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Organizing Research & Citations

How to keep your research and citations organized with citation management and database tools.

Personal Database Accounts

Creating personal accounts in the Library’s databases is not necessary to access the database content. A number of library databases give you the option to create accounts. But why bother creating accounts if you can access the content without them? There are a number of benefits to creating personal database accounts, particularly within databases you frequently utilize. Personal database accounts may allow you to save and organize resources, retrieve your search history, set up various alerts, and more.

How to Create Personal Database Accounts

Personal Accounts with NavigatorSearch & EBSCOhost Databases

When accessing NavigatorSearch or any of the Library's EBSCOhost databases,NEW MyEBSCOhost account will be automatically created for you using your university email address and password. You will be automatically signed into this personal account each time you access the search tool or databases.

A MyEBSCOhost account provides access to the following features:

  • Save search histories and queries
  • Create and receive search alerts
  • Save search results to personal folders
  • Check out EBSCO ebook content

In order to access NavigatorSearch and EBSCOhost databases as well as manage your personal accounts, you should consent to EBSCO's Personal Data Retention and Usage policy. You will be presented with a consent form when accessing NavigatorSearch or EBSCOhost databases for the first time. You may choose to withdraw consent, but note that you cannot use any of the personalization features offered with a MyEBSCOhost account. You will also need to withdraw consent each time you access these resources, as your personal information is not stored to remember this setting. More information is available in this FAQ

Please note that following graduation, you will no longer have access to your EBSCOhost account. Your personal EBSCOhost dashboard can only be accessed by logging in through the account of the institution in which the account was created. You will not have access to EBSCOhost or NavigatorSearch following graduation. You can, however, export your saved EBSCOhost content to RefWorks using the steps outlined in this FAQ. Additionally, you will have access to a number of other library databases following graduation. Please see our Alumni Access FAQ for more information.

Personal Accounts with Academic Video Online & Psychotherapy.net Collection (Alexander Street Press)

Why create an account
Any user accessing the site through NU Library will be able to create a personal user account that can be used to save clips and playlists for as long as the user has access to Academic Video Online, including Psychotherapy.net Collection.

How to create an account
To create a new account, click the person icon at the top right-hand corner of any page on the site and select Sign Up. You will need to select and enter a display name, email address, and password to complete the setup of your account. You will then be sent an email containing a link to click on in order to confirm your account. 

If you already have a user account but have forgotten your password, click the Forgot your Password link on the sign-in page to reset it. If you wish to change any of the information associated with your account, including user image and short bio, you can do that from the My Profile tab once you have signed in.

Note that there are no options to create alerts or RSS feeds for video content. 

Sign up for a Personal Account with Alexander Street Press

Personal Accounts with ACM Digital Library 

Why create an account
Registering an account in ACM Digital Library allows you to create binders that contain custom collections of citations from the ACM Digital Library. Binders can be shared with other users of the ACM Digital Library.

How to create an account
Click on the Register link in the upper right-hand corner of the page, as shown below. Enter your email address and click the Continue button. Complete the registration form, which requests your name, a password, and a security question and answer. Be sure to write down the username which will be automatically assigned to you as well as the password you selected. An email message with a link to confirm your request for the account will be sent.Register link for a Personal Account in ACM Digital Library

Personal Accounts with Annual Reviews

Why create an account
Registration is free and registered users enjoy the following benefits:

  • Related article recommendations based on your reading profile
  • Quick access to personal subscriptions
  • Table of Contents email alerts when new volumes are published
  • Citation tracking email alerts
  • Access to lists of favorite articles
  • Search alerts via email, and access to saved customized searches

How to create an account
Click the Register link located in the upper right-hand corner of the page, as shown below. Complete the registration form. You will receive a confirmation email. NOTE: Do not attempt to access Annual Reviews via the web address link provided in the confirmation email. You will need to continue accessing the database through the NU Library. You may then login using the username and password you just created. You will know you are properly logged into the database if you see Welcome Your Name at the very top of the page.

Click on your username to access your personal account profile within My Account. Within the Profile section, you can:

  • Update your profile information including your username/password and address details as well as account preferences
  • Manage your favorite journals and articles
  • Sign up for Annual Reviews email alerts
  • View saved searches
  • Manage your subscriptions and online access

Annual Reviews screenshot with the Login and Register links highlighted.

Personal Accounts with BioMed Central

Why create an account
Registration is free and registered users enjoy the following benefits:

  • Create a personal profile 
  • Create article alerts from BioMed Central journals 
  • Manage your article alerts, including updating the frequency of alerts

How to create an account
Click the Login link located in the upper right-hand corner of the page, as shown below. Then, click on the Register tab. Complete the registration form. You will receive a confirmation email with a link to complete your registration. 
Personal Account Registration tab in BioMed Central

Personal Accounts with Credo Reference 

Unfortunately, Credo Reference does not provide the option to create a personal account. However, you can save results for your current browsing session.

Click the Saved Items tab located on the top right-hand side of the blue navigation bar to view My Saved Results, as shown below. This page is for emailing, printing, or exporting the entries that you collected during your Credo session.

My Saved Results area in Credo Reference

To create a collection of saved entries, you can do any of the following:

1. Click the Save icon at the top of any topic page or entry to add to your temporary folder.

Save an Entry to your personal folders in Credo Reference database

2. Click the Save icon beneath each search result.

Save search results in Credo Reference database

When done, return to the My Saved Results page where you will be able to easily email, print, or save the entire set of collected entries. Selected entries are remembered only for the duration of your session. NOTE: If you close your browser or start over, the list of marked entries will be cleared.

Personal Accounts with Ebook Central

There is no registration required for an Ebook Central account. Your Ebook Central account is linked to your NU school login and you are automatically signed in when you directly access the database. Your Bookshelf in ProQuest Ebook Central keeps track of your downloads, loans, and saved books. To access your saved content, click on the Bookshelf link in the top right-hand corner, as shown below. 

Access Ebook Central Bookshelf

Bookshelf features include the following:

- Downloads and Loans: Easy access to the books you’ve downloaded or have on loan, and a reminder of how many days are remaining.

