You can set up an e-mail alert to automatically notify you each time a new issue for a selected journal title is available.
To set up a journal alert:
Click the Publications link at the top of the screen. The Publications 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 Share link, and then click the E-mail Alert link.
The Journal Alert window appears, with the Subject and E-mail from address automatically filled in. If you have not already signed into your My EBSCOhostaccount, do so by clicking the Sign in link.
Set your alert parameters and click Save Alert.
Notes:
In the E-Mail area
Subject – enter a brief explanation that will appear in the subject line of the Journal Alert e-mail.
E-mail from - defaults to EPAlerts@EPNET.COM. You can enter a different "From" e-mail address if desired.
E-mail to - to be notified by e-mail when a new issue is available, 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) field of the e-mail, rather than the “To” field.
Select the E-mail format to use - Plain Text or HTML.
E-mail contents - Indicate whether you want to include: Link to table of contents or Link to individual articles.
In the General Settings area
Select the Results format to use - Brief, Detailed, or Bibliographic Manager formats.
Alert on full text only – Mark the check box to indicate that you want to be alerted only when the full text is available.
Using the Advanced Alert Settings
Click the Advanced Settings link to view the Journal Alert screen, featuring all available parameters.
In the Run Alert for field, select how long the journal alert should run:
In the Alert Options area
Select the Alert results format to use: Brief, Detailed, or Bibliographic Manager formats.
To limit EBSCO access to only the articles in alert (rather than the entire site), mark the checkbox to the left of this field.
Note: When this box is marked, the folder feature will not be available to users accessing articles from the alert.
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 Address - to be notified by e-mail when a new issue is available, 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) field of 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@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 within 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 Publication Details Screen. A message is displayed that indicates a journal alert has been set for the publication.