Procedure
To create alerts in ProQuest:
- First, you must have a My Research account. If you have not yet created a My Research account, please view this PDF.
- Run your search. Make sure that you have fine tuned your search to where the majority of records returned are useful .
- Sign in to your My Research account, if you not already signed in.
- On the results page, click on Recent Searches
- For the search for which you would like to receive alerts, mouse over Actions
and choose Create Alerts from the drop down menu. - Fill out the alert form. You can choose to set up to have the alert sent daily, weekly, monthly or every three months. The alert can be sent for a time period of two weeks, or for as long as one year. Enter an email address. Enter a subject line that will help you remember setting up the alert.
- Click the Create Alert button.