An application of IFTTT for current awareness monitoring using Twitter.

1. Using
to follow topics on Twitter
Raquel M. Ortiz
RWU Law Library

2. Create an account

3. Create an applet
1. Go to My Applets
2. Click on the New Applet button

4. IF THIS = Source
Click on +this to start the applet

5. Search for Twitter

6. Choose “New Tweet from search” as the
“trigger”

7. In this step, you will set up what you want to
receive from Twitter.
Click on “search operators” to learn
how to create a more advanced
search using hashtags or connectors
such as AND, OR, NOT, etc.

8. That = Output

9. In this step, select the method by which you
wish to receive results. If you have not yet set
up the service, you will be prompted to do so.
Depending on your search,
you may wish to receive a
daily or weekly email digest
of all the relevant tweets.

10. There is only one action for email.

11. Use Complete Action fields to
customize the email you receive.
Click on Add Ingredient to
select IFTTT fields to include
in the email

12. Customized email
By changing the subject to “Health Care
Reform on Twitter” and adding the Text
to the body of the email, I can now easily
find all of the related emails in my Inbox
and have the information I need to
determine whether a tweet will be useful
a useful lead for my research.

13. As a final step, review your applet.
This is the title of your
applet—not easy to
understand. Select the
text to change it.

14. By using a title that is meaningful, one can later identify the
applet and delete it when it stops being relevant.
Don’t forget to click “Finish”
to save the applet!

15. This is confirmation that your applet is
saved.

16. To delete an Applet, go to My Applets and
select the appropriate applet.
Click on the
gear icon.
Scroll to the
bottom of the
Configure page to
delete the applet.