Current Awarness/Email Alerts Resources
A list of databases that provide email alerts and saved search options.
database list - how to set up alerts
A&H Search
From any FirstSearch database screen, click on the My Account link (top right). After registering and establishing a user name and password you will be able to save your searches to run at a later date. When retrieving your searches, click on My Account, enter your user name and password, and then click on the Previous Searches link. NOTE: your user name and password is now set for all FirstSearch databases.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Academic Search Complete
This EBSCO database allows you to create a folder and save searches, alerts, web pages, etc. for a later session. To access this feature, click on the Sign In to My EBSCOhost link, (top of screen) and create an account.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
ACM Digital Library
From the ACM Digital Library Home Page, find the Personalized Services section (right, center of screen). After filling out the required information at the Login required link, you will have access to the My Binders & TOC features. My Binders: allows you to save search results & queries, share binders with colleagues, & build bibliographies.
TOC: allows you to receive the table of contents via email as new issues or proceedings become available.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
ACS Publications
This database offers both ASAP Alerts (daily/weekly notification of articles published on the web, prior to being assigned an issue); and TOC Alerts (emails table of contents of specific issues the day the issue is posted on the web). To access these, click on the tab e-Alerts at the top of the main search screen.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Alternative Press Index Online
A FirstSearch database. See A&H Search for details on saving searches.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
America: History and Life
This is an EBSCO database; see Academic Search Complete for directions on saving searches, alerts, etc.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
American Mathematical Society Journals
This system will deliver weekly e-mail notification of newly posted AMS journal items meeting your specifications. Go to the Email Alerts link on the left side of the home page.
Off Campus Allowed
American Society for Microbiology
This database allows you to receive Table Of Contents alerts via email. From the ASM Journals page, click on the Alerts link (red box at top of page.) Click on the eTOC: Receive Table of Contents Alerts via E-mail (free), and follow the directions under Register for eTOCs.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Annual Reviews
This database allows you to set up email alerts for new content in the publications of your choice. On the Annual Reviews screen click on Profile; at this screen you can register for Alerts.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Anthropological Literature
A FirstSearch database. See A&H Search for details on saving searches.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Art Index
This is a WilsonWeb database that allows you to set up Alerts. After you run a search, click on the Create Alerts link and follow the directions.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Art Museum Image Gallery
A WilsonWeb database. See Art Index for alert details.
OffCampusAllowed
ArticleFirst
From any Wayfinder database screen, click on the My Account link (top right). After registering and establishing a user name and password you will be able to save your searches to run at a later date. When retrieving your searches, click on My Account, enter your user name and password, then click on the Previous Searches link. NOTE: your user name and password is now set for all Wayfinder databases
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Avery Index to Architecture Periodicals
A FirstSearch database. See A&H Search for details on saving searches.
OffCampusAllowed
Biology Digest
A FirstSearch database. See A&H Search for details on saving searches.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
BioOne
From BioOne you can receive, via email, the table of contents of the latest issues of journals published on BioOne. Click on the Help tab at the top of the main search screen. Scroll down to Features of BioOne, then click on TOC Alert (Table Of Contents).
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
BIOSIS Previews
This database allows you to save your search, re-run it at a later date, and create email alerts. To access this feature, go to “customize your experience” on the lower right of the homepage. You will then be able to register for the ISI Web of Knowledge Server.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Blackwell Science Journals/Synergy
This database allows you to access saved titles, articles, queries and alerts in My Profile. To access this service, click on the Register link in the blue box, top, right of the first search screen.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Book Review Digest
A WilsonWeb database. See Art Index for details on saving searches.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Books in Print
You can receive email alerts when new items are added to the database. Click on the BIP alert link at the top of the screen.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Business and Management Practices
A FirstSearch database. See A&H Search for details on saving searches.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Business Source Complete
This EBSCO database allows you to create a folder and save searches, alerts, web pages, etc. for a later session. To access this feature, click on the Sign In link, (top of screen) and create an account.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
CCH Internet Tax Research
Once you log in with your email, you can save searches and sign up for email news.
OffCampusAllowed
CIAO Columbia International Affairs Online
This database allows you to receive monthly updates about new content. Click on what’s new link (left side of screen) and register with your email.
OffCampusAllowed
Cinahl
An EBSCO database – see Business Source Premier for details.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Cochrane Library
Allows you to do saved searches and sign up for alerts. Click the My Profile or Log In button in the top right corner of the homepage.
OffCampusAllowed
Communication & Mass Media Complete
An EBSCO database – see Academic Search Premier for details.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
CQ Researcher
Click on the Email Alerts link on the left side of screen for directions on signing up.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Criminal Justice Abstracts
This CSA Illumina database allows you to set up email alerts and to save and re-run searches. On the first search screen, click on the Please log in to My Research tab, top right of screen.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Dissertations & Theses: A & I
This database allows you to set up email alerts. Run your desired search and on the results page click on Set Up Alert tab.
