Alerts can be set up with specific journals, journal publishers and indexes/databases (Pubmed etc.).
Table of content alerts for journals
News aggregators, also called feed aggregators or RSS readers, are a great and easy way to stay informed by retrieving the latest content from publishers and other web sites. Instead of going to many websites to look for new content, you can set up an aggregator to receive all the content in one place.
A comprehensive list of feed aggregators is available at :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_feed_aggregators
Some popular ones:
These two column often give review new productivity and research management products available that the columnist has tried and that might be useful for students and researchers. They are both worth reading on these topics.
Profhacker: http://chronicle.com.proxy.uchicago.edu/blogs/profhacker/
Gradhacker: https://www.insidehighered.com/blogs/gradhacker
Jennifer Hart
Librarian for Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics and Statistics
Ryerson Physical Laboratory 156
773-702-7569
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The Library makes available to UChicago users a free subscription to BrowZine, a service that allows you to browse, read and follow thousands of the library's scholarly journals available from your computer or from your Android and iOS mobile devices.
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