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Business Source Ultimate: Saving searches & alerts

What are saved searches and alerts?

Saved searches:

  • Business Source Ultimate provides the option to save a search so that you can re-run it at a later date and retrieve an updated set of results. 
  • By saving your search, you create a record of your keywords and when you re-run the same search, you won't need to enter the keywords again (though you have the option to edit/adapt your original keywords).


Email alerts: 
To help you maintain current awareness of your topic, Business Source Ultimate also provides the option to set up an email alert that will inform you of:

  • New articles on your topic that have been indexed by the database since your original search (i.e. based on your keywords).
  • The latest articles by an individual author (where their articles have been indexed by the database). To search by author, you need to change the search box's default setting from 'all fields' to 'Author - AU'.
  • The latest table of contents from a particular journal (although you may prefer to set up an alert via the relevant journal's website instead). To search for content in a specific journal, you need to change the search box's default setting from 'all fields' to 'Publication Name - SO'.

How to save searches and create alerts

1. Run your search and then click the 3 vertical dots icon just above your search results (to the right). Options for saving your search and creating an alert then appear just below the dots.


Vertical dots icon.
Save search and alert options.
 

2. Click save search to take you to a screen that summarises the details of your search including, for example, all your search terms. You'll also find an option to add a description of your search (of up to 300 characters). Then, click the Save button further down the screen (to the right).

Save search screen.


3. Click Create Alert. Complete the required fields; for example, select how often you wish to receive email alerts and enter the email address(es) to which the alerts should be sent. Finally, click the create alert button. 

Save alert screen.

 

Retrieving saved searches

To retrieve and re-run a saved search from a previous search session:
1. click the 'Saved' option in the column to the left of your search results.

Example of a saved search. 

2. On your 'saved' screen, you'll find two tabs: select the second tab that lists details of any searches you've saved.

3. Click on any of the sets of search details to re-run that search,

4. To edit the details of a search (for example, to add a description) click the 3-dots icon, followed by 'search details', make your edits and click 'save'. 

Editing your alerts

1. Click the 'Alerts' option in the column to the left of your search results

2.  To change the frequency of your alert (or other settings/description), click the 3 dots icon to the right.

Saved alert screen.


3. Select 'edit alert', make your changes and finally click the 'Save Changes' button.