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What is an Alert |
Setting up and using alerts |
Alerts for journal articles and Tables of Contents |
Alerts from databases available via the University of Waikato | Other Alerts
Alerts for journal articles and Tables of Contents |
Alerts from databases available via the University of Waikato | Other Alerts
What is an Alert
- An alert is a time saving tool that makes you aware that a new book, article or other publication of interest has been made available, eliminating the need for constant monitoring of numerous journals or databases.
- Alerts can be for full articles, tables of contents or even new results matching a previously saved search
- Alerts can be sent via email or may be accessed via an RSS feed in an aggregator.
Setting up and using alerts
- Email alerts generally just require you to click on a link to indicate you'd like updates via alert and to enter your email address. Unfortunately doing this for numerous sources will soon mount up in your email inbox.
- RSS alerts involve setting up an account with an aggregator such as bloglines. These aggregator accounts are generally free to use and offer clear,readily understandable instructions on how to add to and organise your RSS feeds. Some of the more commonly used ones include Bloglines and Google Reader.
- To add a new feed click on RSS icon from the source you wish to keep up to date with and choose the aggreator you use from the options available.
- This method means you have to go to only one site to check for updates and you can monitor all sites of interest at once.
Alerts for Journal Articles and Tables of Contents
Here are some useful sites for finding and subscribing to Journal Article and Table of Contents Alerts.
Alert Directories
- Washington and Lee Law School Current Law Journal Content: comprehensive and searchable index of international Law journals. To see if we have an issue of interest click on a Table of Contents link, then click on the Worldcat icon (looks like a gate) . This will give you links to databses available via the University of Waikato that enable you access to that journal. f unavailable the page will say "No holdings options".
- FindLaw Abstract Alert service: enables you sign up to receive abstracts from journals on selected topics of interest.& Other areas of the FindLaw site allow you to sign up for RSS feeds of news and other current awareness information
- Candian Law Journals List and Feeds: a series of feeds for individual Canadian law journals
Alerts from databases available from the University of Waikato
These databases, available from the University of Waikato Databases page, provide law related RSS or email updates. To subscribe you need to log in to the database, search for a journal of interest and you will see the subscription option.
- Cambridge Journals Online
- EBSCO
- LegalTrac
- Oxford Journals
- ProQuest
- Wileys - includes Blackwells publications
Other Alerts
University of Waikato Library
General law alerts
- CCH Current Awareness feeds - updates various areas of law covered by the CCH database
- Legal Scholarship Network - part of the Social Science Research network; gives alerts for conferences and papers
- Legislation.govt.nz's feed - alerts subscribers to new or updated legislation and information.
- LexisNexis NZ Updates - get information about new cases, legislation and looseleaf updates available from LexisNexis NZ
- Bell Gully Publications Alerts
- Parliamentary website alerts - get information about updates to the Parliamentary website via email
- OPSI alerts - New RSS feeds from the UK Office of the Public Sector Information, formerly HMSO
