Alerting Services: Table of Contents, Saved Search, Citation Alerts, & RSS Feeds: About Alerts

Many databases and journals use e-mail alerts and RSS feeds to inform users of new content. With most all alerting services, it is necessary to set up a personal account.  There are a number of different types of alerts you can create in order to stay informed:

• Table of Contents Alerts - Receive notifications when a new issue of a specific journal has been published.
• Saved Search Alerts - Construct a search within a resource, save the search strategy, and receive email notifications when new items are added to that resource that match your saved search. Search alerts do not save records; only the search statement. 
• Citation Alerts - Receive notifications when a specific journal article is cited.
• New Book Published Alerts -  Many publishers, book sellers, and ebook aggregator sites offer alert options

BrowZine provides an easy browsing option for discovering Penn Libraries scholarly journal content. BrowZine pulls together articles from library subscription databases, joins them into complete issues, and displays them in a “newsstand” view.

Use the web version of Browzine or download the BrowZine app.  Then, to connect, select University of Pennsylvania from the drop down list and enter your PennKey credentials when prompted.  Learn more about BrowZine.

Alerts with links to some databases and resources may not work if accessed off campus or if the database lacks PennText links. To obtain access to subscription resources without having to go back to the Penn Libraries web site:

• After following a link to an individual article, our EZproxy browser bookmarklet allows you to enter your Pennkey and gain access.

• With PubMed, add ?otool=upennlib at the end of the URL of a citation to see PennText links.

serves as the repository for the scholarly output of researchers at the University of Pennsylvania.  See Notify me of new papers.

For individual contact persons see:  Subject Area Library Liaisons