Guides: Keep Current with your Research: Using Alerts: Databases offering alerts

Databases offering alerts

A-Z Databases List
A list of all of the databases available to the ISU community.

Search by subject, types, or vendor.

For help saving successful searches and setting up recurring alerts based on your search, contact your subject librarian.

The databases below are set to open to ISU resources even when you are not on campus--the Central Login will prompt you to enter your information when off-campus.
Setting up alerts:
1. Look for link(s) to create a free account
2. Sometimes the links to creating alerts are under the tabs/links to 'About' or 'Contact Us'
3. Sometimes the links are merely symbols such as an envelope for email or the RSS feed
Getting frustrated?
1. Try the Databases by Vendor on the left side

Academic Search Complete
A scholarly, multi-disciplinary full text database of sources including peer-reviewed journals, magazines, newspapers, books, ebooks, reports, and conference proceedings.
To create an alert:
1. Click on Sign In--located at the top of the web page.
2. Then Create an Account
ACM Digital Library
A full text collection of computer science and technology sources published by the Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), including journals, conference proceedings, technical magazines, newsletters, and books.
To create alerts and other services:
1. Click Sign Up found at the top-right of the web page.
Includes sources published from 1985 to present.
Agricola
Citation database of agriculture-related journal articles, books, theses, patents, software, audiovisual materials, and technical reports related to agriculture.
To create and alert:
1. Click on Sign In--located at the top of the web page.
2. Then Create an Account
Includes sources published from 1970 to present.
Dissertations & Theses
Theses and dissertations covering multiple disciplines from over 1,000 accredited institutions. Some full text available.
To create an alert:
1. Click on the symbol of a person—located top right of the web page
2. Sign into My Research.
3. Create a My Research Account
Dissertations & Theses @ Illinois State University
Theses and dissertations covering multiple disciplines from Illinois State University. Some full text available.
To create an alert:
1. Click on the symbol of a person—located top right of the web page
2. Sign into My Research.
3. Create a My Research Account
Health and Psychosocial Instruments (HAPI)
Citation database about behavioral measurement instruments. Limited to 10 simultaneous users.
To create an alert:
1. Click on Sign In--located at the top of the web page.
2. Then Create an Account
IEEE Xplore
Comprehensive full text science and technology database and includes information from journals, conference proceedings, and technical standards.
To create an alert:
1. Click on Create Account--located in the blue bar at top of the web page.
JSTOR
Multi-disciplinary full text database of core scholarly journals.
To create and alert:
1. Click Register--located at the top right of the web page.
National Criminal Justice Reference Service Abstracts Database
Citation database for criminal justice, juvenile justice, and substance abuse. Some full text available. Sponsored by the U.S. Department of Justice.
To create an alert:
1. Find Subscribe--located at the very top of the web page.
2. Open the drop-down arrow and click Register
3. Register for either or both: JUSTINFO or the whole NCJRS site; this would include JUSTINFO.
Project Euclid
Focused on theoretical and applied mathematics and statistics scholarship and includes journals, books, and conference proceedings. Some full text available.
To create an alert:
1. Click RSS symbol at the top right of the web page
2. Alternatively, click login and create an account.
Project Muse Premium Collection
Full text scholarly journal database focused on the humanities, arts, and social sciences.
To create an alert:
1.Click Tools--located at the top right of the web page
2. On the left-hand side, click Content Alerts
a. Select the type by frequency (how often) alerts are sent.
APA PsycInfo
Premier full text psychology database includes journal articles, books, book chapters, and dissertations.
To create and alert:
1. Click on Sign In--located at the top of the web page.
2. Then Create an Account
PubMed
Citation database compiling scholarly research from all aspects of biomedicine such as biochemistry, molecular biology, bioengineering systems, biotechnology, cell and developmental biology, genetics, health informatics, human structure and function, immunology, microbiology, immunology, neuroscience, pathology, pharmacology, and physiology.
To create an alert:
1. Click on the Sign In to NCBI (National Center for Biotechnology Information, National Library of Medicine (NLM))--located at the top right of the web page.
2. On the left-hand side, scroll down to Register for an NCBI account.
a. Notice on the right-hand side, links to help information to use PubMed--there are YouTubes etc.
SciFinder-n
Database of scientific literature including article citations, patents, chemical substances, and chemical syntheses. Users are required to create a personal account. Limited to two simultaneous users.
Includes sources published from 1907 to present
Web of Science
Access scholarly literature and proceedings in the sciences, social sciences, arts, and humanities. Includes unique search options like Cited Author and Cited Reference.
To create an alert:
1. Click on Sign In--located at the top right of the web page.
2. From the drop-down list, select Register
a. Once you have an account, lots of options under the Tools tab: you can save a search and then receive alerts based on the search(es).
Includes some sources published from 1900 to present.
Milner's subscription includes:
- Arts & Humanities Citation Index (1975-present)
- Book Citation Index Science (2005-present)
- Book Citation Index Social Sciences & Humanities (2005-present)
- Conference Proceedings Citation Index Science (1993-present)
- Conference Proceedings Citation Index Social Sciences & Humanities (1993-present)
- Science Citation Index Expanded (1900-present)
- Social Sciences Citation Index (1900-present)

Database Alerts: Benefits and Cautions

Benefits

Subject (or topic), cited author from hundreds or thousands of journals
New items matching a complex subject search

Cautions

Slower than publisher alerts
Usually require you to have ISU campus access
- Off campus users prompted for Central Login