Keeping you automatically notified of new publications
Before searching
1. Define your topic in precise words
2. Avoid words with multiple meanings
3. Translate words in other relevant languages
Collect new keywords, while searching
How to create an alert
1. Choose Google Alerts
2. Type your keywords
3. Click "Show options" to select:
- frequency (as-it-happens, once a day, once a week)
- sources (blogs, news, videos, books...)
- language
- region
- all or only the best results
- email or RSS feed delivery
3. Enter your email address
4. Click the "Create Alert" button
5. A confirmation email has been sent; click the link to activate the alert
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Set up one alert per subject. |
What for?
- To stay up to date on a topic of interest
- To track the citations to a specific author or article
- To be notified when your work or name appears in a new publication
How to create an alert
1. Go to Google Scholar
2. Top left, click on 
3. Select the envelope icon 
4. Enter your email address
5. Type your keywords
6. Click the "Create Alert" button