It sounds like an old Japanese monster movie but I’m talking about nothing more scary than Table of Contents alerting services today.
Some of you, especially if you are doing research work, may already be registered with the ZETOC service managed by the British Library to set up alerts and receive the Tables of Contents of your most frequently read journal titles by email.
The e-Library Information Navigator (eLIN) service linked from the library homepage will allow you to set up a collection of links to those journals you refer to most frequently and will also mail you Table of Contents (TOC) alerts for those titles.
The process is as simple as logging in to ELIN or registering an account with the service if you haven’t used it before. After that, you can use the Journals search page to look for your favourite Engineering & Design titles then ‘Add to your Collection’.
By default, all titles in your Collection will automatically send you TOC alerts to the email address you registered. You may find the ELIN service a bit more straightforward to use, the convenience of having links to your favourite journals saved in one place will stop you having to browse the epic A-Z e-journal listings and there’s even some evidence that the ELIN service can get TOC alerts out to you faster than ZETOC…
If you’ve any queries or problems using the service or would like more information about ELIN, don’t hesitate to contact your Subject Librarian.
Posted by Chris Roberts 