Keeping up with new research

A citation alert automatically notifies you when a publication (e.g. journal article) you selected has been cited by a new publication that has been recently added to that database or data source.

There are two kinds of citation alerts in research databases:

• Document citation alerts notify you when recently added documents cite a specific article 
• Author citation alerts notify you when any item published by an author is cited in another document 

Document citation

• Search for the citation on Google Scholar

• Underneath the citation, click the "Cited by #" link to view all the documents that cite that publication

• On the left-hand side, click " Create alert"

• Edit your alert preferences and enter your email address to set the alert

Author citation

• Search for your own or another author's Google Scholar author profile

• On the top right-hand side, select "Follow" one of two options:
  • "New citations by this author" to receive alerts when new citations to your own or another author's publications are indexed in Google Scholar
  • "New articles by this author" to receive alerts when new publications are added to your own profile or another author's profile by Google Scholar

• Enter your email address to create the alert

Scopus is a large multidisciplinary database that offers a citation alert option. To receive citation alerts:

• Register for an Elsevier account
• Search for a document or the author
• Edit the alert settings and enter your email address

Access the A-Z database list on the library homepage and locate Scopus under the letter "S".

Scopus Support Centre- Creating alerts:

• Set document citation alert

• Set author citation alert