OffCampusAllowed
Ebsco: Business Source Complete
See Business Source Complete.
OffCampusAllowed
EconLit
This is an EBSCO database – see Academic Search Complete for details on setting up Alerts.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Education Fulltext
A WilsonWeb database. See Art Index for details on saving searches and creating alerts.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Educational Administration Abstracts
This EBSCO database allows you to create a folder and save searches, alerts, web pages, etc. for a later session. To access this feature, click on the Sign In link, (top of screen) and create an account.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
OffCampusAllowed
Environmental Sciences and Pollution Management
A CSA Illumina database. See Criminal Justice Periodical Index for details on saving searches and setting up alerts.
Off Campus Only
ERIC
This is a Wayfinder/FirstSearch database. See ArticleFirst (above) for directions on saving and re-running searches.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Ethnic NewsWatch
A ProQuest database. Once you search your terms and have a results list, you can set up an email alert (daily, weekly, monthly or every 3 months) and receive notification when additional articles on that topic are available.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Faculty of 1000 Biology
This database allows you to set up email alerts. Click on the Log On/Register tab at the top of the home page.
OffCampusAllowed
FirstGov
This database allows you to receive updates by e-mail. On the home page click on the Receive updates by e-mail link in the upper right corner.
Off campus access available
GeoRef
This is an EBSCO database – see Academic Search Complete for details on setting up Alerts.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Global Market Information Database
WSU students, staff and faculty only. Authentication is required. After you Personalize This Site and create a login and password, click on the My Pages tab to set up email alerts, RSS feeds, etc.
WSU students, staff and faculty only. Authentication is required.
GPO
This is a Wayfinder/FirstSearch database. See ArticleFirst (above) for directions on saving and re-running searches.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
HAPI: Health and Psychosocial Instruments
This is an Ovid database that allows you to save searches and sign up for email alerts. On the home page click on the Saved searches/Alerts button (top, middle of screen) and create a Personal Account.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Historical Abstracts
This is an EBSCO database – see Academic Search Complete for details in setting up Alerts.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Historical Statistics of the United States
This database allows you to save searches. Click on the Login button (top, right of home page) and register.
OffCampusAllowed
Humanities & Social Sciences Index Retrospective
A WilsonWeb database – see Art Index for details on saving searches and creating alerts.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Humanities International Index
An EBSCO database – see Academic Search premier for details on alerts.
OffCampusAllowed
IBISWorld
This database allows email alerts. Once you select an industry to view, scroll down and on the left hand side you can sign up for notification of when that industry report is updated, 1-4 times yearly.
OffCampusAllowed
ICPSR
This database allows you to sigh up new alerts ion new content. On the home page click on the MyData login (top, right).
On Campus Allowed
IEEE / IEE Electronic Library (IEL)
This database offers Table of Contents Alerts. You will receive an email when a new journal or magazine issue in your area of interest has been posted online. To access this feature, click on the Alerts tab (top of screen) and enter your name and email. You will then be able to select your areas of interest.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Ingenta Connect
This database offers notification for newly added issues. Under “For Researchers” select receiving email alerts and fill out form.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
INSPEC
An EBSCO database – see Academic Search Complete above.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
International Index of Music Periodicals
This database allows you to save searches – click on the My Archive link (lower left of home page.)
OffCampusAllowed
International Pharmaceutical Abstracts
A CSA Illumina database – see Criminal Justice Abstracts.
OffCampusAllowed
JSTOR
This database allows you to save and email citations. Select MyJSTOR from the home page and create an account.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Library Literature
A WilsonWeb database – see Art Index for details on saving searches and creating alerts.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Library, Information Science & Technology Abstracts
An EBSCO database. Go to Sign In To My EBSCOhost to create email alerts.
OffCampusAllowed
MCB University / Emerald Library Journals
This database allows you 3 types of email alerts. Saved Search Alert – brief citations of new articles that match your search criteria; ToC Alerts – the contents page of any chosen journal when the latest issue becomes available online; Weekly Digests – summary of all Emerald Fulltext journals updated each week. On the main search page, click on the My Profile button (left of page) to register.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Medline
This is a Wayfinder/FirstSearch database. See ArticleFirst (above) for directions on saving and re-running searches.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Medline / PubMed
On the opening screen of this database you can register for a “My NCBI” account. Click on this link (left side, near bottom of page) to register and you will be able to save searches to re-run at a later time, and also set up email alerts.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
MLA Bibliography
An EBSCO database – see Academic Search Complete.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts (NCJRS)
This database allows you to receive email alerts of new content in your field of interest. Click on the Subscribe/Register link at the top of the home page.
Everyone
Natural Medicines
This database allows you to sign up for updates. Go to the Manage My Account- eUPDATE link towards the bottom of the home page.
