EBSCOs Ten Minute Training Series

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EBSCOs Ten Minute Training Series

• EBSCOs New One-Step RSS Feed Alerts,
• plus
• Search and Journal Alerts
• by Marcie Brown, EBSCO Publishing 11/29/07

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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.

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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

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One-Step RSS Alerts

• Thats 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.

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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

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Search Alerts are Stored in Your My EBSCOhost
Personalized Folder

• Sign in to your personalized folder account (My
  EBSCOhost), where Search Alerts are saved

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Setting up Search Alerts

• Name and describe the alert, and click on the
  Alert button

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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.

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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.

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Search Alert Confirmation

• Here is an example of a Search Alert email
  confirmation, sent to the creator upon completion
  of the setup process.

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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.

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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

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Journal Alerts

• The Publication Details screen opens. Click on
  the Journal Alert Link

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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.

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Thank you for participating in todays Ten Minute
Training. For more information about Search,
Journal and RSS Alerts, visit EBSCOs Support
Site (http//support.ebsco.com)