Are you looking for a better way to keep up with your favorite journals, especially as more of them move to electronic delivery of content? Many publishers let you sign up for e-mail alerts or RSS updates that let you know when a new issue is available. In addition, quite a few of KML's databases can deliver this same service, letting you know when there is new content for a journal, or even when there are new articles that fit a specific subject or keyword search.
These alert services are a great way to keep up with the latest articles. You can opt to have your alerts mailed to your e-mail inbox, or to be fed to an RSS reader such as Google Reader. The RSS reader becomes your completely personalized, continually updated news source, capturing material from publishers, websites, and library databases of your choice, and gathering it in a central location.
Although these technologies are powerful tools for keeping up, they are not difficult to learn or use, and they are free! If you would like to know more about how to set up journal alerts, please contact Francesca Busch (fbusch@uindy.edu or 781-5763) for more information.
