Science.gov Now Offering Alerts 3.0

Science.gov, a search engine for science information provided by US government agencies, is now offering Alerts 3.0, a new version of their e-mail alerts. (You can run a search of Science.gov's search engine of over 45 million pages of science information, and save the search as an "alert". You will be e-mailed when new documents in the search index match your query.) You'll need to be registered to receive the alerts (registration is free and very simple.) Alerts are sent out once a week, on Mondays.

The new version of the Science.gov alerts supports complex queries, with Boolean supports and nested parens.

When it comes to the results sent with the alerts, there is a limit. You will not get more than 35 items per alert in your e-mail. However, when you register with Science.gov you'll get your own "Personal Archive" that'll contain ALL the matching results for the last six weeks' worth of alerts, not just the first 35.

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