Database-based Auto-alerts:
Listed by Database or Catalog


Below is a selected list of databases and library catalogs provided by the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Library. In the column of "Instructions for Setting up Alerts", available types of alerts for each database or library catalog are listed. Click on the "details" link to find instructions for setting up alerts.

If the database you are interested in is not listed, please check the list of instructions by vendor. Or contact your departmental librarian or Katie Newman for assistance.


Database Name Database Provider or Search Interface Instructions for Setting up Alerts
ABI/INFORM Complete [go to] ProQuest Search alerts [details]
Publication alerts [details]
Academic OneFile [go to] GALE (InfoTrac) Search alerts [details]
Journal alerts [details]
Academic Search Premier [go to] EBSCOhost Search alerts [details]
Journal alerts [details]
ACM Portal (ACM Digital Library) [go to] ACM Digital Library Publication TOC alerts [details]
Agricola [go to] SilverPlatter "SDI alerts" [details]
AGRIS [go to] SilverPlatter "SDI alerts" [details]
America, History and Life [go to] ABC-CLIO Search alerts (CLIO alerts) [details]
Biological Abstracts [go to] Web of Knowledge v4.0 (the new interface) Search history alerts [details]
Citation alerts [details]
Business Source Complete [go to] EBSCOhost Search alerts [details]
Journal alerts [details]
CAB Abstracts [go to] Web of Knowledge v4.0 (the new interface) Search history alerts [details]
Citation alerts [details]
Compendex [go to] EI Engineering Village 2 Search alerts [details]
EBSCO Health Information
(Consumer and Professional) [go to]		 EBSCOhost Search alerts [details]
Journal alerts [details]
EconLit [go to] EBSCOhost Search alerts [details]
ERIC [go to] CSA Search alerts [details]
ERIC [go to] EBSCOhost Search alerts [details]
Faculty of 1000 Biology [go to] Faculty of 1000 Stored searches alerts [details]
My F1000 Biology sections alerts [details]
Google News [go to] Google Search alerts [details]
I-share Online Library Catalog [go to] Voyager-I-Share New Titles Alerts [details]
IEEE Xplore [go to] IEEE Xplore Journal/Magazine/Standard alerts [details]
INSPEC [go to] EI Engineering Village 2 Search alerts [details]
Library literature & information science [go to] Wilson Web "SDI alerts" [details]
PsycARTICLES [go to] CSA Search alerts [details]
Journal issue alerts [details]
PubMed [go to] NCBI Search alerts [details]
Scopus [go to] Scopus Search alerts [details]
Document citation alerts [details]
University of Illinois at UC Online Library Catalog [go to] Voyager-University of Illinois at UC New Titles Alerts [details]
Web of Science [go to] Web of Knowledge v4.0 (the new interface) Search history alerts [details]
Journal Table of Contents alerts [details]
Citation alerts [details]