Current Research Alerts & Awareness: Getting Started

It can be difficult for scholars to stay up-to-date with all the new information in an academic field that is published every day. An easy way to stay current is to subscribe to automatic updates using RSS feeds, bookmarking, and social media.These alerts can be set up to collect and send a user links to articles or other information. This guide provides information on how to set up these automatic updates for search topics, as well as provide information on setting up alerts for specific journals.

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RSS Feeds & Readers

Create Alerts for Databases

Create Alerts for Journals

Create Alerts in Google & Google Scholar

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