Help Contents

• What is the Saved Searches page?
• Is there a limit to the number of searches I can save?
• Re-running a search
• Modifying a search
• Deleting a search
• Adding a note to a saved search
• Logging out

What is the Saved Searches page?

The Saved Searches page lists all the searches you have saved using the Save search terms to My Archive link on Search Results pages or from the Search History page. It allows you to run searches again, annotate them, modify them or delete them from your list.

To access Saved Searches, follow the View Saved Searches link on the My Archive welcome page.

Note: only the terms of your search are saved, not the results of the search itself.

Each entry in the list consists of:

• A number to indicate the position of a search in the list. The most recent search will be added at the top of the list.
• The name you have given to your search.
  Note: the default name is 'My Search' - this will be shown if you have not named your search.
• The search terms used to make up your search.
• A Modify Search link.
• A Delete Search link.
• An Add note link.

Is there a limit to the number of searches I can save?

Monthly Catalog allows you to save a maximum of 500 searches. If you already have 500 searches saved and you click the Save search terms to My Archive link, you will be shown a warning page asking you to delete some of your searches before you can save any more.

Re-running a search

The name of each search shown in the Saved Searches list forms a link to enable you to run your search again. Click the search name link for the search you wish to run. The results of the search will be displayed on the appropriate Search Results page.

Note: you may get a different set of results when you re-run a search as Monthly Catalog may have been updated, and new records may be retrieved by your search.

Modifying a search

You may wish to change elements of a search to widen or narrow the scope. Instead of entering your search terms all over again, you can use the Modify Search link next to your chosen search.

• Click the Modify Search link corresponding to the search you wish to alter.
• The search page is displayed with all the search terms you originally specified shown in the relevant search fields.
• Edit the terms you wish to change and click the Search button to run the search with your revised terms.

Deleting a search

If you wish to remove a search from the list:

• Click the Delete Search link corresponding to the search.

Adding a note to a saved search

You may wish to append an explanatory note to a saved search entry. Once you have created a note you can then view, edit, or delete it at any time.

• Click the Add note link for the relevant saved item.
  The Add/Edit Note page opens.
• Type your note in the text box provided.
• Click the Save button to save your note, or click the Delete note link to remove your note.

Once a note has been created, the text of the note and an Edit note link are displayed in the relevant saved search entry. Click the Edit note link to change or delete an existing note.

Logging out

To ensure that no-one else uses your saved searches whilst you are away from your computer, we recommend that you log out from the Saved Searches page when you have finished using it:

• Click the Log out of My Archive link at the top of the page.

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