Setting Up or Logging into an Account

1. Go to the Electronic Journal Center.
2. Click Create an Account and follow the instructions for creating an account and logging in.
3. Click Login if you already have an account.

1. Once you have logged in you will be taken to the My EJC page.
2. Click the Search button to create a search to save.

Saving a Search

1. Click More search boxes.
2. Click Show limit options.

1. Break your research question into concepts and place each concept into a search box.
2. Use the OR operator to combine synonyms or similar concepts in one search box.
3. Accept the default AND operator to combine concepts in the search boxes.
4. Accept the default Any Field or designate specific fields as necessary.
5. Select an appropriate Subject Category.
6. Hold down the CTRL key to select multiple subject categories.
7. Leave the Year boxes empty.
8. Select Sort by Date.
9. Accept the default Resuts Per Page setting (30).
10. When finished, click the Submit Search button.

1. The system will display a Search Results page.
2. Click the Add to My Searches button.

1. You will be taken to My EJC.
2. Your search has been given a default title. Click in the title box to type in a different title for your search.
3. In the Notify me about new results area select Mail to [your email address]. Notifications run once a week.
4. Click the Add Search button.

1. You will be taken to a list of your saved searches.
2. You can edit or remove any of your saved searches.
3. For e-mail notification of new results, please set up your mail program so that it does not delete or filter out mail from “noreply@ohiolink.edu”.
4. Wait a week and if new references are produced by your search, they will be sent to your email account.