Ebook Central Bookshelf Downloads and Loans

- Recently viewed: Up to 10 titles that you’ve recently viewed are displayed here.

Recently viewed books in Ebook Central database

- Annotated books: Easy access to all the books that you have bookmarked, highlighted, or added notes to. Click on Annotated Books on left, and then click on the Annotations link under each book to view annotations.

Accessing annotations in Ebook Central Bookshelf

- Saved to Bookshelf: This is where you access your saved bookshelf items and create folders. Organize your books into as many folders as you would like. Your bookshelf comes with a Research folder and you can add more folders as you need them.

Items that have been Saved to Bookshelf in Ebook Central database

Personal Accounts with Films On Demand

Why create an account
A personal user account gives you the ability to create playlists, save links to favorite videos, and create folders to organize playlists and favorites. Playlists and favorites are saved to your personal user account. Once you create a personal user account, you can also set user preferences, including defaults for search results and closed captioning.

How to create an account

  1. Click on Your Profile in the top right-hand corner and select Sign Up under the Login button. Create a personal account in Films On Demand by clicking on Your Profile
  2. On the form, enter your full name and email address and select/confirm your username and password. Click the Create Account button. This will create your user account and log you into the Films On Demand platform.Create a personal account in Films on Demand by filling out the form

 

Personal Accounts with GALE Databases

GALE allows you to connect a personal Google or Microsoft account by signing in using the options provided in the top right-hand corner. Connecting your personal Google or Microsoft account allows you to save documents, citations, and highlights. 

Access personalized features in Gale by signing in with your Google or Microsoft account

GALE is a Google for Education Partner, which means that after accessing the database, you can sign in with your Google account credentials to share, save, and download articles or annotations to Google Drive or Google Docs. Using a Microsoft account, you can store, sync, and share files by downloading GALE content to your Microsoft OneDrive account in the cloud.

This short video demonstrates how to download, save, and share content from GALE databases to your personal Google or Microsoft account.

Personal Accounts with Google Scholar

Why create an account

Google Scholar is a freely accessible web search engine that indexes the full text of scholarly literature across an array of publishing formats and disciplines. It provides a simple way to broadly search for scholarly literature. From one place, you can search across many disciplines and sources: articles, theses, books, abstracts, and court opinions, from academic publishers, professional societies, online repositories, universities, and other websites. Google Scholar helps you find relevant work across the world of scholarly research.

With a Google Scholar personal account, you can save articles from the search results page, organize content by topics in your personal library, and create and manage search alerts.

How to Create an Account

You can sign up for a personal Google and Gmail account, or you can create a personal account using a non-Gmail address instead.

To create a personal Google/Gmail account: 

1. Go to the Google Account sign in page.

2. Click Create account.

3. Enter your name.

4. In the "Username" field, enter a username.

5. Enter and confirm your password. Tip: When you enter your password on mobile, the first letter isn't case sensitive.

6. Click Next. Optional: Add and verify a phone number for your account.

7. Click Next.


To create a personal account using an already existing email/non-Gmail:

1. Go to the Google Account Sign In page.

2. Click Create account.

3. Enter your name.

4. Click Use my current email address instead.

Create your Google Account using your own personal email instead

5. Enter your current email address.

6. Click Next.

7. Verify your email address with the code sent to your existing email.

8. Click Verify.

Personal Accounts with HeinOnline

Why create an account
MyHein is HeinOnline’s personal research tool that helps you personalize your search experience and save time. With a MyHein personal account, you have access to the following features:

  • Bookmark documents
  • Save search queries
  • Set eTable of Contents alerts
  • Edit author profiles
  • Manage SmartCILP notifications
  • Favorite databases
  • Manage author alerts
  • Manage search history

How to create an account

To set up a MyHein account, click the MyHein Profile option from the toolbar on the upper right side of all pages in HeinOnline. Then select Create an Account.Create a personal account in HeinOnline

Fill out the form provided. You can choose your preferred username and password.

Registration form to create account with HeinOnline

Once the form is completed, you will be brought directly to your MyHein account where you can begin to organize your research. To return to the welcome page to start searching for resources and content on your topic, simply click the Hein house in the upper left-hand corner of the page.MyHein Online personal profile dashboard

Personal Accounts with Homeland Security Digital Library

Why create an account

Individual account-holders have access to the following features:

  • Alerts to New Content: Weekly alerts sent to you by email based on saved searches.
  • Subscription to Critical Releases: A short list of the most significant resources added during the previous two weeks.
  • Subscription to the Quarterly Newsletter: Learn about new features, and discover new topics and resources.

How to create an account

  1. Creating a Center for Homeland Defense and Security (CHDS) account is the first step. NOTE: Use must use your official NU school email address. E-mails ending in yahoo.com, gmail.com, hotmail.com, bellsouth.net, etc. are not considered official e-mail addresses. Use this link and fill in all of the required areas: https://www.chds.us/c/create-a-chds-account
  2. Second, retrieve the automated email sent to your NU email address, and use the link in that email to return to the CHDS website and set up a password. Then, login with your new credentials to CHDS.
  3. Lastly, you will need to request access to the Homeland Security Digital Library (HSDL). Account creation does not grant access; this is a separate step. To request access, go to https://www.hsdl.org/c/access/ The first selection is "Individual Account". Click on the link in that box that says "individual account request form" and this will take you to a page that will ask you to fill out the reason for your request. Once you have submitted this, it will take 1 to 3 business days to have your request confirmed, and your access granted.

Your login and password will be the same for both www.chds.us and www.hsdl.org and passwords are valid for 6 months. Note that passwords cannot be reused for three years. You can add more than one email address to your account, but please do not create multiple accounts as it can create issues with access.

If you have trouble with your account, please email techsupport@chds.us for support.

