Leadership, Research, & Foundations Research

A search alert is a common feature in most scholarly databases that lets you save your search and get notified whenever a new publication is published that would appear in the search results. It is a great way to stay current on the latest research with one time set up. 

These the usual steps in creating a search alert, but it can look different depending on the database used. 

1. Search the database with your search terms. 
2. On the search results page, click the option to create a search alert. 
3. Login to the database with our database account. You will need to create an account with that database and set up your own user name and password. 
4. Save your search alert. 

After that, most databases will email you whenever a new publication meets your search results.