What is a saved search, journal alert or a search alert?
A saved search or a search alert is a specific search that is saved within a database that is run on a routine basis. The results are sent to the user periodically with new information that has been published.
A journal alert is an email that is sent to you when new issues of a particular journal are published.
Example 1:
Setting up a journal alert. What's new in the journal RN? You can set up a search alert to have the table of contents sent directly to your email with all the newly published articles per month for this journal.
Example 2:
Saving a search alert on a particular topic. I'm studying hypertension and would like to know when new articles are published in this subject. You can set up a search alert for this specific search and you will be sent an email when new articles are available.
Follow the online instructions to save searches or save search results (articles) in collections using your My NCBI account in the PubMed database.
Follow the online instructions to save searches in your personal My EBSCOhost Account using the MEDLINE Full-Text database.
Follow the online instructions to set up a journal alert in your personal My EBSCOhost Account using the MEDLINE Full-Text database.
Follow the online instructions to use the folder and save articles in your personal My EBSCOhost Account using the MEDLINE Full-Text database.
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