RSS & Alert Guides

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Register

  1. Click MY WILSONWEB.
  2. Click NEW ACCOUNT.
  3. Enter your email address and create a password.
  4. Click NEXT then CONTINUE.

Log In

  1. Click MY WILSONWEB.
  2. Enter your email address and password and then click LOGIN.

RSS Feeds

  1. Click RSS FEED.
  2. A new window will open.
  3. Choose the frequency and duration for the feed.
  4. Click CREATE ALERT.
  5. Highlight and copy the link provided.
  6. Follow your feed-reader's instructions to paste this shortcut (address) into your feed reader.

Saved Searches

Save Search History (to rerun later)

  1. Click SEARCH HISTORY.
  2. Check the box next to a search and then click SAVE SEARCH.

Use Saved Search History

  1. Click SEARCH HISTORY.
  2. Click MY WILSONWEB.
  3. Click SAVED SEARCHES.
  4. Click RUN SEARCH.

Modify Saved Search History

  1. Click SEARCH HISTORY.
  2. Click MY WILSONWEB.
  3. Click SAVED SEARCHES.
  4. Click DELETE.

Email Alerts

  1. Click CREATE ALERT.
  2. A new window will open.
  3. Select the schedule (monthly, weekly or daily), the stop after date (one month, three months...) on which to end the email alert, and the email subject.
  4. Click CREATE ALERT.
  5. A confirmation message will pop-up on the screen. Click CLOSE WINDOW.
  6. You must now open your email account and then open the message sent to you by the WilsonWeb database.
  7. Click the CONFIRM EMAIL ADDRESS link in the email message.

Modify Email Alerts

  1. Open an alert message sent to your email account.
  2. Click the UPDATE ALERT or DELETE ALERT links.

Note: You can only change the email alert from within the email message sent to you from WilsonWeb.

RefWorks and EndNote

WilsonWeb email alerts and RSS feeds are not specially formatted to import into RefWorks. For more information about how to get citations from a WilsonWeb database into RefWorks, see RefWorks or Endnote help.

Getting Help

Click on HELP for on-screen help.

For further assistance, consult library staff.