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 Free Automatic Current Awareness "alerts"
Author:Carl Cross
Date:Tuesday, 19th Jun 2001 10:06
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Category:Information Issues
URL:http://www.freepint.com/go/b10585

Hi,

This is either a bit of a noddy question or a case of asking for the
moon on a stick but you never know.

What I\'m after is the kind of thing operated on a pay for basis by Dialog and others. An email alert at regular-ish intervals that I can target with a set of keywords that will send me the content pages/abstracts of relevant articles or whatever as they are published.

I\'ve got an account set up with Zeotoc (the British Library no less!) which is okay as far as it goes but all it does is email the contents page of the journals you\'ve chosen. My research straddles a couple of disciplines and good stuff is likely to turn up in the most unlikely places so thats of limited use.

I\'d be grateful for any pointer. If it helps I\'m studying for my Msc in Information and Library Management (bet you didn\'t know that was coming up did you!) and my dissertation is about the effect of war and occupation on libraries.

Thanks,

Carl.

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  Free Automatic Current Awareness "alerts"
Hi, This is either a bit of a noddy question or a case of asking for the moon on a ...
Carl Cross 19/06/01 10:06 10585
   Re: Free Automatic Current Awareness "alerts&
Carl, A wide range of free (and subscription) sources are listed at Loughborough University's "Keeping your research up to date - Current ...
Alison McNab 10/07/01 17:29 11143
    Re: Free Automatic Current Awareness "alerts&
Thanks Alison, A quick note to anyone else following this thread if your institution subscribes to Ingenta Journals then their ...
Carl Cross 11/07/01 09:20 11158
   Re: Free Automatic Current Awareness "alerts&
Hi Carl, Have you tried Uncover at the apt URL http://uncweb.carl.org/? They have recently merged with Ingenta (http://www.ingenta.com/)and the new alert service ...
Maeve Everest 21/06/01 01:28 10653
   Re: Free Automatic Current Awareness "alerts&
Hi Carl Have you heard of / tried 'NewsagentAgent for Libraries'? I'm doing MA ILM and have been signed up ...
Louise Koch 20/06/01 12:12 10615
    Re: Free Automatic Current Awareness "alerts&
Thanks Louise. As you say its web resource and (as the name kinda suggests) library focussed so I don’t know how ...
Carl Cross 20/06/01 14:50 10637
     Re: Free Automatic Current Awareness "alerts&
Hi Carl This might be a noddy answer, but have you tried: Northern Light Alerts: and The Informant: They are both ...
Tony Franks 21/06/01 10:05 10656

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