Email-based research & media monitoring
- In the NewsOACAS provides this weekday media monitoring service of Ontario and Canadian news related to child welfare. Content is solely for the benefit of OACAS Members and can only be accessed via the OACAS Member Site.
- Child Welfare Information Gateway newslettersSubscribe to a range of weekly and monthly newsletters, including "Child Welfare in the News" and "Child Welfare Information Gateway E-lert!"
- National Child Welfare Workforce Institute (NCWWI) newslettersIncludes "Child Welfare News & Social Media" (a list of the most popular content shared by NCWWI over social media) and the "National eUpdate."
- New in the LibraryAlert from the library of the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (UK), with information on new additions to the library collection. Links to resources are provided where possible.
- Research WatchThis e-newsletter provides summaries of recently published research from leading child welfare journals. From the Canadian Child Welfare Research Portal.
EBSCOHost research database alerts
To set up alerts for OACAS subscription databases (Sociology Source Ultimate and the Nonprofit Organization Reference Center), see the guide on EBSCOHost research databases.
Google Scholar alerts
Google Scholar indexes most peer-reviewed journals, as well as books, conference papers and presentations, theses and dissertations, and other scholarly works. Google Scholar is both easy to search and free to use, and is thus a good option for tracking research in your field.
You can set up any number of custom alerts in order to receive e-mails based on specific search queries.
After entering your search terms, click on "Create Alert" on the left sidebar menu to receive e-mails about future publications that match your query.
You can also create alerts for publications that are related to the work of leading scholars.
For example, if you would like to receive alerts about research that is related to the work of Nico Trocmé, you would visit visit the Google Scholar profile of Nico Trocmé and then click on "Follow." In the pop-up window that appears, select "New articles related to this author’s research”.
Click here to search profiles on Google Scholar.