A number of databases and collections of electronic journals provide an automated alert service, as do many book publishers. These are automated current awareness services that will, depending on the type of profile or strategy, provide tables of contents of your chosen journals or a list of individual article citations. These will be emailed directly to you. Alert services are potentially very useful in helping you keep abreast of current developments and publications in your research area.
- JournalTOCs is a tool which you can use to set up email alerts for new issues of specific journals. This site currently contains Tables of Contents for just over 36,000 titles, including nearly 18,000 Open Access publications.
Library Database Alerts
Many of the databases to which the Library subscribes have alert services. It is usually necessary to set up a (free) personal sign-in, additional to your London Met login, before setting up an alert. See the relevant Subject guide for a list of databases in your subject area. Google Scholar also offers alerting options for new citations.
New books alerting service
Many online booksellers provide an alerting service and will email details of new books in your area of interest. Some of the popular alerting services are:
Conference Alerting Service
