The database alerts service lets you know what has been published in a specific field. With just a few minutes of your time, you can access the documents that have been published in your field of interest and regularly have this information sent to your e-mail address (weekly, fortnightly, monthly, etc.) free of charge.
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If you are interested in activating the database notification service, simply access the database and activate the relevant option. Depending on the database, there are different alerts, such as the following:
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Table of contents notification: when a new edition of a specific journal that you selected beforehand is published, you will receive the table of contents of the articles included in this edition of the journal.
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Search notification: when new documents are added that are relevant to the subject you are interested in or to the authors of the documents about whose publishing history you would like information.
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Quoted article notification: when there is an author who quotes a specific work that you are interested in (article, book chapter, etc.), it alerts you to indicate that a document has been quoted for which you would like to know the other documents making reference to it.
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Quoted author notification: when an author quotes another author predetermined by you.
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Most databases offer the table of contents alerts service and many also include the search notification service. Other databases provide further added value services, e.g. ISI Web of Knowledge and Science Direct, both of which also allow you to establish quote notifications and quoted author notifications only in the case of ISI. These alert services also offer you the possibility to choose how often you would like to receive messages: daily, weekly or monthly.
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