There are two options available in WorldCat Discovery to help you stay informed of new publications. You can save searches and run these again at a later point in time, and you can receive weekly alerts of new publications matching your search. This is useful if you want to know if anything new has been published on your topic since you last searched for items. This post shows how to use these options.
After running a search, click the Save Search link on the top right-hand side of the results list. The search will be saved as-is, with any selected filters such as format or subject. You have the option to change the name of the search and activate an alert (see below). Next time you want to repeat this search you can click it from saved searches page. The search will run again and return all current results at that time.
After running a search, click the Create Alert link on the top right-hand side of the results list. Enter your email address where you want to receive the alerts. The search is saved in your saved searches (see above) where you can turn off the alert if you want to.
Alerts are mailed on a weekly basis. The emails contain links to the results and options to manage your alerts.
Note: make sure your query is specific enough to get good results. If your search is too broad, you may end up with too many results to keep track of.
Alerts remain active for 12 months, until you manually turn them off, or until you remove the saved search from your list. You will receive an email about expired alerts with an option to reactivate the alert.
Access your saved searches via your account, in the Search activity > Saved searches tab. Click a saved search to run the search again. In the Search alert column, select to create an alert for a search or to deactivate an existing alert.
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