How to Set Up an IngentaConnect Account

Provides Access to IngentaConnect New Issue Alerts
and Provides Off-Campus Access to IngentaConnect Articles

To set up an account to receive table of contents notification, or to run saved searches, you will need to set up a personal Ingenta account. Please follow these instructions.

Sometimes there are sporadic problems accessing IngentConnect articles from off campus. If this happens, you can follow the registration procedure described below to set up an IngentaConnect account. Once you set up your account, you can use this account to log into the IngentaConnect site and obtain full text articles from off campus.

To Register an Account

1. Connect to http://www.ingentaconnect.com/. You MUST use this link in order for the process to work from off campus.
2. On the right side of the page, under "Need to Register?" click on Sign up here.
3. Fill out the Personal Registration form. The fields marked with an asterisk (*) are required. You may wish to make a note of your user name and password for future reference.
4. Select the button labeled Register.

This completes the registration process. In subsequent visits. connect to http://www.ingentaconnect.com/ and log in with your username and password. Then, proceed with your activities.

How to sign up for New Issue Alerts

1. On the right side of the screen, under "Manage My Ingenta," select New Issue Alerts.
2. Select the tab labeled "Add."
3. Search or browse for the journal(s) for which you want to receive tables of contents via e-mail. From the resulting lists, select the journals you want by clicking the box opposite each title.
4. When you have made your selections, click on the work add at the top or the bottom of the list. Each title you select will be added to your alerts list.
5. Repeat the search and selection process until you have selected all the journals you want.
6. Click on the Current tab and you will see the publication has been added to your list of alerts. Check that the email address is correct, and that you will receive the email in plain text or graphical (HTML) format.
7. You will receive an alert when a new issue of your selected journal is published on IngentaConnect.

How to set up a Search Alert

With a Search Alert, you can run a search, save it, and receive e-mail notification of new content

1. Log into your IngentaConnect account and run a search.
2. Select the Saved Search tab and check the box next to the appropriate search.
3. From the drop down menu select Create alert. You will be taken to the Search Alerts tab where your search alerts are listed. Make sure that the email address for the alerts is correct.
4. You will receive a weekly alert via e-mail. You will receive an alert only when there are new results matching your search.

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