Personal Accounts with IEEE Xplore Digital Library

Why create an account

Anyone can sign up for a free IEEE account on IEEE Xplore. A personal account allows you to do the following:

  • Set search preferences
  • Save searches and search history
  • View history of any purchased personal documents
  • Get email or RSS alerts of saved search results
  • Get email or RSS alerts of updated tables of contents

How to create an account

To create an account with IEEE Xplore, click on the Create Account link in the upper right-hand corner of the page as shown below. Create Account link in IEEE Xplore database

Fill out the form with your first name and last name. Then, specify a username (email address) and password. Passwords must follow these guidelines: 

  • Must be case sensitive
  • Must contain between 8 to 20 characters
  • Must contain at least one digit or symbol
  • Cannot contain spaces
  • Cannot contain the word "password"

Click on the Create Account button to finalize your account. IEEE Xplore will display a confirmation box and will sign you into your personal account.

Personal Accounts with IGI Global

Why create an account

Creating an IGI Global account allows you to easily do the following:

  • Access your previously published works
  • Update your personal profile
  • Alter your research areas of interest
  • Browse your personal library and save searches

How to create an account

1. Use the following direct link to create your account: https://www.igi-global.com/login/create-account/ 

2. Enter your email address and proceed to complete the registration information. 

Personal Accounts with JSTOR Open Content

Why create an account

A registered personal account is a free account that enables you to access, cite, and return to JSTOR Open content. Your personal account may support your research in a variety of ways:

  • Access to free, read-online content for participating publishers for all registered personal accounts

Please note that the NU Library does not currently subscribe to the JSTOR database; however, to support researchers, JSTOR offers the ability to read up to 100 online articles for free. 

More information about JSTOR accounts and obtaining access to open content is available here:

How to create an account

To register for a new free account, visit the JSTOR registration page. You may use any e-mail address to register. The e-mail you choose to register your account will be your default username.

Items marked with asterisk (*) are required to register.

  1. Provide an email address.*
  2. Confirm your email address.*
  3. Select a strong password (includes at least one upper or lowercase character, one number or special character, 6 characters minimum, and no whitespace).*
  4. Confirm your password.*
  5. Any additional information you would like to share (role, area of study, etc.) is optional.
  6. After reviewing the Terms and Conditions of use, select the checkbox before submitting the form.*

To stay logged in, select the checkbox Keep me Logged In. To opt-into updates from JSTOR and/or JSTOR-participating publishers, select the checkbox JSTOR Updates.

Personal Accounts with LinkedIn Learning 

Why create an account

LinkedIn Learning lets you learn at your own pace. You can select courses relevant to your current role or degree program in areas like Business, Technology, and Marketing. The content is focused on job skills and can be good for those wanting to learn software platforms specific to their job, but you can also pursue other passions! With courses on financial literacy, social media, even drawing and music theory, you’ll be able to grow and develop in the areas you care about both at and outside of the University.

How to create an account

Before you can access LinkedIn Learning, you need to activate your account. Click this link to activate your account. 

Welcome to LinkedIn Learning where you need to enter you NU school email to verify your account

Enter in your NU student email address or NU staff/faculty email address and wait for the activation email to be sent.  Once you receive the activation email from LinkedIn Learning, click the Activate your account button from within that email.

Activate your account with LinkedIn Learning

This will take you to the NU organizational landing page, which you will click to continue to.

Continue with Northcentral University to activate your LinkedIn Learning account

After signing in with your NU credentials (just like you would access NCUOne), you should be able to access LinkedIn Learning.  When accessing LinkedIn Learning for the first time, you will be prompted to log in or create a LinkedIn account which will be paired with your LinkedIn Learning account. Pairing your account is optional, but if you choose not to pair a LinkedIn account, there is a potential that you may lose any progress, history, or customization. It is highly recommended that you pair a LinkedIn account with your LinkedIn Learning, but you will be given the choice to do so.

If you experience issues with logging in, please contact Service Desk at servicedesk@ncu.edu.

Personal Accounts with National Academies Press Free eBooks

Why create an account

Creating a personal MyNAP account allows you to do the following:

  • Download free PDFs on the NAP website more quickly and easily
  • Maintain a list of NAP books that you have downloaded or purchased
  • Add books for later reading
  • Make bookmarks (with notes!) on pages of reports you read online
  • See books recommended for you

How to create an account

 Create a personal MyNAP account by going to the Register For An Account page and entering your email address and creating a password.

Register for an account with National Academies Press

Sign up for a MyNAP account by entering an email address and password

Personal Accounts with OVID

Why create an account

Creating a personal account with OVID allows you to save searches, create alerts, and manage your research.

How to create an account

  1. Click on the My Account link in the top navigation as shown below.
  2. Click Create Account to be redirected to the account sign-up page.
  3. Fill in all the fields, including personal account username, password, email address, and full name. Your password is case-sensitive and must contain between 6 and 20 characters, a combination of numbers and letters.
  4. Accept the terms and conditions and click Create Account to finalize your account setup.

OVID screenshot with the My Account link highlighted.

For more details about Personal Accounts, see Modify Your Personal Account and Reset Your Personal Account Password.

If you have any questions or problems with your personal account, please contact OVID Technical Support by emailing support@ovid.com.

Personal Accounts with ProQuest 

Why create an account 

My Research is a tool that you can use to save, manage, and organize the content and supporting materials you find and create in ProQuest. You can include documents, searches, search alerts, RSS feeds, and more in My Research. Setting up a My Research account is simple and free to all ProQuest users.

How to create an account 

1. Click on the profile icon and select the Sign into My Research link (located in the upper, right-hand corner of any page in the ProQuest platform) to create an account or sign into an existing account.

2. The link to Create a My Research account is below the link to Sign Into My Research

My Research account sign up in ProQuest

3. To create an account, just fill in the required fields: email address, password, and confirm password.

My Research account sign up page in ProQuest

4. Once you create a My Research account, you will have access to the following items (located in tabs when you are signed in):

  • Documents – Save, view, and organize ProQuest documents.
  • Searches – Save searches to provide easy future access to search strategies and results.
  • Alerts – Manage any alerts that you create while logged in to My Research.
  • RSS feeds – Manage any RSS feeds that you create while logged in to My Research.
  • Account – Adjust your account settings and preferences to personalize your ProQuest search experience. One great preference you can take advantage of is to create a short-cut to your favorite databases so that when you login in via My Research, your favorite databases are bundled together and pre-selected for you. 

