Journal Database Alerts
What are they?
Regular alerts that can be set up from within the healthcare databases such as Medline or CINAHL.
Why use them?
If you are working on a particular project or have a very specific interest, setting up a database alert ensures you receive the details of any new articles at regular intervals.
How they work
When you search one of the healthcare databases choose 'Save and create alert' to create automatic updates to your search results at regular intervals. You will receive an email with any new results since the search was last run.
eTOCs or Electronic Table of Contents
What are they?
Electronic lists of the articles published within a specific journal issue
Why use it?
If you have a favourite journal, but don't want to subscribe, you can sign up for the eTOC and receive abstracts of the articles as they are published. Any that you need to see in full can be requested from the library.
How they work
eTOCs are created by the journal publisher and sent to your email box as each new issue is released.
If you would like us to set up eTOCs for you, please speak to the Library team.