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My Research

Overview

My Research in the E-Resource Gateway is where you collect resources and save them into your own sets, save articles and records for future use, and save your searches.

There are four sections in the My Research menu:

My eShelf: Store, organize and export your saved articles/records. The eShelf is available in limited form to Guest access.

My Resources: Save and organize the resources that you regularly use. Login access only.

My History: Use your saved searches and set up Alerts. Login access only.

My Preferences: Set your default view settings. Login access only.

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My eShelf

The eShelf is where you save the articles/records that you've found in your searches. You can see the eShelf whether you are Logged In or a Guest.

You can use the eShelf to:

  • Store articles/records that you want to keep (Note: only for current session, unless you are logged in)
  • Organize articles/records into different folders (Note: you must be logged in to do this)
  • Save groups of articles/records and Import them into your RefWorks account
  • Email multiple articles/records

Store Articles/Records on the eShelf

Do this by following these steps:

  1. Do a search on your topic (for help with how to search, see Custom Search or QuickSearch), and choose articles/records to save by clicking on the basket basket.
  2. Click on the My Research tab; you automatically see the eShelf.
  3. Your saved articles/records appear in a list on the screen.
  4. Articles will only appear on the eShelf for your current session unless you are Logged In.

Organize Articles/Records

Once you have a list of saved articles/records, you can organize them into folders (you must be Logged In to use this feature):

  1. Click on My Research so that you can see the eShelf.
  2. Click on the More Options link.
  3. You will see the screen split into two windows. On the right is the Basket, where your articles/records are stored. On the left is the Folders window, where you can create folders to put your articles/records in.
  4. Click the checkboxes to choose the articles/records you want.
  5. Click the copy to folder left-pointing arrow to move those chosen articles/records into the Folders window.
  6. Click the save as Save As disc, which will give you a pop-up window asking you to name the folder.

You can view different folders you create by just choosing them from the folder dropdown menu. To go back to viewing just the articles/records list, click the Simple link.



Save Articles/Records and Import them to RefWorks

Step One: Save Articles/Records in a File

  1. In the eShelf, Select a group of articles/records by clicking their checkboxes
  2. Click on the Selected link
  3. Click on the Save button
  4. Choose "Citation manager" from the dropdown
  5. Click Save
  6. Choose "Save to disk" in the next popup window, and then click OK

Step Two: Import File in RefWorks

  1. Log In to RefWorks
  2. Find References in the menu bar and click on it
  3. Choose Import
  4. Choose "RIS Format" from the Import Filter/Data Source dropdown
  5. Choose "Metalib (citation manager)" from the Database dropdown
  6. Click the radio button to choose "Import Data from the following text file"
  7. Click the Browse button to find the file
  8. Locate the file in the Choose file window, click on the file, then click Open
  9. Click the Import button

Email Articles/Records

To email records, do the following:

  1. Select the records you want by check the checkboxes
  2. Click the Selected link
  3. Click the Send button
  4. Fill in the email form with an email address (Required); you can also fill in the optional items Subject/Comments/Format (dropdown)
  5. Click the Send button
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My Resources

You can collect your favorite resources for later searching. You can only see and use this function if you are Logged In.

  1. Locate your resource using Find Resources.
  2. Click on the add resource add resource symbol next to the desired resource name to add the resource to your Clipboard.
  3. Click on My Research tab at the top of the screen, then choose My Resources in the menu.
  4. Move desired resource from the Clipboard to the temporary set by clicking on the move resource move resource arrow.
  5. Save the temporary set under a new name by clicking on the save as Save As disc.

Search your collected resources in one of three ways:

  • Click on resource name to search it directly.
  • Or click on the Custom Search tab and then choose My Resources from the identify resource dropdown box. Select your desired set.
  • Or select your desired set under QuickSearch.
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My History

My History is where you can see the searches that you have saved (see Custom Search for how to save your searches). You can only see and use this feature if you are Logged In.

There are four things that you can do with a saved search:

  • You can click on the topic name to run the search again.
  • You can click on the "# databases" link to see what databases were searched.
  • You can click on the delete delete to remove the saved search.
  • You can set up an Alert by clicking on the alert Alert bell.

Setting up an Alert

You can only set up an Alert with a Saved Search (see Custom Search for info about saving your searches).

The Alert function works to automatically run your search for you, at time intervals that you select. The results of the number of articles/records of the search are then emailed to you, along with a link that lets you run the search again.

To set up an Alert:

  1. Click on the alert Alert bell; this will open the Add Alerts pop-up window.
  2. Fill in the Alert Name box.
  3. Fill in the email address box.
  4. Select whether you want to receive Alert emails if there are no new results.
  5. Select the time interval of the Alert: enter a number and then select days, weeks, months from the dropdown.
  6. Click the Submit button.

You will see a notice in red at the upper right of the screen that your Alert has been accepted. If you wish to edit the Alert, click the edit alert Edit Alert pencil. You will receive an email notice about your Alert once the time interval you chose has passed.

My Preferences

This feature is available only if you are Logged In. You can use My Preferences to select the following:

  • Display of Resource Search results ("Results List" or "Brief View")
  • Display of Search results of articles/records ("Results List", "Brief View" or "Full View")
  • Number of results per screen (10, 20, 30 or 40)
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