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CSA logoCSA provides a number of article databases to us, including:

  • British Humanities Index
  • Comdisdome
  • Communication Abstracts
  • Criminal Justice Abstracts
  • Electronics and Communications Abstracts
  • Linguistics and Language Behavior Abstracts
  • Physical Education Index
  • Social Services Abstracts

The CSA interface provides updating services via both RSS feeds and an Email alert service. To take full advantage of the alert features, we recommend that you create a free account for yourself. To do so, simply click on the "My Research" link.
CSA login

Creating Alerts

1. Once you have logged in, while viewing a set of search results for which you want an alert, click on the "Alert Me" link:
CSA Alert Me link

2. A page will appear with options for saving your search strategy. Choose RSS or Email, as you prefer. Note that you can also change the format to get a longer form of the record rather than the default "Short format."
CSA save alerts options

3. A new page will appear with several options on it. Click on the orange-and-white RSS icon.
Managing CSA alerts

4. If you are already logged into an RSS reader of some sort, you may go directly to a page that gives you the opportunity to add the new alert to your reader.

If you are not logged in, you may see a page that looks something like this: CSA feed page
Copy the entire URL and paste it into the place in your reader where you add a subscription to an RSS feed.

Email Alerts

If you want to receive alerts via email, follow the same procedure outlined above, up to the point of Saving Your Search Result. If you choose either HTML or Plain Text Email, your Manage Searches & Aerts options will look like this:
CSA email option
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