The Information Retrieval Services (BM) have prepared some database support sheets. Topics are search tips for Web of Science, Scopus and patents. A very useful introduction on AutoAlerts (for Web of Science) will show you how to obtain a weekly update of literature of interest.

http://www.biochem.mpg.de/en/facilities/ivs/SupportTraining/DBSup

See also our weblog post on Creating Alerts from the Web of Science.