How do I create and manage folders?

1. Click ‘More’ at the top of any Engineering Village page.
2. Scroll down to select ‘Folders.’ The ‘Folders’ page opens.
3. In the text box, enter a folder name.

   • The name may contain alphanumeric characters, but no special characters or punctuation.
   • Spaces and underscores are acceptable.
   • This text box is not displayed if you have reached the maximum number of allowable folders.

     • If you have reached the maximum number of allowable folders, you must first remove one or more folders to create a new one.
     • Refer to the ‘Delete a saved folder’ section of this FAQ for instructions to remove one or more folders.
4. Click ‘Save.’ The new folder name appears in a table above the text box. You may now save documents to the new folder.

1. Run a Quick or Expert search. The page refreshes, and the Search results list displays.
2. From the Search results list, select the checkboxes of documents you want to save (or select the checkbox next to the page arrow down key above the results to select all documents on the current page).
3. Click the down arrow to the right of the download icon that is presented to you. The ‘Download record(s)’ pop-up window opens.

1. From the ‘Location’ column, select the ‘Your Folder(s)’ radio button.
2. If you would like to save this option, select the ‘Save to My preferences’ checkbox.
3. Click ‘Download record(s).’ The ‘View/Update Folders’ page opens.
4. From the ‘Create a folder’ row, enter a folder name into the text box.

   • The name may contain alphanumeric characters, but no special characters or punctuation.
   • Spaces and underscores are acceptable.
   • This row is not displayed if you have reached the maximum number of allowable folders.

     • If you have reached the maximum number of allowable folders, you must first remove one or more folders to create a new one.
     • Refer to the 'Delete a saved folder' section of this FAQ for instructions to remove one or more folders.
5. Click ‘Create.’ A confirmation for the creation of the new folder and the saved documents displays at the top of the page.

   • If you have selected more than 100 documents to save for the new folder, you will receive an error message informing you to save fewer records for this new folder. 
6. If you would like to view the contents of this folder, click the linked name of the folder in the confirmation message. All the saved records in this folder appear below the confirmation message.
7. If you do not want to view the contents of this folder, click ‘X’ to close the pop-up confirmation message. The folder results page remains on the screen.

1. At the top of any page in Engineering Village, click ‘Selected records.’ The total number of selected records displays next to the ‘Selected records’ link. The ‘Selected records’ page opens.
2. Click the down arrow to the right of the download icon that is presented to you. The ‘Download record(s)’ pop-up window opens.

1. From the ‘Location’ column, select the ‘Your Folder(s)’ radio button.
2. If you would like to save this option, select the ‘Save to My preferences’ checkbox.
3. Click ‘Download record(s).’ The ‘View/Update Folders’ page opens.
4. From the ‘Create a folder’ row, enter a folder name into the text box.

   • The name may contain alphanumeric characters, but no special characters or punctuation.
   • Spaces and underscores are acceptable.
   • This row is not displayed if you have reached the maximum number of allowable folders.

     • If you have reached the maximum number of allowable folders, you must first remove one or more folders to create a new one.
     • Refer to the 'Delete a saved folder' section of this FAQ for instructions to remove one or more folders.
5. Click ‘Create.’ A confirmation for the creation of the new folder and the saved documents displays at the top of the page.

   • If you have selected more than 100 documents to save for the new folder, you will receive an error message informing you to save fewer records for this new folder. 
6. If you would like to view the contents of this folder, click the linked name of the folder in the confirmation message. All the saved records in this folder appear below the confirmation message.
7. If you do not want to view the contents of this folder, click ‘X’ to close the pop-up confirmation message. The ‘Selected records’ page remains on the screen.

1. From the top of the Record page, click ‘Folder’ or the folder icon. The ‘Save to folder’ page opens.
2. From the ‘Create a folder’ row, enter a name for the new folder.

   • The name may contain alphanumeric characters, but no special characters or punctuation.
   • Spaces and underscores are acceptable.
   • This row is not displayed if you have reached the maximum number of allowable folders.

     • If you have reached the maximum number of allowable folders, you must first remove one or more folders to create a new one.
     • Refer to the 'Delete a saved folder' section of this FAQ for instructions to remove one or more folders.
3. Click ‘Create.’ A confirmation of the creation of the new folder and the saved document within it appears at the top of the page.

   • If you have selected more than 100 documents to save for the new folder, you will receive an error message informing you to save fewer records for this new folder. 
4. If you would like to view the document that you just saved to this new folder, click the linked name of the folder in the confirmation message. The folder's content page opens and displays the document you just saved.
5. If you do not want to view the contents of this folder, click ‘X’ to close the pop-up confirmation message.

1. Select ‘More’ at the top of any Engineering Village page.
2. Scroll down to select ‘Folders.’ The ‘Folders’ page opens.
3. From the ‘View’ column, click the link beside the folder you would like to view. The link contains the total number of documents in the folder. The ‘Folder Name’ page opens.
4. To view the documents in a different format (other than the ‘Citation’ format, which is the default format), select the down arrow key to choose the ‘Abstract format’ or ‘Detailed format’ from the drop-down menu. The saved documents redisplay in the selected format.
5. At this point, you may conduct any of the following other functions, as desired:

   • Click ‘X’ to remove an individual document from the folder. If your folder already contains 100 documents, you will need to use this function to save another document.
   • Click ‘X’ next to ‘ALL’ to remove all documents in the folder.
   • You may Email, print, or download records.
   • Select a linked author's name in a document to run a new search for documents by that author. The Search results page displays the documents.
   • Click the ‘Full text’ button to view the full-text document.

You may decide to rename a folder for better identification.

1. Select ‘More’ at the top of any Engineering Village page.
2. Scroll down to select ‘Folders.’ The ‘Folders’ page opens.
3. From the ‘Name’ column, click the pencil icon beside the folder you would like to rename. A text box opens.
4. Enter a new name for the folder into the text box.
5. Select ‘Rename’ if the name appears as desired or select ‘Cancel’ if further changes to the name are needed.

   • A notification message displays at the top of the page confirming the folder name change.
   • The new folder name displays in the table on the Folders page.

You may need to delete saved folders in order to create new ones. You can create up to 10 saved folders, each containing up to 100 documents.

1. Select ‘More’ at the top of any Engineering Village page.
2. Scroll down to select ‘Folders.’ The ‘Folders’ page opens.
3. From the ‘Delete’ column, click the ‘X’ for the folder you would like to delete. A warning pop-up window opens to confirm that you want to delete the folder and its contents.
4. Click ‘Confirm.’ A message appears at the top of the page confirming that the folder has been removed.