Thursday, February 17, 2011

Current Magazine Alerts Emailed To You!

Did you know that you can receive an email alert when new issues of your favorite magazines in our Popular Magazine database are available for reading? Here's how:
1. Click on "Magazines" from our list of Online Resources.
2. Click on "Popular Magazines."
3. Click on "Browse Publications" and search for magazines that are of interest to you.
4. When you open the record for a magazine, check to see that there is full text coverage of the magazine. For example, you will see something that looks like this: Full-text coverage: Feb 1, 1996 - Current.
5. If there is full text coverage, then click on the RSS feed button in the upper righthand corner of the page.
The RSS symbol looks like this:



6. Then you will be able to enter your email address to have alerts about new articles from that magazine emailed to you when available.
7. You will receive email alerts about new articles in your inbox and will be able to log in to the database to access them.
Our magazine database contains many popular magazines, such as Sunset, Time, National Geographic, just to name a few. This is a great way to make use of this great library resource. If you have questions, please call the Beaverton Library Reference line at 503-526-2577 for assistance.


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