Utilizing Database RSS Feeds: Gale Databases

You can use RSS feeds to alert you when your favorite journals provided from Gale databases are updated. These RSS feeds can be added to your Google Reader subscriptions, or have them emailed to you.

*Note* RSS feeds for Gale databases will only display when you are connected on campus. Off-campus access is not supported for the RSS feed service.

From your search results list or from the Issues page 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 sent you an email 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.

Requesting an Email Search Alert

Here is how to set up an Email Search Alert:

1. Perform a search using any of the search types to search for the information for which you want to receive alerts; you may want to use any type of search criteria, including search limiters.
2. While on the results list, click the Search Alert icon.
   
3. Select "Email" to be alerted when new results from your search becomes available:
   
4. Enter the email address you would like the alerts to be sent to.
5. Select the Frequency in which you want the system to check for new content based on your search criteria.
6. Verify you are 18 years of age or older and have read and agree to the Cengage Terms of Use and Privacy Statement.
7. Click the Create Alert button to submit your request

You will be sent an email 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 email will contain individual links up to the first 20 new content items plus a link to the full results set. All emails you receive will contain a link allowing you to opt-out of the alert so that you no longer receive future alerts.

Here's how to subscribe to the Gale RSS feed alerting you of new content in a database:

1. Perform a search using any of the search types to search for the information for which you want to receive. You can also search for specific publications by clicking on the "Publication Search" link located under Search Tools heading:
   
2. On the results list, click the Create a Search Alert link.
3. 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.
4. Click the Close when you have finished.