How to create an email alert for new literature appearing at NCBI PubMed?
What follows is a step-by-step explanation of how to setup an email alert for a topic in NCBI PubMed. As expected, to use this functionality, first of all you have to create an account with NCBI. That allows you to save your searches and create email alerts for such saved searches.
Note: You can get a larger version of every of the following screenshots by simply clicking on the respective image.
Figure 1:Sign in to NCBI PubMed. The “Sign in” button is located at the top right, marked here in red. You need to press “Sign in” even if you have no personal account yet, as you can register on the next screen.Figure 2:The “Sign in” screen of NCBI PubMed. If you have no personal account yet, follow the “Register for an account” link, otherwise login with your account credentials.Figure 3:Perform your search in NCBI PubMed as usual. You may enter whatever search terms you are interested in and want to get regular email updates of newly added records to this search.Figure 4:Switch to the “Save search” pane. To be able to create email alerts, first of all you have to save your current search.Figure 5:Save your current search. Provide a short and easy to remember name for your search. By default, this is the search term(s) you entered. Pressing “Save” will save your search and lead you to the next screen that allows you to do additional settings.Figure 6:Create an email alert for your saved search. NCBI PubMed allows you to set the type and frequency of your email alert in some detail. If you're finished with the settings, hit the green “Save” button on the bottom left.Figure 7:The “My NCBI” screen with an overview of all your settings. On the top right you see a panel with all your saved searches. You can select them there, delete or modify them (and the respective email alert settings).Figure 8:Sign out from “My NCBI” after use. Don't forget to sign out after you're done setting up/managing your email alerts.
