An excellent way of receiving focused and relevant alerts on new research in your topic of interest is to set up alerts on a database search. You could also choose to simply save your search and re-run it at a convenient time to pick up new results. You can also set up alerts on specific journal titles. 

To save your searches, create a personal account in the database. In CIAP, your Ovid account will allow you to save searches in Medline, Embase, Emcare, and PsycINFO. The instructions below will work for any of the CIAP Ovid databases.  

Saving a search in CIAP OVID Medline

Medline can be found on the CIAP Homepage or via the Databases tab. You will need to use your staff ID to log in from a personal device.  Run the search for the information you want, tick the search history, and then Save the search. Any search can be saved, including an author's name, a journal title, a simple topic, or a complex search.  You can ask library staff for help constructing your search. 



You will be prompted to log in or create a personal Ovid account if you don't already have one, then name your search.

To re-run the search at a later date - you need to go to My Workspace and then My Searches and Alerts.

This can sometimes be difficult to see in small writing in the middle of the display.



To run the saved search again tick the search and choose the Run option.




Note - if you want to make any changes to your saved search you will need to save the search again, overwriting your original search.

Database alerts in OVID Medline