To set up a Table of Contents alert

• Click the Publications link and enter a journal name.
• When the journal appears on screen, click on the RSS icon and copy the url into your RSS Reader.
• For an e-mail alert, click on the hyperlinked journal name.
• Click the Journal Alert link located in the far right of the screen. 
• When the Journal Alert Screen appears, fill in the necessary information and click Save.

To set up a TOC alert for Databases lacking the Publication link

• Enter the journal name in the Find box.
• Check that results are for the journal you want and are recent.
• Click on Create Alert for this Search located just above the results to create an RSS Feed.
• For an e-mail alert, click on the Search History/Alerts tab.
• Click on the Save Search/Alert link.
• Click the Alert radio button. Fill in the necessary information and click Save.

To set up a Saved Search alert

• Enter your search in the Find box.
• On the results screen, click on Create Alert for this Search to create an RSS Feed.
• For an e-mail alert, click on the Search History/Alerts tab.
• Click on the Save Search/Alert link.
• Click the Alert radio button. Fill in the necessary information and click Save.