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
Set up one alert per subject
Use operators to improve efficiency
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. Click the "Create Alert" button
5. Choose between up to 10 or 20 results per page
6. Click "Update" to get a preview of the results
7. Enter your email address
8. Click the "Create Alert" button again to validate
Unlimited number of alerts
No RSS feed delivery in Google Scholar