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Setting Up eJournal Alerts
Introduction
Cambridge Journals Online
EBSCOhost
HeinOnline
Ingenta Select
JSTOR
Oxford Journals Online
Project Muse
Proquest
Introduction
One of the advantages of ejournal subscriptions over traditional paper periodicals is that you have instant access to each new issue as soon as it is published. By setting up an "alert" with the vendor, you can receive an email with links to the full text of all the articles in the new issue.
The first step in setting up an alert is to access the eJournal through the Emory eJournals database (EJDB) (which is also accessible by clicking on the 
button at the top of any EUCLID page). Locate the title either by executing a keyword search or by browsing through the alphabetical list. Alternatively, you can search for the title in the EUCLID catalog itself and click on the URL that appears in the field labeled "Electronic access".
Several different vendors are represented in the EJDB, and each one has a different registration process for email alerts. Follow the procedure below that is appropriate for the vendor identified on the main page for the online journal.
If you have any questions or encounter any problems, please contact your liaison librarian.
Cambridge Journals Online
- Click on "CJO Home" (left in list at bottom of page).
- Click on "register" in lavender "Saved searches" box at bottom of page.
- Fill out requested registration information (note particularly check-off box excluding the sending of personal information to other organizations) and hit "submit" button (at bottom of page).
- Log in, as directed, to call up "My CJO Homepage".
- Click on drop-down box entitled "Account Options" (at top of page) to highlight "Personalise".
- Click on "Choose Journals of Interest" (second in list on left-hand side of page).
- Check box(es) of the journal(s) desired for email alert(s).
- Scroll down page and check last box ("I wish to be informed by email when new content is added to one of my selected journals:"). Verify email address and click "submit" button (at bottom of page).
EBSCOhost
- Click the Publications link at the top of the screen. The Publication Screen displays.
- To locate the publication, enter the title in the Browse Publications field and click Browse, or use the A - Z links and left/right arrows to browse through the list of titles.
- From the journal's Publication Details Screen, click the Alert/Save/Share link, and then click the Create an Alert link. If you have not signed in to My EBSCOhost, you will be prompted to do so.
- The Journal Alert Screen appears, on which the Journal Alert Name, Date Created and Database name have automatically been filled in.
- In the Run Alert for field, select howlong the journal alert should run:
- One month (the default)
- Two months
- Six months
- One year
In the Alert Options area
- Select the Alert results format to use; Brief; Detailed, or Bibliographic Manager formats.
- To limit EBSCOhost access to only the articles in the alert (rather than the entire site), mark the checkbox to th eleft of this field.
- Alert on full text only - Mark the check box to indicate that you want to set up an alert for only the full text.
In the E-Mail Options area
- Indicate how you would like to be notified. Select one:
- E-mail all alerts and notices (the default)
- E-mail only creation notice
- No e-mail (RSS only) - if you select this option, the remaining E-mail Properties will be hidden (because they are not necessary for RSS).
- E-Mail Address - to be notified by e-mail when a new issue is availabel, enter your e-mail address. If you are entering multiple e-mail addresses, place a semicolon between each e-mail address.
- Hide Addresses from recipients - if you select this option, the e-mail addresses you enter will be placed into the BCC (Blind Copy) fieldof the e-mail, rather than the "To" field.
- Subject - enter a brief explanation that will appear in the subject line of the Journal Alert e-mail.
- Title - you can optionally enter a title for the e-mail. The default value for the Title field is: EBSCOhost Alert Notification.
- E-mail [From] address - defaults to EPAlerts(at)EPNET.COM. You can enter a different "From" e-mail address if desired.
- Select the E-mail format to use: Plain Text or HTML.
- Indicate whether you want to include: Link to TOC page on EBSCOhost or Article links embedded wihtin the results.
- Include in e-mail - To have your search string included with your results, mark the Query check box. To include the frequency (how often the alert will run), mark the Frequency check box.
- When you have finished making changes, click Save. You will be returned to the Publications Details Screen. A message is displayed that indicates a journal alert has been set for the publication.
HeinOnline
Does not currently have the capability of sending alerts.
Ingenta Select
- Click on "Table of Contents Alerting".
- Click on red "create a new alerting profile".
- Fill out requested information. Select "HTML" for "TOC Email format", then hit "submit" button.
- Click on red "set up your alerts".
- Check box(es) to the right of journal title(s) desired for email alert(s).
- Hit "update alerts" button at bottom of page.
JSTOR
Does not currently have the capability of sending alerts.
Oxford Journals Online
- Click on "Content Alerting" on purple bar on left side of page.
- Fill in email address and hit "Subscribe" button.
Project Muse
- Click on "Information" on black bar at top of page.
- Click on "Request Journal Alerts" near bottom of list.
- Fill in email address and click on "Make or Change Selections" button.
- Check "Check to receive alerts when new journal titles are added to Muse" box.
- Hit "Save Changes and exit" button.
Proquest
Does not currently have the capability of sending alerts.