Current Awareness

The Alaska Medical Library offers two methods to help you keep current in your field.

AutoAlerts for specific topics of interest.
A comprehensive search strategy is created for each topic and saved within one or more databases.   As each database is updated, the results are either emailed or mailed to you. Updates usually occur weekly.   Request this service by sending us an email message with your topic(s).

Table of contents for specific journals of interest.
This service allows patrons to view the tables of contents (TOC) of selected journals. The table of contents is emailed for each journal selected (unless other arrangements are made).   NOTE: Supplying copies of articles for this service is limited by the U.S. Copyright Law.

To begin this service:
  • you can set up your own automatic alerts.   Help is available from this newsletter issue OR
  • Request this service by sending us an email message listing the journal titles you would like to receive.
  • The initial processing of your request will occur immediately.   We will confirm which titles we can deliver to you.
  • AML staff will scan or copy the table of contents of each issue as journals are received.
  • Receipt of the table of contents will depend on how frequently the issues are published.

Copies of articles can be requested by email with "TOC article request" in the subject line or by circling the desired article(s) and faxing the page to the library (786-1608).

When online delivery of articles is requested, documents are sent as they are received by the library. When printed copies of articles are requested, articles will be held and sent monthly.