Technical Documents

Search Alerts

From your search results list or from the Issues page you can request notification when new content is added to the database that matches your search criteria. You may choose to have the system check for new content on a daily, weekly or monthly basis and sent you an email message in html format when updates are found. Or you may subscribe to an RSS feed provided by Gale and have content delivered directly to you.

Requesting an Email Search Alert

Here is how to set up an Email Search Alert:

1. Perform a search using any of the search types to search for the information for which you want to receive alerts; you may want to use any type of search criteria, including search limiters.
2. On the results list, click the Create a Search Alert link.
3. To receive alert emails, enter your email address in the Mail to field (only one email address allowed).
4. Use the default Alert Name or enter your own text.
5. Select the Frequency in which you want the system to check for new content based on your search criteria:
6. Click the Save button to submit your request

You will be sent an email message to confirm that your request has been received. Then the system will check for new content based on the frequency you selected. The alert email will contain individual links up to the first 20 new content items plus a link to the full results set. All emails you receive will contain a link allowing you to opt out of the alert so that you no longer receive future alerts.

Subscribing to an RSS Alert Feed

Here's how to subscribe to the Gale RSS feed alerting you of new content in this database:

1. Perform a search using any of the search types to search for the information for which you want to receive.
2. On the results list, click the Create a Search Alert link.
3. To subscribe to the RSS feed, copy the Feed URL and paste it into the software you use as your RSS reader or news aggregator.
4. Click the Close when you have finished.