Alerts

Google alerts is another web tool I have used in the past. Unfortunately I found myself swamped with too much useless information. This was many years ago so Google may have refined and improved Alerts since then. However, I am sceptical about its usefulness.

JournalTocs is easy enough to use once it is set up. I've subscribed to the Lancet but on reflection would it not be just as simple going to the Lancet's web page and subscribing to the RSS feed directly? Maybe JournalTocs is more useful when you set up alerts for keywords instead of searching for specific journals.

Again Twitter does not impress me. You have to go and look at the people you are following to know if they have tweeted anything of interest. In my opinion, Alerts should come to you, you should not have to go and look for them.

I don't think I'd use Alerts in my personal life. I prefer to track down any information I want because that way I'm likely to find other information I'd be interested in. That last statement seems at odds with my opinion of twitter, but looking at tweets is different than browsing websites. Websites are more personal, Twitter seems a bit cold.