The Library can help keep you informed about the latest research and developments in paediatrics. One strategy to do this is to set up alerts on key journals so that you get the contents pages of new issues emailed to you as they are published - this is called, Table of Content (TOC) Alerts. You can also turn database searches into regular alerts (selective dissemination of Information SDI alerts) on your chosen topics or just run saved searches again when you choose.
Look for a specific journal title or browse journals by subject. Sign up to Ovid Discovery and set up alerts on current journals to keep up to date with latest research.
To use this feature in Ovid Discovery you will need to create a login by clicking on 'Sign up' first.
The option to activate journal alerts will be visible after you have logged into your Ovid Discovery account (see links above):
To cancel alerts you will need to log into your Ovid Discovery account again. There is a link at the bottom of the alert email.
To save database searches and to turn them into alerts you need to create a personal account.
The CIAP Ovid account will allow you to do this in CIAP Medline, Embase, Emcare and PsycINFO databases.
You can also sign up for personal accounts in other databases including ClinicalKey, ClinicalKey for Nursing, Ovid Discovery and Proquest.
Follow these instructions to set up an alert in MEDLINE:
1. Click on either My Account or My Workspace in Ovid Medline
2. LogIn or Create a Personal Account
3. Run the search for the information you want, use the tick box to select the search history, then 'Save' the search. Any kind of search can be saved, whether on an author's name, journal title or a subject search.
4. You will need to give your saved search a Search Name and then 'Save'
5. To retrieve your saved search at any time log back into a CIAP Ovid database and click on My Workspace, then My Searches & Alerts.
Note: this is in very tiny writing in the middle of the display.
6. To run the search again click on the tick box above your saved search and then Run. Remember to save the search again, overwriting your original search, if you want to make any changes.
To turn your search into an alert change the Type from Permanent to AutoAlert. Options are then displayed for how often the alert will be run and sent to you.
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** To delete an alert once it is no longer useful you need to log back into your CIAP Ovid Workspace, and find your AutoAlert searches.**
