RefAware has two optional alerting features that you can use to be notified when new references are added to your Search Profile(s) -- Email alerts and RSS feeds.
Email Alerts
Email alerts are an option feature that you can enable in the Preferences area. Depending on the frequency you select, you will receive an email notification indicating that new references have been found. A link to your search profile with the new references is provided in the email.
Reminder: Search results in RefAware are only available for 90 days. Make sure to check your email alerts frequently.
To Activate the Email Alerts:
1. Click on Preferences from the main RefAware page.
2. Select the Email Alert Frequency desired from the drop-down. Available options are Daily, Bi-Weekly, Weekly, Bi-Monthly, Monthly, Quarterly.
3. Select the Email Alert Type. All Search Profiles will display new references for every search you have established. Individual Search Profiles will send a separate email for each search profile you have created.
4. Choose the Email Display Type. No References will include a link back to your search profile, Basic Reference Information will include author, title and source information. RefWorks Tagged Format will include the full reference which you can easily copy and paste into your RefWorks account.
5. Select the maximum number of articles to be emailed per search profile. You can choose 10, 25, 50 or 100.
6. Select an Email Time Span of 7, 30, 60 or 90 days.
7. Click Update.
To Disable Email Alerts:
1. Click on Preferences from the main RefAware page.
2. In the Email Alert Frequency drop-down, select Disabled.
3. Click Update.
RSS Feed Alerts
RSS Feed alerts are automatically created for each Search Profile in your RefAware account. These feeds can be added to any RSS feed reader for viewing of your newly added references. RSS icons and links are displayed in the lower left corner of your Search Profile results and also in any Email alerts you have established. Each Search Profile has it's own RSS feed.
Feed size and time span can be established in the Preferences area. By default, RSS feeds will include up to 25 references newly added or unread references from your search profile that have been added within the last 7 days.
Feed results will display the title as a link back to the original article if the original URL is included in the reference in RefAware.
To Modify RSS Feed Preferences:
1. Click on Preferences from the main RefAware page.
2. Select the Maximum number of Articles to be included in the RSS Feed. Options are: 10, 25, 50 or 100.
3. Select an RSS Feed Time Span 7, 30, 60 or 90 days.
4. Click Update.