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Keeping up to Date

It is crucial to keep up to date with current developments in your field of research. One way to do this is by setting up alert services with relevant journals and databases.

What are alert services?

Many databases and journal publishers provide a free service designed to keep you up to date with current academic literature published in your field. The service requires you to register your search profile, then whenever an article is published that matches your profile an alert notification email is sent to you.

Your search profile could include:

  • Table of Contents (TOC) for selected journals
  • Keywords
  • Authors
  • Combination of the above