The NIH Library offers a range of research updates for NIH staff. Based on a defined subject profile, you can obtain a list of the newest publications and stay up-to-date with the literature in your areas of interest. Results show that no one research update product will discover all the relevant information on a topic. To find the most comprehensive search, NIH Library staff recommends utilizing a combination of research update products.

Research Updates Comparison Chart [PDF 39k]
Overview of Alerting Services  [PDF 25k]

MD Consult Personal Edition  
Customize MD Consult for email updates on current developments and news in clinical medicine.

My NCBI  (formerly PubMed^® Cubby)
Save searches, set up email alerts, display links to web resources, and choose filters that group search results in PubMed (MEDLINE).

Ovid^® Email Alerts 
Email delivery of searches in MEDLINE, PsycINFO^®, and CINAHL^®. Click the information icon ("i") for detailed instructions.

ScienceDirect^® Alerts 
Set up a subject alert, journal volume/issue alert, and article citation alert from over 2,000 full-text journals.

Scopus^TM  
Set up subject alerts and document citation alerts from over 14,000 sources.

Web of Science^®
Save search histories to create email alerts and RSS feeds.