Important to know: My Research accounts will be permanently closed after three (3) years of inactivity.

My Research account saved resources

Personal Accounts with PsychiatryOnline

Why create an account 

Register for a free account to get alerts about new PsychiatryOnline content and take advantage of personalization features like creating search alerts, saving searches, and bookmarking favorite resources. 

How to create an account

1. Click the Sign In link located in the upper right-hand corner of the page.

Sign In button in top navigation in Psychiatry Online

2. Select New User.

Psychiatry Online Sign in page

3. Fill in the form information and click on Create Customer to finalize your account.

Personal Accounts with PubMed 

Why create an account 

Creating a My NCBI account in PubMed will allow you to collect and store search results in personal collections, create a bibliography, and set up email alerts. You'll also have access to recent activity searches and records for six (6) months and the ability to display your format references. 

How to create an account

1. To create an account, click on the Log in button in the upper right-hand corner.

Log in button in PubMed

2. Create an account using one of the third-party sign-in options, such as linking a Google Account or a Microsoft Account.

Login with a third-party sign on option in PubMed

Personal Accounts with ReferenceUSA 

Why create an account
With a personal account, users can create custom user profiles, save searches and maintain search criteria for future list building. 

How to create an account
Click the Register button located at the bottom of the database homepage.

Register for a personal account on ReferenceUSA

After submitting the registration form, you will need to verify your email address. An automated email will be sent to your account containing an activation link. After clicking the activation link, you can log in and begin using the personalization features. 

Personal Accounts with RefWorks

Why create an account 

RefWorks is a web-based research management tool designed to help you gather, organize, store, annotate, and share all types of resources used in your research, assignments, or dissertation. RefWorks is NU Library's preferred research management tool since comprehensive support is provided. It is also FREE for all NU studentsfacultystaff, and alumni

​With RefWorks, you can do the following:

  • Organize your resources by project, in folders, or with tags
  • Create APA formatted reference lists and annotated bibliographies
  • Import citations directly and indirectly from Library databases as well as research websites like Google Scholar or PubMed
  • Access your sources directly within Microsoft Word
  • Share citations and source lists

NOTE: When using RefWorks, you must always check your content and citations for accuracy and proper formatting.

How to create an account

To create a new account with RefWorks, use the following steps: 

1. Access RefWorks using the following link https://shibboleth.refworks.proquest.com/authenticate?provider=https://idp.ncu.edu/openathens and sign in with your NU institutional credentials.NU Login Screen

2. You will be routed to the RefWorks sign-up page to enter your NU school email address to begin.Enter your NU institutional email to begin using RefWorks

3. Complete your RefWorks profile to begin using RefWorks.

Complete your RefWorks profile

4. Next, set up an alternate password for your RefWorks account. Click on your name in the top right corner and go to Settings.

NOTE: Choosing an alternate password for your account will allow you to login to RefWorks for Google Docs and RefWorks for Microsoft Word using your NU school email and this password. Currently, these integrations do not sync with NU's institutional sign-in page.Access your personal settings in RefWorks

5. Scroll to the Alternate Password section and click on Set alternate password.Set alternate password in RefWorks settings

6. Create an alternate password that is at least 6 characters for your RefWorks account and click on Save.

Create an alternate password

Personal Accounts with SAGE Journals 

Why create an account 

With a SAGE Journals personal account, you can do the following:

  • Sign up for new content alerts
  • Connect with NU Library's subscriptions for seamless remote access
  • Set up favorite journals, create saved searches, and manage search alerts
  • Manage your account and activate personal subscriptions

How to create an account

1. To create an account, click on the Sign In icon in the top navigation.

SAGE Journals sign in tab in top navigation

2. Under Access Options, click Create Profile in the My Profile box.

Create Profile for SAGE Journals

3. Fill out the required information on the form and click Submit to finalize your personal account.

4. Check your inbox for an email from SAGE Journals and click the link to complete the registration process and finalize your account.

Personal Accounts with SAGE Knowledge, SAGE Navigator, SAGE Research Methods & SAGE Videos

Why create an account

Creating a My Profile account allows you to complete the following in SAGE Knowledge, SAGE Navigator, SAGE Research Methods and SAGE Videos:

  • Create reading lists
  • Save searches
  • Create search alerts
  • Print and download content 
  • Download citations 

NOTE: Creating a My Profile account is valid for SAGE Knowledge, SAGE Navigator, SAGE Videos and SAGE Research Methods. A separate account is required for SAGE Journals.

How to create an account

Click on the Profile button located in the upper right hand corner of the page to create your account and select Create Profile. Fill out the required form and click save.

SAGE Research Methods Profile button to create an account

Personal Accounts with Science Direct

Why create an account

Registering with ScienceDirect gives you access to personalization features and alert services. With a personal account, you can do the following:

  • Save searches 
  • Create search alerts which notify you when a stored search retrieves new results
  • Create volume/issue alerts which notify you when new volumes or issues become available on ScienceDirect
  • Create citation alerts which notify you when a selected article is cited by another article

How to create an account 

To register for a personalized account with ScienceDirect, use the following steps:

  1. Select Personalize in the upper right hand corner of the page.Personalize tab in Science Direct
  2. Enter your personal email address and name to finalize creating an account.

Personal Accounts with SpringerLink

Why create an account

Creating a personal account with SpringerLink offers a personalized experience. With your personal account, you can sign up for journal content alerts.

How to create an account 

Click on the Sign up/Log in link located in the upper right hand corner of the page. Scroll down to the Don’t have an account? section and fill out the registration form. Click Create Account to begin using the personalization features of SpringerLink.

SpringerLink screenshot with the Sign up/Log in link highlighted.

