Alert Services Available through the UW Libraries

Many of the databases provided by the UW Libraries offer alert services that automatically send email notifications for new citations or table of contents that match a requester's interests.

The names (alert, autoalert, sdi) and the procedures for setting up these services vary among vendors, but they generally operate in the same way. You specify the search terms or the journal titles and the database automatically provides you with updated results via email. For some you must register with a password and establish a profile or personal account; for others you simply provide your email address. Some alert services limit the number of searches you can save. In many databases you can define how often a search is run.

Here is a list of alert services available through the major databases available at the UW. There are many more - ask us if you have questions about an alert service.

Databases	Description of Service
UW Libraries Catalog	Preferred Searches - is a function available through the Libraries catalog that provides weekly updates of newly received books in the library catalog. More information.
CLIO Databases: America History and Life Historical Abstracts	Use Personal Profile. Click the Help button for more information.
CSA Databases: ASFA ATLA EconLit GeoRef Linguistics & Language Behavior Abstracts LISA Meteorological & Geoastrophysical Abstracts NTIS PAIS Philosopher's Index Social Services Abstracts Sociological Abstracts Water Resources Abstracts	Save your searches as alerts. Click the Alerts link located in the top right corner of the screen. Click the New user? link.
EBSCO Databases: Academic Search Premier ATLA Religion Database Business Source Premier CINAHL Communication & Mass Media Complete	Create an Alert directly from the Result List, Search History, or the Publication list. Create instant RSS feed Alerts by clicking on the orange RSS Feed icons.
Engineering Village 2 Databases: Compendex GeoBASE INSPEC	Save searches and set up email alerts. Click My Alerts and then click Register Now.
ISI Databases: Arts & Humanities Citation Index BIOSIS Current Contents Science Citation Index Social Sciences Citation Index Web of Science Zoological Record	Save searches and set up email alerts. Click Citation Alerts in the drop-down menu located in the green bar at the top of the screen and then click the Go button. Click the Register link.
IEEE Xplore	Set up email alerts to receive tables of contents of journals whenever a new issue is published. Click on Alerts on the opening page.
Ovid Databases: ERIC PsychINFO	Click the Personal Account button on the main database page to use the Saved Searches/Alerts service. Check the database's Help - Save Search Options page for more information.
ProQuest Databases: ABI/Inform Global CBCA Reference ProQuest Health Databases ProQuest Newspapers Research Library Complete All ProQuest Databases	Click the Help button located in the top right corner of the screen. Search Help for alerts to learn how to save search alerts and publication alerts in ProQuest.
Science Direct	This database includes many journals, most of which are science-oriented, but some other subjects are covered. Click the Alerts button to save subject-type searches or table of contents searches. Click the Help button and read the Alerts section for more information.
Silverplatter Databases: FIAF international film archive TRANSPORT	Silverplatter SDI - Users can save subject-type searches or table of contents searches. Click here for help with this service.