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My Saved Searches

Save your search results to the ISI Web of Knowledge server or to your own computer (not the ones in the UL). The results can be accessed later to form the basis for additional Web of Science searches. There is also an option to set an E-mail Alert for a search. The system will then automatically send you (weekly or monthly) an e-mail message containing the latest update of the search. What you get: all newly published articles (covered by Web of Science) on your subject. Note, however, that you will need to register first (read more about this in the ‘Data Management’ section).

Save a search for later use:
Situation: the screen displays search results. 

  1. Click on ‘Search History’, top of the page. 
  2. Tick the search to be saved, to the right of the page.
  3. Click the yellow ‘Save History/Create Alert’ button. 
  4. Enter a name for the search in the ‘History Name’ field.
  5. Enter a brief description in the ‘Description’ field.
  6. Click ‘Save’ (save your history to the server), left bottom of the page. 
  7. Click  ‘Back’, left top of the page.

Setting an E-mail Alert for a search:
Situation: the screen displays search results.  

  1. Click on ‘Search History’, top of the page. 
  2. Tick the search to be saved, to the right of the page. 
  3. Click the yellow ‘Save History/Create Alert’ button. 
  4. Enter a name for the search in the ‘History Name’ field. 
  5. Enter a brief description in the ‘Description’ field. 
  6. Tick the ‘Send Me E-mail Alerts’ option.
  7. Enter your e-mail address in the ‘Send to e-mail address’ field. 
  8. Select the desired format for the information using ‘Alert type’. For example, ‘Biblio + Abstract’ means the full information for the article + a summary of the article. 
  9. Select the desired layout using ‘E-mail format’:
    Plain text: ASCII text (applicable to e.g., RefWorks)
    HTML: visible in web browser 
    ISIResearchSoft: direct import of data in Thomson software (Reference Manager, ProCite, EndNote)
    Field Tagged: direct import of data in other reference managers (not RefWorks)
  10. Select the e-mail frequency: weekly or monthly. 
  11. Click ‘Save’ (save your history to the server), left bottom of the page.
  12. Click  ‘Back’, left top of the page.

Open a saved search:

  1. Click on ‘My Saved Searches’, top right of the page. 
  2. Click the ‘Open’ button, below ‘Open/Run History’ next to the search to be opened. 
  3. Click on ‘Run’. 
  4. Modify settings if necessary, and click on  ‘Continue’. 
  5. Click the number of hits at ‘Results’. 
  6. The search result will be displayed.

Remove a saved search; modify or remove alerts:

  1. Select the desired search by ticking it. 
  2. Click on ‘Settings’ to modify the E-mail Alert settings.
  3. Click on ‘Delete' to remove a search.