Personal Accounts with Taylor & Francis Online

Why create an account

Creating a personal account with Taylor & Francis Online allows you to do the following: 

  • Download multiple PDFs directly from your searches and from tables of contents 
  • Easy remote access to the NU Library's subscriptions on any device and from any location 
  • Save your searches
  • Schedule search alerts to be notified of new results 
  • Choose new content alerts to be informed about new research of interest 
  • Export your search results into a .csv file 

How to create an account 

To create an account, click the Register button in the top navigation.

Taylor & Francis screenshot with the Login link highlighted.

Fill out the required registration form. To complete the registration process and activate your account, please click on the confirmation link sent to your email address.

NOTE: Once you have confirmed your account, close out of your browser window and re-launch your access to Taylor & Francis Online directly from the NU Library. This will ensure that you are properly authenticated to access all subscribed library resources on the platform.

Personal Accounts with Ulrichsweb

Why create an account

With a My Ulrich’s personal account, you can create and manage lists of journals, retrieve search history, and create and manage alerts in the Workspace section of Ulrichsweb.

How to create an account 

To create a My Ulrich's account, use the following steps:

1. Click the Log in to My Ulrich’s link located in the upper right hand corner of the page.Log in to My Ulrichsweb button in the top navigation

2. Click Create a New Account and fill out the form with a chosen username, password, first and last name, and email address.

Create account in Ulrichsweb

3. Once you have submitted your registration, a confirmation will be sent to your email address. Click on the link to consent and proceed with your account creation.

4. You can now access the Workspace area in Ulrichsweb to view marked titles, search history, lists, and alerts.

Workspace area in Ulrichsweb

Personal Accounts with Web of Knowledge

Why create an account

As a registered user, you can take advantage of these convenient features in Web of Knowledge:

  • Save up to a year's worth of searches and documents in your History automatically
  • Set up search history alerts 
  • Set up citation alerts whereby you are notified by e-mail whenever an article on your Citation Alerts list has been cited by a new article
  • Create and maintain custom journal lists that you frequently read
  • Save Marked Lists
  • Add references to your EndNote online library directly from Web of Science
  • Roaming access to Web of Knowledge from anywhere and at any time using the Web of Science My Research Assistant App

How to create an account 

To create a personal account in Web of Knowledge, use the following steps:

1. Click Register in the top navigation bar.

Register button in Web of Knowledge

2. Fill out the registration form with your first and last name, email address, and a chosen password.

3. A registration confirmation will be sent to your email account. Click on the link to verify your account.

Personal Accounts with Wiley 

Why create an account

A personal account with Wiley Online Library allows you to do the following:

  • Receive email alerts for new content and saved searches
  • Save articles, publications, and searches to your profile
  • Receive email updates and promotional offers on Wiley books and journals relevant to you
  • Track your accepted article if you are a journal contributor

How to create an account

To create a personal account with Wiley Online Library, use the following steps:

1. Click on the Login/Register link in the upper right-hand corner of the page.

Register for a personal account in Wiley Online Library

2. Select New User and fill out the required information on the registration form.

Click New User to create a personal account in Wiley Online Library

3. Check your email for a message with a link to verify your account. 

Database Citations

Many Library databases have tools that allow you to view, export, or email your resource citations in APA Style. Using a database’s citation feature will allow you to immediately display a citation on the database screen, which can then be copied and pasted into your paper. This method is great for quickly recording a source that you have used.

However, for long-term storage and management of these citations, look at the other pages on Citation Management Tools.

To access a database’s citation feature, look for a link that says “Cite,” “Citation Tools,” or a symbol like two quotation marks, or something similar.

In NavigatorSearch, this feature is located on the right-hand side of the detailed record screen, as shown below.

Screenshot of the Roadrunner Cite function showing the APA Style reference.

NOTE: It is important to keep in mind that database citation features are not 100% accurate. Therefore, when using database citation tools, it is extremely important to double-check that all the needed citation elements are in place.

Database Alerts & RSS Feeds

Many Library databases provide the ability to create alerts for content related to your research topic. Depending on the database's service, an alert can provide the table of contents to new issues of journals or a list of new articles based on search terms. Some databases even offer citation alerts, to inform you when a particular article has been cited. Setting up database alerts is a great way to find articles related to those which you have already included in your research. Additionally, it will help you to stay up to date with the latest research and trends in your discipline.

When you set up a search alert, the database automatically runs your search and sends you any search results added since the last time the search was run. You can set searches to run once a day, once a week, or less often.

Most alerts are provided by e-mail or RSS feed. Therefore, you will need to create individual database accounts in order to set up alerts, and in some cases have an RSS Reader account. 

Instructions for Library Database Alerts

NavigatorSearch/EBSCOhost

You may either set up a journal alert to be notified when new issues of a particular journal are published, or you may set up a search alert from a search screen. See the links below to learn more about how to set up these types of alerts.

ACM Digital Library 

The table of contents alert service sends an email alert when a new issue of an ACM journal, magazine, newsletter or proceedings has been posted in ACM. To create alerts, you must have an ACM Web Account.

  1. To create a Web Account click on the SIGN UP link which can be found on the upper right hand corner of any page within the Digital Library.
  2. After creating an account and signing in to the ACM Digital Library, use the Browse ACM Publications menu on the home page to select journals/ transactions, magazines, and proceedings.
  3. On the home page for any particular publication, look for the Tools and Resources box on the right side of the screen. You'll see two options for TOC Services: email and RSS, as shown below. 
  4. If you want email alerts when new issues are published, choose that option and confirm your email address. If you want to subscribe to the equivalent RSS feed, choose that option and copy the URL for inclusion in your feed reader software.

ACM Digital Library screenshot with the TOC tool highlighted.

Annual Reviews

You must register with Annual Reviews to subscribe to e-mail or RSS feed alerts for Table of Contents, Topics, or Journals, or save searches.

Once registered, log into your account and view the options as shown below: 

Annual Reviews screenshot with the Personal Account menu highlighted.

Alerts

  1. On your Profile page, click the link for Alerts, on the left hand side of the screen. 
  2. Click the checkbox next the journals for which you wish to receive table of contents alerts.
  3. Press Submit.
  4. Click on the Email Preferences tab to select Plain Text or HTML as your preferred format.

