• Use a free journal alert service such as JournalTOCS at  which allows you to create alerts for contents pages for up to 30 titles from a broad range of subject areas and includes BMJ JAMA NEJM and The Lancet
• Many publishers offer an alerts service for new journal content as soon as it is published – even for non-subscribers. Sign up directly with each journal to receive regular new contents alerts.

Here are some popular journal titles with alerts links to get you started:

• - Sign up to receive twice monthly emails from AFP. 
• - Table of Contents via eMail.
• Email alert.
• - Sign up to receive twice monthly emails from AFP. 
• - Table of Contents via eMail.
• Email alert.
• - Sign up for email alerts.
•  - Alerts by keywords for subjects of interest, also Table of Contents (eTOC) alerts.
• - Register to sign up for article alerts.
• - BMJ (Clinical research ed.) create an account and sign up for Email Alerts.
• -  Sign up for a free account for My Alert Summary and Preferences.
• - Email alerts.
• – Login / register Under dropdown heading ‘Subscribe Alerts & RSS feed’.
• – Login / register Under dropdown heading ‘Subscribe Alerts & RSS feed’.
• - Subscribe to receive email of digital table of contents with links to all articles.
•  - Register for personal account to get email alerts.
• – Create an account to get the latest from JAMA.
• - Create a free account for alerts.
• - Sign up for email alerts when new articles or issues published.
• – Login / register Under dropdown heading ‘Subscribe Alerts & RSS feed’.
• - Register to receive newsletters –  2-3 emails a month including new issue contents.
• - Sign in/register to set up alerts under ‘Articles & Issues’.
• - Create an account for benefits which includes email alerts.
•  – Login / register Under dropdown heading ‘Subscribe alerts & RSS feed’.
•  – Login / register Under dropdown heading ‘Subscribe alerts & RSS feed’.

If you have completed a literature search for articles on a topic of interest and want to receive new results, most databases have an option which allows you to schedule a search re-run at an interval of your choice.

Here are details of how to set up alerts for some of the databases available via the library:

• PubMed: To set up alerts, search PubMed via RACGP and register for an MyNCBI account by clicking on the ‘Login’ link at top right of screen. Login or select ‘Other login options’ and select ‘Sign up’ option at bottom of page and follow instructions to complete registration using a third party of choice eg Google Chrome. View an interactive tutorial on  .
• EBSCOHost databases: Create an EBSCO personal user account (from ‘Sign in / Create account’ link top right of screen). From search screen ‘Create alert’ option next to search boxes or ‘Share’ option from results page to set up email alert. View tutorials on how to .
• DynaMed: Create an EBSCO personal user account (from ‘Sign in / Create account’ link at screen top right, perform search and click on ‘Follow’ icon at top right to follow and receive alerts for new content.
• ProQuest Health & Medical Collection: Create a ‘My Research’ account at top right of screen, perform search and click on ‘Save search / alert’ button at top of results screen to set up search alerts.