How do I use search alerts in EBSCO?
Answer
Search Alerts save valuable research time and can be set up to provide automatic e-mail notification whenever new search results become available. You can also retrieve those alerts to perform the search immediately, instead of waiting for the alert to run. There are two ways to save your search as an alert.
To save your search as an alert from the Share link:
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Run a search and view your search results.
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Click the Share link and select E-mail Alert from the resulting pop-up menu. The Create Alert window appears over the result list.
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If you have not done so already, click the Sign in link in the alert window to sign into your My EBSCOhost folder.
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Set your alert parameters and click Save Alert.
Note: When you create a Search Alert, the sort selection of the result list is honored for your alert. For example, if your result list is sorted by relevancy when you create your alert, your alert will be sorted by relevancy when it is delivered.