Unlocking IEEE Xplore features with a Personal Account
To unlock all the custom features of IEEE Xplore, you'll need a personal account.
With a Personal Account, you can save searches, get emails when your favorite journals are published, view your search
history, follow favorite authors, track citations to your work, and take advantage of search personalization features.
It's important to note that your Personal Account is not tied to your institutional full-text
subscription and you can access it from anywhere, at any time.
Too access full-text, you'll need to authenticate via your institutional subscription.
If you don't already have a free Personal Account in IEEE Xplore, click Create Account at
the top right-hand side of the IEEE Xplore home page.
Provide your name, email address, password,
a security question, and accept the privacy policy.
Once you have a Personal Account created
click on Personal Sign In and login with your credentials.
Start by going to the drop-down menu called "My Settings."
The 1st stop is Alerts. You'll come here to manage Content Alerts, Author and Citation Alerts, and Saved Searches.
For more information on saving searches or creating alerts, please see the dedicated video tutorials on our site.
Next, be sure to turn on Search History recording so that you can stay organized and re-run recent searches you did during
previous sessions on IEEE Xplore. Go to Preferences and select "ON" under Search History Recording.
Scroll down to see other ways you can customize your search or results view.
If you use one specific citation management tool, such as Refworks, select it as your default format. When you're finished, click Update.
Once you've enabled search history recording, just make sure you are logged in with your Personal
Account and the system will capture your last 50 searches.
Then, you can come to Search History under "My Settings" to view, re-run or combine any of your recent searches.
Use the checkmark box to the left of any of your searches to select them.
As you select multiple searches, a wizard enables you to control the operators to create more complex searches.
Please note that there is a 50 keyword limit and a 6 wildcard limit for combined searches.
As the page is updated with newer searches continually,
you may want to take a snapshot of your current, most recent 50 searches by exporting or printing
using the buttons above the list of search details.
Customizing the way you search, what you search and how you view results
can help you save time and find the information you need for your project.
Sign up for free Personal Account today and you can start taking advantage of these customization options
and create powerful alerts to keep you current and save time.
This has been Unlocking IEEE Xplore Features with a Personal Account.
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