When you have an ongoing research project, creating an alert is a useful tool to notify you when there are new articles on your topic. For example, you can create alerts on the subject of your capstone project to get updates on the topic throughout the semester. Or a professor can choose to get alerts on his/her primary area of research.
Our 2 major database providers are listed below with instructions for creating an alert or multiple alerts in each of them. Note: an account is necessary before you create an alert, but these accounts are free.
Click on the Access ebooks link at the left and follow instructions for setting up an account in Ebsco..
Then follow the instructions below to set up an alert from Ebsco databases.
While an account is not required to set up an alert in ProQuest, setting up an account means you don't have to submit your email. It also makes it possible for you to save articles and manage your alerts from your account.