For about a year, I've been receiving bi-weekly e-mails from Academic Search Complete to alert me of new articles which fit my search criteria. (I use e-mail rather than RSS because I rarely remember to check my GoogleReader account.) Through the search alterts, I've been able to stay current with the latest events, articles, etc., on topics of interest.
Next month, I will be holding a professional development session for faculty members. I think they'd like to learn about journal alerts and search alerts. They could use them as I do to stay current on topics of interest.
I've taught many, many patrons how to use EBSCO databases and NetLibrary. Many patrons appreciate that the articls and e-books can be read from anywhere. When I've demonstrated the method for searching e-content of an e-book for a specific term, patrons look relieved that they will not have to read the entire book, page by page, in order to find the few times a certain topic is mentioned in the e-book.
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