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Note: You must have an EbscoHost Account to create email alerts  
  1. Enter your search into the search box
  2. On the results page, click on the drop-down "Share" link
  3. Select email Alert (you will be prompted to sign in to create an email alert)
  4. Create the alert name, expand search across multiple databases (if you add databases to your original search, you must recheck ALL the databases you would like to search)
  5. Select "alert" for "save search As" option
  6. Set alert parameters -- frequency, publication date, alert duration, alert display options, and email properties
  7. To cancel alerts, you must log-in to your EbscoHost account

To set-up an RSS Feed for your search, click on the "Create RSS Feed" link on the search result page.  Copy the RSS feed address and enter the address into your RSS Reader of choice.  Once an email alert is created, a corresponding RSS feed address is created that can be copied and added to your RSS Reader.

For more detailed directions, see the EBSCO help page on ALERTS

Google Scholar

Google logoTo create an alert in Google Scholar:

  1. The first step to setting up an alert is to create a search
  2. On the results page, click on the white envelope icon that states "Create an Email Alert"
  3. Set alert parameters -- Alert name, email address, # of results
  4. Click "Create Alert"

To create "Cited By" citation alert, search for the title of the paper you wish to track.  Click on the "Create An Email Alert" icon.

There is no RSS option for Google Scholar.  

To access you list of alerts, click on the "List Alerts" option at the bottom of your alert emails.  Here you can modify or delete your Scholar Alerts.

Although you do not need a Google Account to set-up Google Scholar Alerts, you can create general Google Search Alerts with a Google Account. Access "My Account" at the top of the page in Google.  Under "My Products" is an option for managing Alerts.  You can set-up alerts that can be limited to news, blogs, realtime, video and discussions.  General Google Alerts can be delivered via RSS feed.

ProQuest

ProQuest logoCreating Alerts in ProQuest Databases:

  1. Enter your search into the search box
  2. On the results page, click on the link "Save Search Alert" (requires setting up a ProQuest research account)
  3. Set alert paramenters -- schedule (daily, weekly, monthly, every three months), stop date, email address, subject and message.
  4. you must confirm alert by clicking on link in confirmation email
  5. To cancel alerts, use link within alert email.

To set-up an RSS Feed for your search, click on the "Create RSS Feed" link on the search result page.  Copy the RSS feed address and enter the address into your RSS Reader of choice.

To set-up an alert searching across multiple Proquest databases, select all relevant databases and then perform search.  Set up alert using above steps.