Posted June 8, 2010
Tip: Keep Up with Favorite Magazines with Journal Alerts
Ever wonder if there was an easy way to keep up with favorite magazines, newspapers, journals, or professional publications?
Most GALILEO databases offer an alert feature that will send an email when the latest issue of a publication has been added to the database.
Here’s how to set up an alert…
In EBSCO databases (e.g., MasterFILE Premier or Academic Search Complete),
- Go to the Publications section (link in the blue bar at the top)
- Search for a magazine or journal
- Click the title
- Click Alert/Save/Share>>
- Choose to Create an alert
- You will need to sign in to (or create) a free My EBSCOhost account to save the alert
- Once signed in, enter email address and settings (notice there is an option to alert on full text only, which is great for publications that have an embargo that doesn’t allow full text to be available for a few months or a year)
- Click Save Alert to save it
In ProQuest databases (e.g., Research Library or ProQuest Newspapers),
- Go to the Publications tab
- Search for a magazine or journal
- Click the title
- Click Set Up Alert
- Enter email address and choose settings
- Click Save to set up the alert
For folks who prefer to use a feed reader or aggregator, both EBSCO and ProQuest allow users to set up a feed instead of an email. Just look for the orange feed icon after locating the publication.
For more detailed instructions and a handout, see our FAQ.