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Some methods you can use to keep yourself updated about new publications in your topic area are included below. Please contact us for support using these services.
Email updates for NHS staff using KnowledgeShare
KnowledgeShare is a service that allows the library to share newly published healthcare information with you via email. These evidence updates are highly targeted and based on your interests. You can adjust the frequency of the updates or turn them off at any time. If you would like to join this service, please let us know what your clinical and professional interests are - so that the updates are as relevant as possible to you by completing this form.
Set up a Pubmed email alert (UCL & UCLH)
- enter your search in Pubmed and then click 'Create alert' underneath the search box.
- register and login with your preferred sign-in details.
- give your search a name and choose 'Yes' if you want to receive email updates, or 'No' if you prefer to manually retrieve the update later. For alerts, you will be offered a choice of frequency and format for the email.
- to amend or cancel an email alert, login using the link at the top right-hand corner of the PubMed home screen.
- for more details about using PubMed, visit our online guide or attend a training session.
Set up a Web of Science email alert (UCL)
- go to Web of Science, logging in with UCL credentials when prompted.
- enter your search as usual and then click 'History' at the top of the screen.
- click the bell icon alongside the search you wish to use for the alert.
- log into your Web of Science personal account (NB: your UCL login details will not work, you need to click 'Register' if you have not already set up a Web of Science personal account).
- complete the form, choosing the options you require and 'Save'.
- for more details about using Web of Science, visit our online guide or attend a training session.
Set up an Ovid email alert (UCL & UCLH)
- access your chosen Ovid database via our databases page
- enter your search as usual and then click 'Search History' near the top of the screen to view the search steps you have taken.
- you can save either individual search steps or your whole search history (to save individual steps, use the tick boxes to the left click of each step, to save the whole history, click 'Save Search History' at the bottom right of the list of search steps.
- give your search a name and change the setting from 'Permanent' to 'AutoAlert (SDI)' using the drop-down menu
- complete the form, choosing the options you require and click 'Save'.
- for more details about using Ovid databases, visit our online guide or attend a training session.