New article alerts
Journal databases
Go to a journal database found on our library resources page
When you run a search in a database, you can set up an alert to be informed when a new article that matches your search gets added to the database.
Ovid
In Ovid click on Create Auto-Alert underneath the search history.
You can then choose how often you want this to be run and how you want to receive the results.
Ebsco
In EBSCO click on the three dots above the search results. Choose Create alert from the drop down menu.
You can then choose how often you want to be informed of new articles added and how long.
Knowledge and Library Hub
Go to the Knowledge and Library Hub
If the topic does not need the full functionality of the databases, you can also run a search in the Knowledge and Library Hub and create an alert.
You will need to log in to MyEbsco in the top right corner to do this.
Click on the three dots above the list of your search results, and choose Create alert. You can then choose how often you want to receive the alert and how long for
BrowZine
Go to BrowZine
If you add a journal to My Bookshelf, and you will see when new articles from that journal are added. (You will need to create a BrowZine account to do this).
In user settings you can also set up email notifications for when a new article is added.
RSS feeds
Read Top 12 News Aggregator Websites for 2025
There are a range of news aggregator / RSS readers that let users add sources they want to be kept updated about. These tools then pull together updates from all the sources you’ve added into one place.
There isn’t an NHS approved option, but there are lots that work with medical journals, including Feedly. The CILIP Health Libraries Group links to Top 12 News Aggregator Websites for 2025 article
Bulletins
Existing bulletins and curated current awareness resources
The library service can also check whether there is a bulletin matching your interests that you could subscribe to. Email library.mailbox@nhs.net to enquire.
Updates of evidence based resources
BMJ Best Practice
Go to BMJ Best Practice
When viewing a topic in BMJ Best Practice, any important updates of that topic will be highlighted.
All recent updates can also be seen from What's new on the front page menu bar. 
NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS)
Go to NICE Clinical Knowledge Summaries (CKS)
When viewing a topic in CKS, you can click on Changes to see any recent updates.
You can also access What’s new from the menu bar. 
UpToDate
(N.B. available to University Hospitals Plymouth NHS Trust only, you will need a UHPNT OpenAthens account).
Practice Changing Updates are shown on the front page of UpToDate and you can browse updates by specialty beneath that.
You can also access both of these from the menu.