Save Searches (Follow Results)

After you perform a keyword or phrase search, look for the option to Follow Results to the top right of your results, as shown below: 

Annual Reviews search results screen with the "Follow results" link highlighted.

Ebook Central
You can set up alerts when new Ebook Central titles match your search criteria. Follow the instructions below to create Ebook Central search alerts:

  1. Search for e-books using the Simple or Advanced Search.
  2. Click on the Save this search, as shown below.
    Ebook Central search results screen with the "Save this search" link highlighted.
     
  3. Name the search and select Notify me of new results. Enter your email address, and choose a frequency.

    Ebook Central Save Search screen.
  4. Click Save.

 

Films on Demand

This database offers monthly email notifications about new titles in certain subject areas.

1. First, create an account by clicking on Create Account in the upper right. During the account creation, you will be prompted to select the subjects that interest you.

2. Make sure to check off "I would like to receive emails about new titles added within these subject areas" and click Save Changes, as shown below.

Films on Demand account creation screen.

If you already have an account, simply visit the My Films link on the blue menu bar. You will then receive an email at the beginning of each month with a link that lists all titles added within your selected subject areas in the past 30 days. You can modify your selected subjects or opt out at any time.

 

Gale Academic OneFile

  1. Perform a search for the information for which you want to receive alerts.
  2. On the results list, at the very bottom right side, click the Create a Search Alert link, as shown below.

Gale Academic OneFile screenshot showing the "Create Search Alert" link.

  1. To receive alert emails, enter your email address.
  2. Select the Frequency in which you want the system to check for new content based on your search criteria.
  3. Click the Submit button to submit your request.

Films on Demand Create Search Alert screen.

You will be sent an email message to confirm that your request has been received. Then the system will check for new content based on the frequency you selected. The alert email will contain individual links up to the first 20 new content items plus a link to the full results set. All emails you receive will contain a link allowing you to opt out of the alert so that you no longer receive future alerts.

Gale RSS Feed Alert:

  1. Perform a search for the information for which you want to receive alerts.
  2. On the results list, click the Create a Search Alert link, as shown above.
  3. To subscribe to the RSS feed, copy the Feed URL and paste it into the software you use as your RSS reader or news aggregator.
  4. Click Close when you have finished.


Gale Journal Alert:

  1. Click on the Publication Search tab at the top of the screen.
  2. Enter the journal name or keywords, or click on the link All Publication Titles to browse. Find the journal for which you want to create an alert, and click on the link.
  3. From the journal’s publication screen, click on Create a Journal Alert, as shown below. If you want to receive alerts in email, in the Email Options section, provide your email, choose frequency and click on Save. If you want to receive alerts in RSS feeds, click on the XML button in the RSS Feed section.

Homeland Security Digital Library

  • Critical Releases - You are automatically signed up for this Alert at the time you are granted access to the HSDL. However, if you do not get them for some reason, you can sign up at Critical Releases online by clicking the subscribe to Critical Releases link in the right column of the page.
  • Search-based Alerts - Simply search the HSDL as you normally would. When you have a result set you like, click the set email alert for these terms link at the top of the result list, as shown below.
    Then click the confirm link on the next page. HSDL will send you the title of the new document, a short summary, and links to both our abstract and the full document. We do not send the actual documents as attachments; just a link to the one in our collection.

Note: To access these services, users must create an individual account first. See the link below for detailed instructions on creating your account. 

LearnTechLib

Create search alerts, table of content alerts, and topic alerts to keep current on new content in your research area.  Creating alerts requires that you create a personal account. You will be prompted to create an account after attempting to create an alert for the first time.

You can start out by searching LearnTechLib using keywords related to your research. On the results screen, click on the link for Search Alert, as shown below.

LearnTechLib screenshot showing the Search Alert link.

Mergent Online

Follow the instructions below to create company or executive alerts.

  1. Click on either the Company or Executive Alert links located under the My Mergent Tools menu on the database’s homepage (as shown below), and enter your email address when prompted.
  2. This will open your My Mergent Tools: Current Alerts List page. Here you may customize the companies and executives for which you receive alerts, the preferences for your alerts, as well as see a summary of the saved lists and report templates for your Company Analysis and Executives Lists.
  3. Alert preferences shows you the e-mail addresses you have entered for saved lists and previously set alerts.
  4. Click Edit beside an individual e-mail to change or edit the set e-mail. Click the X beside an e-mail to delete it from the list.
  5. Click Save to save your changes.
  6. If you would like to search for another company by name to add an alert for, but do not want to return to the search pages, simply type the company’s name or ticker symbol into the text box at the top of the page.
  7. A window will automatically display as you type to show you the matches available for the letters or names you type.
  8. Click on a specific company to go directly to that company’s alert list preference page where you can set alert items as detailed above.

Mergent Online screenshot showing the Company Alerts and Executive Alerts links under My Mergent Tools.

Ovid

AutoAlert

Saved searches are delivered automatically whenever new articles that match your specific search criteria are available. If you add annotations to your search history, they are saved too.

Once you access Ovid, choose the database you want and create a search to be used as an AutoAlert. Next, click the Save All button, selecting the lines that you wish to include in your search strategy.

Ovid Search History screenshot showing the save search feature.

At this point, you are prompted to login to your Personal Account. You will need to create one if you don't already have one. See instructions here. After completing the Personal User Account setup, you'll see the following page. Name your search and customize your Alert by selecting scheduling options, delivery options, email address and subject, email options and report type.

Under report type, the third choice, Email includes records only, is what a typical AutoAlert contains (just the records). However, the additional choices include sending you a link to your search history in Ovid, along with your records. The second choice Email includes records, a Results Display Link, and a link to each record's Full text or Complete Reference Display is the choice that gives you everything.

Screenshot of the Ovid alerts page.

Once you have entered the information to create your AutoAlert, Ovid returns to the main search page. If you click on the View Saved button, you can view the AutoAlert that you just created.

Ovid screenshot withe the "View Saved" link highlighted.

Click on the box next to the name of the AutoAlert to select it and you can then run (or delete, copy, rename, display, edit, or email a jumpstart for) it.

