How do I use selected records?

1. Perform a search query. The Document results list displays.
2. From the Document results list, select the individual checkboxes for each record on the page that you want to add to your Selected records collection.
3. Click ‘More’ at the top of the Engineering Village page. The ‘More’ dropdown menu opens.
4. Click ‘Selected records.’ The ‘Selected records’ page opens.

1. Perform a search query. The Results list displays.
2. From the Results list, you may choose from a variety of options to add to your Selected records collection:

   • Select the ‘Page’ (empty) checkbox above the search results to select all the records on the page.

     • The number of selected records corresponds to the total number of records you have chosen to display on your page (e.g., 25, 50, 100).
   • Select the down arrow to the right of the ‘Page’ checkbox to expand the ‘Select Records’ options. The ‘Select Records’ pop-up window opens.

     • Click ‘Select all records on the page’ to add all records on this Results list page.

       • Once selected, the records are transferred to the Selected records page. You can add up to 1,000 records.
       • You can select records on one page, go to another, select additional records, and refine your search results.
     • Click ‘Select first 1000 records’ to add the first 1,000 records from your search query. A confirmation page opens, allowing you to add the first 1,000 records to your Selected records page or cancel if you do not want to proceed.

From the ‘More’ tab in the top navigation bar, scroll down and click ‘Selected records.’ The Selected records page opens, where you can view your records in the format you specified (Citation format, Abstract format, or Detailed format).

This Citation page format includes the following information:

• Title - The full title of the document.
• Author(s) of the document - Click an author's name to display other documents in Engineering Village for which the author was sole or co-author. The documents display on the Search results page.
• Author Affiliation - The affiliation for the first author displays in parentheses.
• Source - The source title of the document, volume, page, and publication year as applicable.
• Database - The Engineering Village database that contained the document.
• Full text - (where available) Click this button to open the full-text version of the document on the publisher's website.

The default number of records you would like to display per page is 25. If there are more search results, you can increase this to 50 or 100.

1. Click the number or down arrow beside the ‘Display’ label to open a drop-down to select 50 or 100 results.
2. After selecting 50 or 100 results, the Selected records page refreshes and shows the new number of selected records. Your new setting stays until you end your session.

From the ‘Sort by:’ dropdown menu on the Selected records page, you may choose a method for sorting the records displayed on this page.

The sort options that appear in this dropdown menu correspond to the sort options that you chose for saving documents to your Selected records results set:

• Date (Oldest, Newest)
• Author (A-Z, Z-A)
• Source (A-Z, Z-A)
• Publisher (A-Z, Z-A)
• Cited by Patents (Least, Most)

  • only available for the patent databases (EP, US, and WO)

You can email, print, or download the records you selected on this page in the page format and sort the type you selected.

Your documents will remain in the Selected records during your current session. If you have created an Elsevier account and are signed in for your search session, your Selected records and Search history will remain automatically saved for seven days after your most recent sign-in. See Saving documents to a personal folder to save documents for later use.

1. From the Results list, select the down arrow to the right of the ‘Page’ (empty) checkbox to expand the ‘Select Records’ options. The ‘Select Records’ pop-up window opens.
2. Click ‘Select all records on the page’ to clear all the records.
3. Click ‘Remove all selected records’ to clear all previously selected records.

Remove individual or all records from the Selected records page in the Citation, Abstract, or Detailed formats as follows:

• Click the ‘X’ beside an individual record on the Selected records page to remove it.
• Click the ‘X’ beside ‘All’ at the top of the page to remove all records from the Selected records page.

If you want to remove all the selected records from your Selected records page immediately after downloading them to your PC, select the ‘Remove selected records after download (My PC only)’ checkbox from the Download record(s) pop-up window.

Use the links near the top of the Selected records page to navigate away from it.

1. Click the right arrow > key near the top right side of the page to go to the next Selected records results page or click the < left arrow key to return to the previous Selected records page.

   • The available pagination will display beside the right and left arrows. For example, (‘1 of 3 pages >’ or ‘< 3 of 3 pages’).
2. Click ‘Search history’ in the top main navigation bar to access your Search history.