OffCampusAllowed
Newsbank Access World News
To create an Email Alert, first create the search strategy that you want and decide what sources you want to include in your search. For example, suppose you want to follow your local school board elections over a period of a few months. You might choose your local paper as your source, and run a search for
OffCampusAllowed
Ovid Full Text Journals
This is an Ovid database that allows you to save searches and sign up for email alerts. On the home page click on the saved searches/alerts button (top, middle of screen.)
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Oxford Dictionary of National Biography
Sign up to receive regular emails with the latest news, and information about what's in the latest monthly magazine. Click on the What’s New link at the top of the home page.
OffCampusAllowed
PAIS
A CSA Illumina database – see Criminal Justice Abstracts.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
PapersFirst
This is a Wayfinder/FirstSearch database. See ArticleFirst (above) for directions on saving and re-running searches.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Philosopher's Index
This EBSCO database allows you to create a folder and save searches, alerts, web pages, etc. for a later session. To access this feature, click on the Sign In link, (top of screen) and create an account.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
OffCampusAllowed
Proceedings
This is a Wayfinder/FirstSearch database. See ArticleFirst (above) for directions on saving and re-running searches
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Project MUSE
Receive weekly e-mail notifications of new journal issues or new titles available in Project Muse. Go to Tools & Resources, select email alerts and fill in email address.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
ProQuest Newspaper Library
This is a ProQuest database. See Ethnic NewsWatch for directions on setting up alerts.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
PsychArticles
A CSA Illumina database –see Criminal Justice Periodical Index for details on saving searches and setting up alerts.
OffCampusAllowed
PsycInfo
A CSA Illumina database –see Criminal Justice Periodical Index for details on saving searches and setting up alerts.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Reader's Guide Index
A WilsonWeb database – see Art Index for details on saving searches.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Reader's Guide Retrospective
A WilsonWeb database – see Art Index for details on saving searches.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
RILM Music Abstracts
A CSA Illumina database –see Criminal Justice Periodical Index for details on saving searches and setting up alerts.
OffCampusAllowed
Sage Journals Online
This database allows you to sign up for alerts. Click on the My tools link of the home page (upper right); on the next screen click on the Alerts button.
OffCampusAllowed
Science Citation Index (Web of Science)
This database allows you to save your search, re-run it at a later date, and create email alerts. To access this feature, go to “customize your experience” on the lower right of the homepage. You will then be able to register for the ISI Web of Knowledge Server.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Science Direct
Science Direct offers e-mail alerts. Click on the Alerts tab at the top of the main search screen. The first time you access this function you will need to register and create a profile/user name/password. You then will be linked to the page of instructions on how to set up Search Alerts, Journal Issue alerts, and Citation Alerts. To logout of ScienceDirect and your Profile, you must close the browser; otherwise your profile will be accessible to the next user at the terminal.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
SIAM Journals
This database allows you to set up Toc alerts. Click on the TOC Alerts tab at the top of the home page.
OffCampusAllowed
SIAM Locus Journal Archive
This database allows you to set up Toc alerts. Click on the TOC Alerts tab at the top of the home page.
OffCampusAllowed
Social Science Citation Index (Web of Science)
This database functions the same as Science Citation Index (see above).
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Social Sciences Index
A WilsonWeb database – see Art Index for details on saving searches and setting up alerts.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Sociological Abstracts
A CSA Illumina database –see Criminal Justice Abstracts for details on saving searches and setting up alerts.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Source OECD
This database offers an alerting service that will send you an e-mail whenever a new book, periodical issue or database that matches your interest is released. Inside each alert email message will be link to take you straight to the new publication or database update. To access this feature, click on the Email Alerts link at the top of the first screen.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Stat!Ref
This database allows you to customize your searches by signing up for a My Stat!Ref account.
To access this feature, click on the Preferences link - top, center – of the first screen.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Ulrich's Periodicals Directory
Ulrich’s Alert Service allows you to choose to be alerted on one or more of the following: monthly alert on all serials within a given subject; All subjects title changes; or All
Subjects ceased titles. To access this service, click on the yellow Ulrich’s Alert tab (top, center) and register.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Wiley Interscience Journals
This database allows you to access saved titles, articles, queries and alerts in My Profile. To access this service, click on the Register link in the blue box, top, right of the first search screen.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
World Almanac
This is a Wayfinder/FirstSearch database. See ArticleFirst (above) for directions on saving and re-running searches
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
WorldCat
This is a Wayfinder/FirstSearch database. See ArticleFirst (above) for directions on saving and re-running searches
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Worldwide Political Science Abstracts
A CSA Illumina database. See Criminal Justice Periodical Index for details on saving searches and setting up alerts.
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
Zoological Record
This is an Ovid database that allows you to save searches and sign up for email alerts. On the home page click on the saved searches/alerts button (top, middle of screen.)
Off campus access available to WSU Vancouver students, staff and faculty.
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