The free version of JournalTOCs allows users to sign up for 30 journal alerts. While JournalTOCs is built on really simple syndication (RSS) (and so is limited to journals that support that protocol), the e-TOCs are delivered to end users as email alerts. Alerts are available for 29,882 journals from 2,948 publishers and cover 73 broad subject areas (which in turn break down into multiple smaller subject areas). JournalTOCs is a portal provided by Heriot-Watt University. JournalTOCs circumvents this issue by aggregating e-TOCs so that they are available from one online resource. As the number of potential e-TOCs increases, it becomes increasingly unwieldly to register and sign up for alerts with multiple publishers. Mechanisms for providing a journal alerting service have evolved over the years, moving from simple paper-based approaches to electronic tables of contents (e-TOCs) services. Benefits of this service include helping clinicians keep up to date with their specific areas of clinical practice or research increasing usage and awareness of expensive journal subscriptions cross-promoting other library resources, services, and news regularly reminding clinicians that the library exists and is available to provide other services and improving customer satisfaction. Many clinical libraries offer a journal alerting service that gives clinicians the opportunity to review the most current tables of contents for journals of interest. Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh, EH14 4AS, United Kingdom free and premium accounts (contact for pricing). School of Mathematical and Computer Sciences.
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