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Get the latest eTOCs from BMJ Journals

 Our NHS users can access a range of BMJ journals. Get the latest issues of your favourite journals sent to your inbox by signing up to the eTOC.

Follow these step-by-step instructions to find whether we subscribe to the journal title you need.

Check our previous blog post to learn what an eTOC is.

Set up an alert on a journal from BMJ by following the steps below:

How to subscribe to an eTOC on a BMJ journal title

1. Link to the BMJ platform

I'm going to set up an alert for the BMJ journal title Gut. Find the journal entry on the NHS A-Z journals list. Click the link for the BMJ on the journal title entry on the NHS A-Z journals list.

Gut journal found on the NHS A-Z journals list

You will be taken to the journal page on BMJ.

2. Create your alert

To create your journal alert, just click email alerts.

Journal page for Gut on the BMJ platform

Enter your email address and click the continue button.

Enter the email address where you want to receive the updates

You will be prompted to set up a password if you are not already registered. This will allow you to manage your email alert subscriptions.

Enter your password, then confirm it

You'll see a confirmation of your alert.

You will now receive an email containing the table of contents for the journal title when a new issue is published.

3. Access Full-Text

See the image below for an example of what the email will look like. Click the article link to go to an article highlighted in the update email. You will need to login via your OpenAthens username to access the full-text.

Example of an eToc email from BMJ for the Gut journal title

Unsubscribe

1. To stop the alerts

Page down to the bottom of the email and select the option to unsubscribe.

example of an etoc email

 You will get a confirmation message that you have unsubscribed.

example of confirmation of your unsubscribe action

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