Journal Alerts

Accessing Journals Online

Go to NWTC's Publications Search.

Locate the title of the journal through browsing or searching.

Alerts can only be made if we are receiving new issues, so click on a coverage title listing to see if we have access "to present" or to the most recent issue or month.  

If you are off-campus, you will be asked to enter your student or employee ID number to verify your affiliation with the College.

Accessing Article Alerts

Some of our databases (such as ProQuest and EBSCO) allow you to set up alerts for new journal issues and for article searches.

See the instructions below for journal alerts.  To get alerts when new search results are added, follow our Article Alert instructions.

Let Us Do It For You

The easiest way to set up a e-journal alert is to email Kim LaPlante and tell her which journals you would like sent to your email.  The Library staff can set them up on your behalf if we have access to the latest issues.

Otherwise, follow the instructions below for journals that are in our EBSCO or ProQuest databases.

Setting Up Journal Alerts in EBSCO

After searching Publications Search, click on the database name for the journal.  If you see that you have been taken to the EBSCO database, follow the instructions below to set up an alert.

  1. Click Share (in the upper right-hand corner).
  2. Then click Email Alert
  3. Click Sign In to login with your Google Account or EBSCO Account.  If you do not have these, you can create a new EBSCO account.
  4. Select the results format - Brief or Detailed
  5. Check the box so that you will only get emails when the full text is ready for you to access.
  6. Click Save Alert

Setting Up Journal Alerts in ProQuest

After searching Publications Search, click on the database name for the journal.  If you see that you have been taken to ProQuest, follow the instructions below to set up an alert.

  1. Click Create Alert from the left side publication page.
  2. Choose to receive the alert only when the Full Text is available.
  3. Enter your preferred email address for receiving alerts.
  4. Type in what you want the subject of the emails to be (such as Read this journal, Kim).
  5. Decide if you want to add an optional message to yourself about this email.
  6. The Stop After field default is 6 months, but you can choose to have the alert last anywhere from 2 weeks to one year by clicking on the drop down arrow.
  7. Click Create Alert.

You will receive a confirmation page summarizing your information. If the information is correct, click "Done". Otherwise you can click "Delete This Alert".  You will receive an email that includes the table of contents for the latest issue and links to the full text articles.