Ovid AutoAlert screen with an arrow pointing to the Run button.

If you run the AutoAlert, you immediately receive an email with the results. Check it to ensure that the AutoAlert format meets your needs.

When you create a new AutoAlert, you receive your first results the next time the database is updated, and with every subsequent database update.

If you have any questions or problems please contact Technical Support  by emailing support@ovid.com.

eTOC Alert

You can also setup eTOC alerts in Ovid. Electronic Tables of Contents (eTOC) track changes in a specific journal’s table of contents.

  1. Log in to Ovid
  2. From the database menu select the My WorkSpace link at the top.
  3. Choose My eTOCS below the blue banner.
  4. This will take you a place where you enter the email address in question.
  5. A box will come up showing available journal etoc alerts.
  6. Select the desired journal and click the up arrow to add the journal title from the list.
  7. Don't forget to click the "Update" button, at the bottom of the screen, to implement the change.
You can also set up an eTOC by clicking the eTOC Image button found in the journals table of contents display or by going directly to http://pt.wkhealth.com/pt/re/ovidspealerts/etocsmanager.htm
 
If you have any questions or problems please contact Technical Support  by emailing support@ovid.com.

ProQuest
You may create and schedule alerts to deliver new documents matching your search as they become available in ProQuest. Note: Content from the ebrary e-books database will not be included in alert emails or RSS delivery at this time. 

You will need to create a ProQuest My Research account to modify, delete, or view all of your alerts. Detailed instructions for each type of ProQuest alert appear below.

 

After you run a search, you can save it to your My Research account. Your saved searches are listed on the Searches tab in My Research. Your searches are listed in descending order, meaning your most recent saved search is at the top and your oldest saved search at the bottom.

To save a search to My Research:

  1. Click the Save search link above your results list, or on the Actions menu corresponding to the search on the Recent Searches page.
  2. Save the search to your My Research account.
    You’re prompted to sign into your account if necessary.
  3. Provide a required name for the search. Enter optional notes.
  4. Click Save.

ProQuest screenshot with the "Save search/alert" link lighlighted

ProQuest Publication alerts

Provides a way for you to find specific publications, such as newspapers or magazines, and browse individual issues. When you browse or search for a publication, and it’s available, you can click the publication title to display a page that provides details about that publication.

Click the Create alert link to define your publication alert details. After responding to an email from ProQuest to confirm the email address you provided, your alert is activated.

For more information on creating and managing your My Research account saved searches and alerts, see the link below.

PsychiatryOnline
Register for a personal account in order to setup Publication Alerts, Topic Alerts, and Content Alerts. Click Sign In at the top of the screen and then click Register Now. After logging in, follow the below instructions for setting up alerts.

PsychiatryOnline Publication Alerts

Publication alerts will notify you when the current journal issue is available.

  1. Click on the My POL tab to access My Alerts, as shown below. This tab is also where you can modify any existing Topic or Contents alerts.
  2. Click Edit Publication Alerts.
  3. Select the publications for which you would like alerts, and click on Save Changes.

PsychiatryOnline screenshot showing the My Alerts tab.

PsychiatryOnline Topic Alerts 

Topic alerts will notify you when any resources related to that topic are added to PsychiatryOnline. This may include journal articles, news, best practices, and books.

  1. Click on the Topics tab near the top of the screen.
  2. Browse to find the topic you are interested in.
  3. Click on Get Alert, as shown below.
  4. Check your email and click the button to Confirm.

PsychiatryOnline screenshot with the Get Alert link highlighted.

PubMed
PubMed allows you to subscribe to the PubMed New and Noteworthy RSS feed. To do so, click on the link as shown below.

PubMed screenshot with the "New and Noteworthy" link highlighted.

Save Searches

Finally, you may save, automate your searches and have the results E-mailed to you through a free MyNCBI account. Follow the instructions below for saving searches and setting up email alerts.

  1. Click on Sign in to NCBI at the top right of the screen.
  2. Sign In to use an existing account or click on Register for an account to establish a new account.
  3. Perform the search to be saved or updated regularly in the database of interest.
  4. Click the Save Search search link that appears near the top of the search results page.
  5. In MyNCBI save the search and choose the settings for automated E-mail updates. These settings can be modified at any time by accessing the MyNCBI account.

 

SAGE Journals

You must create an individual account in order to setup SAGE alerts, save searches and save journals. Once you have signed in, click on the My Tools tab and then Add/edit/delete email alerts, as shown below.

SAGE Journals screenshot with the My Tools link highlighted.

The following types of Email Alerts are available for most SAGE journals:

  • TOC: Full Table of Contents alerts will send you a listing of all articles within an issue, with links to the abstracts.
  • TOC Awareness: Table of Contents Awareness Alerts will send you a link to the complete TOC online (will not include a list of articles within the alert itself).
  • Announcements: Announcement Alerts will keep you up to date with special journal news or related events.
  • OnlineFirst: OnlineFirst Alerts notify you of new articles published ahead of print. You will receive alerts as each OnlineFirst article is posted online.

 

SAGE Knowledge/Navigator/Research Methods & Videos

Save searches and create lists that contain SAGE Knowledge, Navigator, Research Methods & Video content. You will first need to login to your Profile account and/or sign up for a new account to save searches and create lists. 

Save Content and Create Lists

Once logged in, browse or search for content. Click the icon as shown below to save the item to a list that you create. If you do not yet have any lists, you will be promoted to create one before you can save your content item. 

SAGE Knowledge screenshot with the Save icon highlighted.

Save Searches

To save your searches, simply conduct a search using the basic or advanced search boxes, then on the search results page, click the floppy disc icon as shown in the image below: 

SAGE Research Methods screenshot with the Save icon highlighted.

NOTE: creating this Profile account  is valid for SAGE Knowledge, Navigator, Research Methods and Videos. You will need to create a different account for SAGE Journals. 

ScienceDirect

You must create an individual account in order setup ScienceDirect alerts. To do so, click the link to Sign In at the top of the screen, and then click Not Registered? to create your account. Once you have signed in, click the plus sign (+) next to your name and then Manage my alerts, as shown below.

