Search Alerts and RSS Feeds

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 send you an e-mail 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.

The remainder of this page explains the following tasks:

1. Requesting an E-mail Search Alert
2. Managing your Search Alerts
3. Subscribing to an RSS Feed
4. Displaying RSS Feeds on the Home Page
5. Managing Your Home Page RSS Feeds
6. Setting up an RSS Feed for a Periodical

1. Requesting an E-mail Search Alert

Here's how to receive a search alert via e-mail:

1. Perform a search using any of the search types to search for the information for which you want to receive alerts; you may use any type of search criteria, including search limiters
2. On the Search Results page, click the Search Alert/RSS Feed tool
3. If you have not already signed in to your Gale user account, you will be prompted to do so now (view complete sign-in instructions here).
4. Your e-mail address will appear in the Mail to field (only one e-mail address is allowed)
5. Use the default Alert Name or enter your own text
6. Select the Frequency in which you want the system to check for new content based on your search criteria: Daily, Weekly or Monthly
7. Click the Save button to submit your request (clicking Cancel will close the window and cancel this request)

You will be sent an e-mail 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 e-mail will contain individual links up to the first 20 new content items plus a link to the full results set. There will also be a link to the Dashboard.

All e-mails you receive will contain a link allowing you to opt out of (unsubscribe from) the alert if you no longer wish to receive future alerts.

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2. Managing your Search Alerts

Here's how to view the search alerts requests you have saved to your Gale user account:

1. If you haven't already signed in to your Gale user account, click the Sign In link at the top of the screen (view complete sign-in instructions here)
2. Click the My Account link at the top of the page to go to the Dashboard
3. Select the Search Alerts link from the left-hand menu, or click the View All link from the "Search Alerts" box on the main part of the screen
4. Or, to link to a specific alert, select its name from the list shown on the Dashboard

You may modify or disable a search alert. Here's how:

1. Follow the steps listed above to access your Gale user account and go to the Search Alerts section of the Dashboard
2. From the Search Alerts page, select an alert, then click Modify
3. Make the necessary changes in the pop-up window that appears: You may change the name of the alert and/or the frequency; or you may disable the alert, which cancels the alert
4. Click Update when you have finished (clicking Cancel will exit without making any changes)

Note that the update window will contain information on both search alerts and RSS feeds. When modifying a search alert, ignore the RSS feed fields.

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3. Subscribing to an RSS Feed

You can receive a Gale RSS feed alerting you of new content in this database. You will need a third-party web feed reader to view the RSS feed Gale sends. Here's how to subscribe to an RSS feed from Gale:

1. Perform a search using any of the search types to search for the information for which you want to receive an RSS feed; you may use any type of search criteria, including search limiters
2. On the results list, click the Search Alert/RSS Feed tool
3. If you have not already signed in to your Gale user account, you will be prompted to do so now (view complete sign-in instructions here).
4. 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
5. Optionally, you may also use the feed URL to create an RSS feed link on the home page (refer to the instructions below)
6. Click to Close the window when you have finished (clicking Cancel will close the window and cancel this request)

Note that the request window will contain information on both search alerts and RSS feeds. When requesting an RSS feed, ignore the search alert fields.

Please click here for general information about RSS technology from the Gale website.

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4. Displaying RSS Feeds on the Home Page

The home page can display up to three RSS feed links that you customize.

1. Follow the steps 1 and 2 listed above to perform a search and and open the Create Search Alert window by clicking the Search Alert/RSS Feed tool
2. Under the Add this RSS feed to the home page of your product, you'll find the Name and URL boxes
3. Enter a name for the feed in the Name box
4. Use the mouse to copy the address from the Feed URL box and paste it into the URL box
5. Click the Save button to save the RSS to the home page (clicking Cancel will exit without making any changes)

RSS feeds that you save will be displayed on the home page in the order created. If you have not signed in as a registered user, you may find three RSS feeds on the home page that have been created especially for this product; however, you can only customize these feeds as a registered user.

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5.Managing Your Home Page RSS Feeds

As a registered Gale user, you can change or delete an existing RSS feed on the home page. Here's how:

1. If you haven't already signed in to your Gale user account, click the Sign In link at the top of the screen (view complete sign-in instructions here)
2. Click the My Account link at the top of the page to go to the Dashboard
3. Select the Search Alerts link from the left-hand menu, or click the View All link from the "Search Alerts" box on the main part of the screen
4. The Search Alerts page will display. In the "RSS Feeds" section, make the needed changes: You can paste in a new feed URL, delete a feed, rename a feed, and/or set a given feed to apply to all products
5. Click the Save button to save the RSS feed to the home page (clicking Cancel will exit without making any changes)

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6. Setting up an RSS Feed for a Periodical

Be alerted via an RSS feed as new issues are added to the database for magazines, journals and newspapers. To begin, click Browse Publications from the search type bar. After selecting a periodical title from the alphabetic list, the Publication Details page is displayed. From there you can click the Search Alert/RSS Feed tool. You may subscribe to the RSS feed and/or save the RSS feed to the home page as described above.

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