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Stay up-to-date with the latest nursing journals published by RCNi

 Our NHS users can access essential nursing titles from RCNi. You can easily stay up-to-date with your favourite titles by setting up an alert for an eTOC. You’ll then get an email with details of the latest issue in your inbox.

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

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

How to set up a journal alert on an RCNi journal title

1. Link to the RCNi platform

Go to the journal page by first finding the journal on your browzine list or by going to the RCNi journals page.

journals page on the RCNi website listing all the titles

Select the journal title you want to stay up-to-date with.

2. Find the alert option

Page down until you come to the options on the right-hand-side. Click the option Sign up for e-alert.

screen-shot showing the option to allow you to sign up for alerts

3. Create a personal account and sign in

You will need to have a personal account to link to your alert(s). You may already have an account if you are an RCN member.

the registration / log in page for alerts

If you are already a member page down to the Log in link, on the right hand side and log in.

screen-shot showing the log in option on the right-hand-side of the page

Otherwise, register your contact information and set up a password. You’ll use this to manage your alerts.

screen-shot showing the registration form - you'll need to enter your contact details

4. Set your alerts

Log in and go to your account details. Select the tab e-newsletters and alerts.

Your account page includes a tab to set alerts

Select which journals you want to receive updates for and click Save.

Tick the journal titles that you want to receive alerts for

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

Unsubscribe

1. To stop the alerts…

Log in to RCNi Journals with your alerts account (email address and password); go to your account, go to the e-newsletters and alerts tab and deselect the journal title. Click Save

More help using ejournals

To find full-text articles follow these instructions : Using browzine to view NHS journals

Go to the eJournals help page for more help on how to find articles and access journals

Contact your eresources librarian, Cheryl, at c.kent@keele.ac.uk if you need more help.

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