How to create a Journal Alert
Journal Alerts save valuable research time, and can be set up to provide automatic e-mail notification whenever a new issue of a particular journal becomes available in the Informit platform.
Step 1
To create an alert, ensure you log in to My Account.
Step 2
Locate the Journal title. For example you may do this by typing the title in the search box and selecting the title from the dropdown list.
Step 3From the journal details page, click Sign up for alerts.

Step 4
The Manage Alerts window will appear with a message confirming that your email alert settings have been updated.

Towards the end of the page under Journal Alerts, you will now see the publication that you have set up the alert for.

Set your Email Format to Plain Text or HTML.
Ensure the journal(s) has been selected.

Click SUBMIT
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Note: TOC (Table of Contents) alerts are sent immediately after a new issue or book series is added to Informit. Alerts for newly added articles are sent DAILY.
How to delete a journal alert
To delete a journal alert, ensure you are signed in and navigate to your My Account from the top right of the screen.

From your User Account page, click Alerts in the top left of screen.

Scroll to Journal Alerts bottom of screen. Mark the check box for each alert you would like to delete. Click the SUBMIT button. The selected items are removed from the Journal Alerts folder.
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