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Help yourself > Table of Contents/Research Alert Services > SilverPlatter Databases

Table of Contents/Research Alert Services:

SilverPlatter Databases

Available to the MIT community free of charge, through the MIT Libraries's subscription to these databases. Using the SilverPlatter interface, it is possible to set up research alerts in Geobase, Philosopher's Index, PsycINFO, and Transport.

What is it?

Email notification service for

  • article alerts (SDI; results of searches you construct, run periodically)

How do I change my profile?

  • Access the database (use VERA: http://libraries.mit.edu/vera)
  • Perform the search to be run periodically
  • In the upper menu bar select "SDI"
  • Logon with your username/password
  • Click on "create SDI," or select another option to edit an existing SDI
  • Follow the directions

How do I subscribe?

  • Access the database (use VERA: http://libraries.mit.edu/vera)
  • In the upper menu bar select "SDI"
  • Click on "new user"
  • Fill out the information they require (the * fields)
  • Make note of your usersname/password (SilverPlatter cannot give it to you if you forget)
  • Follow the directions

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This page was last updated on 07/23/07