Guide to Alert Services |
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Randall Library Databases Guide to Alert Services Library databases without alerts are not listed |
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Search Alerts |
Table of Contents Alerts |
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Availability |
Frequency |
Duration |
Availability |
Duration |
Notes |
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*Yes |
weekly |
six months |
No |
*Must first formulate search |
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Yes* |
daily |
1 month |
Yes** |
1 month |
*Must first formulate search |
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FirstSearch |
No* |
No |
*FirstSearch does not yet send email alerts. However, in WorldCat and most other FirstSearch databases, you can create saved searches to be re-run or combined with other terms. This is a good method to check for new books on your topic. |
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ABI Inform |
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Yes* |
weekly |
No |
*Must first formulate search Registration is required - UNCW faculty, staff and students only. |
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Yes* |
daily |
2 weeks |
Yes** |
2 weeks |
*Must first perform search |
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Ethnic Newswatch |
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Randall Library |
Yes* |
as new entries found |
No |
*Must first perform search |
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Online Catalog |
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Multi-Subject |
Yes* |
as new entries found |
Yes* |
Registration is required - UNCW faculty, staff and students only. |
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Yes |
as new entries found |
No |
Google Scholar does not yet have an alerting service. However, Google Alerts allow you to receive emailed search results on a topic or news item of interest to you. This service is still in beta testing. |
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Yes |
weekly |
indefinite |
Yes |
indefinite |
Registration is required - UNCW faculty, staff and graduate students only. |
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Yes* |
as new entries found |
indefinite |
Yes |
indefinite |
Registration is required - UNCW faculty, staff and students only. |
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Yes |
daily |
indefinite |
Yes |
indefinite |
Registration is required - UNCW faculty, staff and students only. |
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Yes |
as new entries found |
indefinite |
Yes |
indefinite |
Registration is required - UNCW faculty, staff and students only. |
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Arts & Humanities |
No |
Yes |
indefinite |
Weekly or as new titles are available |
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Sciences |
No |
Yes |
Registration required & free |
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ACM |
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Yes |
as new entries found |
Yes |
as soon as published on the web |
Registration required & free |
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IEEE Computer Society Digital Library |
Yes |
2 weeks |
indefinite |
Yes* |
Registration required & free |
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Yes* |
daily |
indefinite |
Yes** |
Registration required & free |
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Yes |
as new entries found |
indefinite |
Yes |
indefinite |
Registration is required - UNCW faculty, staff and students only. |
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Social Sciences |
Yes |
as new entries found |
Yes |
Must first create a profile |
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Guide created 6/2007 by Lisa Williams, adapted with the permission of |
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