What is the Engineering Research Profile?

1. Select ‘Search’ at the top of any Engineering Village page.
2. Scroll down and select ‘Engineering Research Profile.’ The Engineering Research Profile page opens.
3. From the ‘Search & add’ box within the ‘Institutions & groups’ section, enter an institution’s or school's name in the text box.

   • The feature will automatically suggest possible names after you enter the third character into the box.
4. Select the desired institution’s name from the suggestions. The page refreshes, and the institution name appears at the top, along with the dashboard containing six tiles for the institution.

   • Refer to the ‘Set default Engineering institution profile’ section of this FAQ to store your default institution profile (if desired).

Additionally, you may use one or both of the following two filters located at the top of the page to further restrict your search.

1. From the ‘Filter by’: dropdowns, select a beginning and ending publication year. The available years fall within a rolling year range.
2. From the ‘Select subject area’ dropdown, choose one of 10 subject areas.
3. Click the magnifying glass icon to run the search. The page will refresh and display the filtered results.

Work with the searches from the five most recent institution profiles in your search session.

1. From the ‘Search & add’ box, search for institution profiles according to the ‘Search for an Engineering institution profile’ section of this FAQ.

   • A maximum of five profile names displays in the ‘Search & add’ box at a time.
   • After you search for the sixth profile, the first profile name drops off the ‘Search & add’ list.
2. Select the radio button next to a profile name to rerun the search query for the institution. The page refreshes to display the institution profile.
3. Click the ‘plus (+)’ sign to save the profile to the ‘Favorites’ box. Refer to the ‘Save Favorites within Institutions & groups’ section of this FAQ for further details.
4. Click ‘X’ to remove the profile from your search history.
5. Click ‘Remove all’ to clear all the searches in this session.

Save your favorite five institution profiles for future use. You must have created an account and be signed into Engineering Village to save institution profiles to the ‘Favorites.’

1. From the ‘Search & add’ box, search for institution profiles according to the ‘Search for an Engineering Research Profile’ section of this FAQ.
2. Click the ‘plus (+)’ sign next to each institution profile name you want to save. The profile is moved from the ‘Search & add’ box to the ‘Favorites’ box. You can save a maximum of five institution profile names as ‘Favorites.’
3. Select the radio button next to a saved institution profile to rerun the search query for it. The page refreshes to display the institution profile.

1. Click ‘X’ to remove an institution profile from the ‘Favorites’ box.
2. Click ‘Remove all’ to clear all institution profile names from the ‘Favorites’ box.

Save your favorite five institution profiles using the ‘My preferences’ feature for future use. You must have created an account and be signed into Engineering Village to save institution profiles to the ‘Favorites.’

1. Click the user profile menu icon located at the top right side of the page. The user profile menu opens.
2. From the menu drop-down, select ‘My Preferences.’ The ‘My preferences’ page opens.
3. Select ‘Research Profile.’ The ‘Favorites’ page displays.
4. Enter a school’s or institution's name in a text box. The feature will automatically suggest possible institution names after you enter the third character into the box.
5. Select the desired institution name from the suggestions.

   • You may enter a maximum of five favorite institutions.
6. If desired, click the 6 dots icon displayed to the left of each institution box to drag and drop each institution's name to rearrange their display order on your ‘Favorites’ page.
7. Click ‘Save’ to save your selections or ‘Back’ to cancel your selections and return to the Engineering Research Profile page.
8. You will see a message on screen confirming your selections.

You can set a default landing page that displays each time you access the Engineering Village Research Profile search feature. You must have created an account and be signed into Engineering Village to set the default landing page.

From the ‘Search & add’ box:

1. Run a search for an institution and select from the suggested names. The institution name will be displayed at the top of the page.

   • Alternately, you may click the radio button for any institution displayed in this box (if available).
2. Click the star following the institution name. The star changes from ‘empty’ to ‘solid’ to indicate that the default has been set.
3. Click the star again to remove the default (if desired).

From the ‘Favorites’ box:

1. Click the radio button of the institution you want to make the default. The institution name will be displayed at the top of the page.
2. Click the star following the institution name. The star changes from ‘empty’ to ‘solid’ to indicate that the default has been set. The solid star also displays the institution name in the ‘Favorites’ box.
3. Click the star again at the top of the page to remove the default (if desired).

You may work with the individual chart tiles in many ways.

Each tile displays a default pie or bar chart view.

• Click ‘Pie’ to change a bar chart to a ‘Pie’ chart.
• Click ‘Bar’ to change a pie chart to a ‘Bar’ chart.

Each tile contains a chart context menu (represented by three horizontal bars), which allows you to print the chart or download its content in various formats.

• Click this menu to scroll down and select any of the following options:

  • Print chart
  • Email chart
  • Download PNG image
  • Download JPEG image
  • Download PDF document

1. Click ‘View more.’ A bar view of the chart opens, which contains the maximum number of items (160) for that tile.
2. Click ‘60’ at the bottom of this chart to see only the first 60 items on the chart.
3. Click ‘Max’ to return the display to the maximum number of items for the chart.

You may refine the results displayed in the charts across the six tiles to individual record groups.

1. From the bar chart, select a record entry on the bar chart, or from the pie chart, select a wedge of the pie chart. The page refreshes, and a new search results list appears, limited to the contents of this individual chart segment.
2. Select the back button on your browser to return to the Engineering Research Profile page.
3. Select ‘Search history’ at the top of the Engineering Village page to access your search history and return to any of your previous search queries.

   • Select ‘Engineering Research Profile’ from the ‘Search’ tab to return to the ERP page after reviewing your search history.

1. Click ‘Email’ above the tiles to email your chart information to yourself and/or others. The ‘Email charts’ pop-up window opens.
2. Enter your email address.
3. From the ‘Share with:’ line, enter the email address(es), separated by commas, for all the recipients to whom you want to send your charts.
4. The ‘Subject’ line will be pre-populated with the institution's name and the ‘Engineering Research Profile’ label.

   • You may change the text of this ‘Subject’ line if desired.
5. Enter a message if desired.
6. Select ‘Send Email.’ A confirmation message opens notifying you that your email was successfully sent.

1. Click ‘Print’ above the tiles to print content from all the charts. A print dialog screen opens.
2. Print the charts according to the print dialog screen instructions.

1. Click ‘Download’ above the tiles to download content from all the charts. Depending on your browser, a dialog box will display.
2. Follow the prompts on the browser dialog box to save the file to your PC. The downloaded file will contain all six chart tiles.