Friday, April 20, 2012

Alerts - A Way for Scholarly Researchers to Stay Current

Many library resources offer "Alerts"  that can be set up to deliver to your email newly-published articles on a specific topic, or from a particular publication.  Some sample uses:
  • track new scholarship on fresh water invertebrates,
  • automatically receive new articles from Film Journal International,
  • see new finance or economics articles that mention Sony corporation.

The Library has published a new Pathfinder - Alerts: Staying Current in Your Discipline  - that provides some guidance on using this technology.  It's easy, even fun.  Take a look and tell us what you think.