A system, method, and computer readable medium for providing a system user with information updates from web-based or non-web-based computer sources. The system enables a user to subscribe from a computer application (e.g., an electronic mail or calendar application) to information sources. The system presents the user with a subscription view that the user may use to create the subscription through the use of selectable criteria displayed in the subscription view. The user may input search criteria for performing a search of one or more databases. The system searches the databases accessed, and then retrieves the objects matching the search criteria. The system may then notify the user that objects matching the search criteria have been discovered, and store or present the objects.