The Heartland Professional Library offers a “Table of Contents” service from the latest journals in the library’s collection, which allows staff members to be the first to know the latest in their respective fields. Another service is available that will alert you via e-mail (or RSS feed) to journal articles on a specific topic. This service will provide continuous professional development. The only downside is that the journals are embargoed anywhere from 2-18 months.
Scenarios:
• Monthly notices of articles on a specific medical condition
• Bi-weekly notices of articles by a specific author/researcher
• Weekly notices of newspaper articles on a current topic
Follow these steps or watch the demonstration video at https://aea111.eduvision.tv/Default.aspx?q=CT1wecDsedDm5GtbhJyuwA%253d%253d
• Go to http://search.ebscohost.com.
• Enter the online database username/password (this step might be optional depending on IP access).
• Click Sign In and create your own personal account.
• Click Choose Databases and click the boxes next to the appropriate databases and click OK. You’ll probably want to check Academic Search Elite and Professional Development (and maybe Newspaper Source).
• Enter your search topic—note the various search options of full-text, peer reviewed, reading level, journal name, etc.
• Click Search.
• Peruse your results in case the search strategy needs to be changed.
• Click Alert/Save/Share in the blue bar.
• Choose E-mail Alert. Add your e-mail information and select your settings.
• Click Save Alert.
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