Search Alerts

Search Alerts allow you to execute a search, then instruct the database to perform that same search automatically at designated intervals and send the results of the search to the user, usually via email.

• Most, but not all, of the library's databases allow you to set up search alerts. 
• You can sometimes elect to either have the results of your search alert sent to your email account or to you via an RSS feed (see RSS Feeds tab for more information on RSS feeds).
• You need to set up an account in any database in which you wish to establish search alerts.
  • An account means that you establish a username and password; it does not mean that there is any fee involved. Most database search alert services are free.

To create a new account, click on “Sign In” (in some databases it's called Personal Accounts, Register, or My Research). Then simply follow the instructions on the screen to complete sign-up.

Below you'll see where to create a MyEBSCO account with EBSCOhost databases.