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Create Alerts

• Creating a journal alert

  • You can create a Journal Alert to be alerted when new issues of that publication become available.

    1. Click the Advanced search link below the search box.

       

    2. Click the Publications tab below the guided style search boxes.

    3. To locate the publication, enter the title in the Search for publications box and click the magnifying glass to browse through the list of titles.
       
       Note: If you are searching multiple EBSCO databases, you can select a specific database to search using the drop-down menu to the left of the Search for publications box.
       
       
        

    4. Click the title of the journal for which you would like to create an alert.

    5. From the journal's Publication Details, click the Publication tools menu, and then click the Create alert link.
       
       
        

    6. If you are not logged in to your personal MyEBSCO account, you are prompted to do so.

    7. On the Create journal alert screen, enter the required information (Alert name, Email address), and notification preferences, and click Create alert.
       
       Note: Under Preferences, check the box to receive an alert notification only when full text is available for the title.
       
       
        

    8. Your created journal alert is confirmed. Click Close to return to the results screen.
       

• Creating a search alert

  • After running a search, you can create a Search Alert from the result list to be notified when new results become available.

  • To create a Search Alert:

    1. After running a search, click the menu icon on the right and select Create alert.
       
       
        

    2. If you are not logged in to your personal MyEBSCO account, you are prompted to do so.

    3. On the Alert screen, enter the required information (Alert name, Email address), select a Frequency and notification preferences, and click Create alert.
       
       
        

    4. Your created search alert is confirmed. Click Close to return to the results screen.
       
       

  • To view results of a search alert:

    • On EBSCOhost (no email notifications)

      1. ​​​If you opted to not receive email notification for your search alerts, you can generate your latest alert results by clicking the Alert name on the Search alerts tab under Alerts in the dashboard.
         
         
          

      2. The displayed results are from the latest run of the alert. Results from previous runs of the alert are not available in this list. Click the View all results link to view all available results for your search alert. 
         
         

    • From an email notification

      1. If you opted to receive an email notification and the run of the alert contains more than 25 results, you can click the View all results button at the bottom of the email to go to a results page with the entire list of results from that run.
         
         

Edit Alerts

• Managing your journal alerts

  • After journal alerts have been created, you can manage them from the Journal alerts tab in My dashboard.

  • To access your saved alert:

1. Click Alerts in the My dashboard menu on the left. 
   
   
    
2. ​​​​On the Journal alerts tab, click the icon on the right to open the menu from which you can Edit the alert, View all results, or Delete the alert.
   
   
    
3. When editing an alert, make your desired updated to the settings and click Save changes. 
   
   Note: You can also extend or renew your alert by checking the box under Extend or renew alert. After saving your changes, the alert is extended to run for a year from the date of your edits.
   
   When your alert is approaching expiration, the alert system notifies you thirty days in advance and then once a week until the alert has expired.
   
   
    
4. After saving your updated alert, you automatically receive an email confirming your changes.

• Managing your search alerts

  • After search alerts have been created, you can manage them from the Searches tab in My dashboard. They are also saved as a Search and can be found on the Saved tab of My dashboard. 

  • To access your saved alert:

    1. Click Alerts in the My dashboard menu on the left and click the Search alerts tab.

       

    2. Click the icon on the right to open the menu from which you can Edit your alert, run the alert to View the current available results for your search, or Delete the alert.
       
       ​​​​​​​Note: If you delete the search alert on the search alerts tab, the search alert is deleted but the corresponding saved search remains. However, if you un-save the corresponding saved search for your alert, it both un-saves the search and deletes the alert.
       
       

    3. When editing an alert, make your desired updated to the settings and click Save changes.
       
       Note: You can also extend or renew your alert by checking the box under Extend or renew alert. After saving your changes, the alert is extended to run for a year from the date of your edits. 
       
       When your alert is approaching expiration, the alert system notifies you thirty days in advance and then once a week until the alert has expired.