How do I create and manage saved searches?

1. Above the search results (in the query bar), click ‘Save search.’ The ‘Save search’ window opens.
2. Enter a name for your saved search on the ‘Enter search name’ line.
3. Click ‘Save search.’ A confirmation message opens at the top of the page.

   • You may click the ‘Alerts and Saved Searches’ link in this pop-up window to view and modify your saved searches on the ‘Alerts and Saved searches’ page.
4. Click ‘Close’ after reviewing the confirmation message.

1. Click ‘Search history’ in the Engineering Village navigation bar. The ‘Recent results’ pop-up window opens.
2. Click ‘View all results.’ The ‘Search history on Engineering Village’ page opens.
3. If you have more than one search query listed, locate the row containing the search you want to save.
4. From the ‘Save search’ column, select the checkbox for each search query you want to save. The ‘Save search’ pop-up window opens.
5. Enter a name for your saved search on the ‘Enter search name’ line.
6. Click ‘Save search.’ A confirmation message opens at the top of the page.

   • You may click the ‘Alerts and Saved Searches’ link in this pop-up window to view and modify your saved searches on the ‘Alerts and Saved searches’ page.
7. Click ‘Close’ after reviewing the confirmation message.

• Name of saved search
• Search query details

  • type of search (Quick, Expert, Thesaurus, Combined)
  • autostemming (on or off)
  • sort type
  • publication year(s)
  • database(s)
  • date that the query was originally saved
• Active status (alert or saved search)
• Actions (edit, delete, or share individual search queries)

1. Click the user profile menu icon in the main navigation bar of any Engineering Village page. The user profile menu opens.
2. Click ‘Alerts & saved searches.’ The ‘Alerts and Saved searches’ page opens.
3. View your saved searches on this page.

1. From the ‘Search query’ column, click the linked search query. A new Search page opens that contains your original search query.
2. Enter your modified search query in the Search box(es).

1. From the ‘Active’ column, click the checkbox to enable the alert. The ‘Enable alert’ pop-up window opens.
2. Click ‘Enable alert.’ The checkbox is highlighted in orange to indicate that your saved search has been converted to an active email alert.

Note: The name of a saved search can be edited only from the ‘Alerts and Saved searches’ page. The name is limited to 500 alphanumeric characters. Additionally, spaces and underscores (up to the 500-character maximum) are permitted in the name.

1. From the ‘Actions’ column, click the pencil icon. The ‘Edit saved search’ pop-up window opens.
2. Under the ‘Enter saved search name’ label, edit the name for your saved search.
3. Click ‘Save search.’ The ‘Name’ column displays the modified name for your search query.

1. From the ‘Actions’ column, click the ‘X’ in the row of the saved search to delete a saved search query. A ‘Warning’ message opens to confirm that you want to delete the saved search.
2. Click ‘Confirm’ to delete the message. The saved search is deleted from the ‘Alerts and Saved searches’ page.

1. From the ‘Actions’ column, click the share icon of the saved search query that you want to share. The ‘Share recent search results for (search query name)’ window opens.
2. On the ‘Share with:’ line, enter a maximum of 50 email addresses for whom you would like to share the saved search.

   • Insert a comma between each email address.
3. The ‘Subject’ line will be populated with the text ‘Recent Engineering Village search results for (search query name).’

   • You may edit this subject line if you prefer different text.
4. Enter text for the ‘Message’ if desired.
5. Click ‘Send Email’ to share the saved search.