Many research databases including Catalyst allow you to save your search as an alert.  This means that your search continues to run (even when you're not in the database) and new results are sent to you by e-mail. This can be a great way to keep up with new developments in your research topic (your thesis, dissertation - build that lit review). To sign up for alerts you need to use the personalization feature of the database.  Sign up is free, and doesn't have to be linked to your JHED and password.

Some databases that offer alerts include the following:

• Catalyst Catalog
• EBSCO Databases (My EBSCOhost) - CINAHL, Philosopher's Index, SPORTDiscus, Art Full Text, Humanities Abstracts, Social Sciences Abstracts, and more.
• ProQuest Databases (My Research) - AGRICOLA, DAAI, EconLit, GeoRef, PAIS International, and more.
• PubMed (My NCBI)

This is becoming a common feature, so check your favorite database. The sign up/in link is usually found in the upper right corner of the database window.

In addition, many publishers allow you to set up Table of Contents (TOC) alerts. You select the journals you are interested in, and when a new issue is published, you are notified by e-mail, with the table of contents from the new issue.