ScienceDirect screenshot with the "Manage my alerts" link highlighted.

A description of the various types of ScienceDirect alerts also appears below.

 

  • Search alerts notify you by email when new documents matching your search criteria become available online. 
  • Topic alerts are predefined searches on a specific topic, such as inorganic chemistry. Topic alerts notify you by email when new documents on a particular topic are available. 
  • Journal and book-series alerts notify you by email when a new issue of a particular journal or a new book volume becomes available. 

For further information on ScienceDirect alerts, including a tutorial video, please see links below.

SpringerLink

SpringerLink allows you subscribe to search results via RSS feed. To do so, simply click on the RSS icon on the search results screen, as shown below.

SpringerLink search results screen with the RSS icon highlighted.

TOC Alerts

You may also set up Table of Contents alerts for specific Springer journals. To do so, locate the journal that you are interested in and then click on the links to Stay up to Date, as shown below. 

SpringerLinker link screenshot showing the "Stay up to Date" feature.

Select Register for journal updates and on the next page look for the box that allows you to enter your email address: 

SpringerLink "Alerts For This Journal" screenshot.

Statista

You may subscribe to the Statista RSS to say up-to-date on new content added. Look for the RSS icon at the bottom of any Statista page, as shown below.

Statista screenshot with the RSS icon highlighted.

Taylor & Francis Online 

You must create an individual account in order to setup Taylor & Francis journal alerts. To do so, click the Register link at the top of the screen. Fill out the information requested. A confirmation email will be sent to the address you have provided. You must respond to the confirmation email to activate your account.

New Content (TOC) Alerts

  1. Once you have created an account and signed in, click on the Browse tab at the top of the page.
  2. Select a journal of interest to you by clicking on the title.
  3. Click on New content alerts in the center of the journal home page as shown below.
  4. Select the type of TOC alert you require from the drop down menu (either email alert or RSS feed).
  5. If requesting an RSS alert, depending on the RSS reader you are using, you will then need to click Subscribe to this feed or paste the URL into the field in your reader and submit your request for a new feed.
  6. You will start to receive Table of Contents (TOC) alerts, which notifies you of each new issue of a publication of your choice.

Taylor & Francis screenshot with the "New content alerts" and RSS buttons highlighted.

Citation Alerts

  1. Search for content in Taylor & Francis and select an article of interest.
  2. On the article page, click Citations as shown below.
  3. Subscribe to citation updates.
  4. You will start to receive Citation alerts, which notifies you when that particular article has been cited.

Taylor & Francis screenshot showing the "Subscribe to citation updates" button.

 

Ulrichsweb

You must create an individual account in order setup Ulrichsweb alerts. To do so, click Log in to My Ulrich's at the top of the screen. Next, click Create a New Account. Fill out the information requested.

Once you have logged in, click on the Workspace link in order to setup your alerts. Then, click on the Alerts tab, as shown below. Once there, click on Create Alert on the right hand side of the screen. You may setup alerts to be notified when journals in your subject area have ceased publication or have changed titles, or when new publications have been added.

Ulrichsweb screenshot showing the Alerts tab.

Web of Knowledge / Web of Science

You must create a personal account in order to create alerts for Web of Knowledge. To register, click Sign In in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and then select Register. Fill out the information requested to create your account. Once you have logged into your account, you will be able to set Citation Alerts and Saved Searches.

Citation Alerts

This feature allows you to receive an e-mail alert when articles you select are cited. Alternately, you can use this feature to keep a list of your favorite articles. To add an article to this list (and receive an e-mail each time it is cited), follow the instructions below.

  1. Search for your research topic in Web of Knowledge.
  2. Click on the article of interest.
  3. When viewing a Full Record, click Create Citation Alert, as shown below. Note: not all Full Records in all products will have this button. If you do not see the Create Citation Alert button, then the record does not contain sufficient information for the alerting system to connect it to references cited by other articles.
  4. Now, you will automatically receive an e-mail alert every time the article is cited in a journal indexed in the Web of Science database.
  5. If you need to change your alert settings, click on My Tools at the top of the page and select Saved Searches & Alerts.

Web of Knowledge screenshot showing the "Create Citation Alert" link.

Saved Searches

This feature allows you to receive email alerts or RSS feeds of the latest documents which result from running your search query. You may create as many alerts as you need. Follow the instructions below for creating alerts for Saved Searches.

  1. Search for your research topic in Web of Knowledge.
  2. Click on Search History near the top right.
  3. If you have created several searches, the auto-alert will only be run against your most recently created search (the one on the top of the Search History). So you may need to re-type an earlier search to force it to the top.
  4. Click on Save History, as shown below. If you haven't already logged in, you'll be prompted to do so at this time.
  5. Give your search a name, a description, and click Save.
  6. Now, periodically, you will receive an email with the new results of your search, with embedded links back into the database you searched.
  7. If you need to change your alert settings, click on Open Saved History.

Web of Knowledge Search History screen showing the Save History link.

 

Wiley Online Library

You must create a personal account in order to create alerts for Wiley Online To register, click Log in/Register in the upper right hand corner of the screen, and then select Register. Fill out the information requested and click Submit registration. Once you have logged into your account, you will be able to set email alerts for new content and saved searches. To manage existing Wiley alerts, click on My Profile at the top of the screen, and then select Alert Manager. To set alerts follow the instructions below.

Content Alerts 

You can sign up to receive an e-mail alert containing the table of contents for any Wiley Online Library journals. Simply find publications of interest using Publications or Browse by Subject and choose Get New Content Alert from the Journal Tools menu, as shown below. For journals publishing Accepted and Early View articles, these will be included in your e-mail alerts.

Wiley Online Library screenshot with the "Ge New Content Alerts" link highlighted.

Search Alerts 

You can be notified by e-mail when new papers are published that match your search criteria. Simply conduct a search and choose Save Search on the Search Results page, as shown below.

Wiley Online Library search results screen with the Save search link highlighted.