EBSCO’s
Ten Minute Training Series
EBSCO’s New One-Step RSS Feed Alerts,
plus
Search and Journal Alerts
by Marcie Brown, EBSCO Publishing – 11/29/07
Automated Delivery of New Articles and
Journal Availability Information
EBSCO offers integrated tools that allow you to:
Automatically broadcast the latest articles from EBSCOhost to a group of faculty
members
Regularly distribute updated information to students collaborating on a project:
One-Step RSS Alerts are ideal for researchers who want Search or
Journal Alert updates sent directly to a news reader or web page,
without email notification.
Search Alerts provide automatic email notification of new results
on a schedule you determine, to one or many email addressees.
Journal Alerts provide automatic email notification to as many email
recipients as you specify, whenever a new issue of a specified publication
becomes available in the database.
New! One-Step RSS Feed Alerts
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) Feeds represent an easy, convenient way to
stay up-to-date on the most recent articles and issues of desired publications in
EBSCOhost. Begin by conducting a search, and then clicking on the Create
alert for this search link:
One-Step RSS Alerts
That’s it! EBSCOhost provides RSS alert confirmation. Simply copy the
Syndication Feed URL into your news reader or web page to receive automatic,
updated Search or Journal Alert results. For automatic email delivery of new
results with this alert, click on the Sign in and create a new alert link.
EBSCOhost Search Alerts
Search Alerts generate automatic email notification with links to new, relevant
articles, to help you push the information out to those who are interested in
updated information, e.g., faculty members working on a special project, or
students involved in ongoing research. Simply conduct the search, click on the
Search History/Alerts tab, and then the Save Searches/Alerts link:
Search Alerts are Stored in Your My
EBSCOhost Personalized Folder
Sign in to your personalized folder account (My EBSCOhost), where Search
Alerts are saved:
Setting up Search Alerts
Name and describe the alert, and click on the Alert button:
Setting up Search Alerts
Decide how often, and for how long, you want the alert to run. Enter the email
addresses of those who would benefit from receiving the most recent articles
on your topic, such as faculty, students or coworkers.
Search Alert Customization Options
You can customize the subject line and title of the alert, to help others
recognize and manage their email alert results. You can also customize the
alert “from” address, to avoid being blocked from recipients’ email systems.
Search Alert Confirmation
Here is an example of a Search Alert email confirmation, sent to the creator
upon completion of the setup process.
Search Alert Management
Your new Search Alert will remain in your My EBSCOhost folder until you delete
it, or until the expiration date you assigned. Search Alerts can be assigned to
run for up to a full year.
Journal Alerts
Journal Alerts eliminate the need to check a database to see if the latest issue
of a particular publication is available. To set up a Journal Alert, simply click on
the Publications link, enter a journal name, and then click on it in the Result
List:
Journal Alerts
The Publication Details screen opens. Click on the Journal Alert Link:
Journal Alerts
Select the duration and destination, and then Save. You may want to include
the email addresses of coworkers, students or department heads in the
recipient list to let them know when the newest issue has arrived.
Thank you for participating in today’s
Ten Minute Training.
For more information about Search, Journal
and RSS Alerts,
visit EBSCO’s Support Site
(http://support.ebsco.com)