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 Basics – What are Alert Services and Why  How to subscribe to a RSS feed using IE ▪ Working Example 1: subscribe a predefined news feed ▪ Working Example 2: customize your own news feed  More ways to subscribe & read RSS feeds  Alerts for Academics and Researchers  Journals TOC Alerts – directly at publisher's web site or via Library- subscribed databases  Customized Search Alerts  Citation Alerts  Free Alert Services on the Web  Use Citation Linker to check full text availability from off-campus computers  Library Research Services for Faculties  Q&A + Hands-on: create your own alerts

 Alert services help you get informed on latest updates of information based on your choice of channels or pre-set criteria.  Alerts can be chosen from pre-defined channels or customized searches 1. Channels offered by the information provider ▪ E.g. table of contents of the latest issues of a particular journal; statistics update from the HK Census & Statistics Department; monthly new book list of publications on special education from your favorite publisher; non- academic stuff like latest football match scores, etc. 2. Alerts based on your search criteria ▪ E.g. new additions to a particular database written by a particular author; anyone citing a particular article that you have written; news articles matching certain keywords like ‘cyberbullying primary school students’;  Common forms of alerts: by or RSS feeds

 In the good old days, news and information are often disseminated by print materials like newsletters and print catalogues.  Now, vendors want your address so they can send all kinds of information they want you to know  Unlike , RSS feeds provide you with the choice to choose what kinds of information to receive. Like listening to a radio, you can choose to tune in (subscribe) to the channels that you like and turn off (unsubscribe) at any time.  And unlike , normally you don’t need to disclose your address or even your identity when subscribing to RSS feeds  For more non-technical introduction to the nature and use of RSS:  

 Look for wordings like "Alert Services", RSS and symbols like these  You can choose and download a RSS Reader. But the easiest way to begin is to subscribe a RSS feed using your Internet browser like the Internet Explorer or Firefox.

Scroll to the Bottom for “All Yahoo News”

Mouse over a category and you’ll see the option to subscribe with RSS or My Yahoo!

Add the Feed to the "My Favorite" bar

The RSS Feed is now added to the "My Favorite" Bar

Now you can access the Feed any time you want to

Do a News Search. E.g. occupy wall street Note the RSS icon of IE is currently dimmed

When RSS Feed is available for the web page, the IE RSS Icon will be on Or click the RSS Icon to subscribe this search

 CNN News CNN News  HK Yahoo! News, Mingpao iNews, RTHK Express News HK Yahoo! NewsMingpao iNewsRTHK Express News  Library Pressdisplay Library Pressdisplay  SCMP, The Guardian, The Washington Post, etc. SCMPThe GuardianThe Washington Post  HK Gov't Services RSS HK Gov't Services RSS  Virtually all blogs provide some sorts of RSS Feeds: e.g. the HKIEd Library Blogthe HKIEd Library Blog

 You can add your RSS Feeds to your Google / Yahoo! Personal home page and access it anywhere  My Yahoo! My Yahoo!  iGoogle or use the Google Reader iGoogleGoogle Reader

RSS in MS Outlook

There are many free RSS Readers. E.g. RSSOwl Reader ( There are many free RSS Readers. E.g. RSSOwl Reader ( RSS Reader can stay at the Windows Bar but pop up the headings when new feeds arrive

 Most major publishers are providing various alert services by and / or RSS.  For those journals that no alert services are provided by the publisher, you can probably get the TOC indirectly via Library-subscribed databases  Usually you will need to register with the publishers first before you can set up alerts. In addition to TOC alerts, many publishers also provide additional functions like allowing you to keep a bookmark of your favorite journals, favorite articles, saved searches and even tracking services.

 Cambridge Journals Online   Emerald Fulltext   Oxford Journals Online   SAGE Journals Online   ScienceDirect (Elsevier)   Springerlink   Taylor & Francis   Wiley Online Library 

 E.g. Found Literature & Theology in Library catalogueLiterature & Theology

A typical OUP journal home page. RSS and other alerts options are available. Some require a free registration first.

 E.g. Found International Journal of Educational Research in Library catalogueInternational Journal of Educational Research

A typical ScienceDirect journal home page. RSS and other alerts options are available. Some require a free registration first.

You may also save your favorite searches and set up search alerts if you register with Elsevier

 E.g. Found Theory and Research in Education in Library catalogueTheory and Research in Education

A typical SAGE journal home page. RSS and other alerts options are available. Some require a free registration first.

 Found Teaching Business and Economics from Library catalogueTeaching Business and Economics

You may create RSS Alerts

You may also sign up for Alert You must click the confirmation link in an sent to your account to activate the alert service

 Found Council on Undergraduate Research Quarterly from Library catalogueCouncil on Undergraduate Research Quarterly

Check: make sure this journal is an active journal in this database Alert options available. But user must register and sign in to create alerts

Add the RSS Feed but You Must Click “Save Alert” after adding the feed

Option Only Appears AFTER you Sign In

Sign in first in order to be able to save your search, set up alerts, etc.

Click "Folder" icon to Manage Your Alerts

Sign in first in order to be able to save your search, set up alerts, etc.

Register to create search history alerts, citation search alerts, etc.

Create Citation Alert from article details screen

Click "My Citation Alerts" to Manage Your Citation Alerts

You can create Alerts for your Searches

You don't need to register or login first. But you must confirm the verification

Click "Cited by XX" will show all works citing this item

From this result list of entries citing a particular article, "Create alert" will track citations to this article

Enter the ISSN or Name of the Journal; plus year, volume, issue and start page in Citation Linker to check

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