Using the Research Center

Once you’ve logged into your account, the Research Center can be accessed from multiple pages throughout the site:

• Site navigation – Click or hover over the “Research Center” button near the top of the page.
• Search results – Click any of the Research Center links located in the right column.
• Articles – Click any of the Research Center links located in the right column.
• Your account – Click any of the Research Center links located in the left column.

To access your alerts from within the Research Center, click the “Email alerts” link located at the top of the left column. You can also access your alerts directly from search results, articles, or account pages. To learn more, see the “Accessing the Research Center” section above.

Creating an alert:

1. Click the “Create a new email alert” button located in the top right section of the page.
2. Name your alert.
3. Enter keywords for your alert (optional if searching within specific publications).
4. Apply publication type or publication name filters to your alert (optional).
5. Choose a delivery option.* If “Weekly” is selected, choose the day of the week you would like your alerts to be delivered.
6. Select a status for your alert.
7. Enter notes for you alert (optional).
8. Click the “Save” button.

*Alerts will be delivered when new content, matching your criteria, becomes available. Choosing daily or weekly delivery options does not guarantee that you will receive new alerts every day or week. If you’re not receiving alerts as frequently as you would like to, try using less restrictive alert criteria.

Editing an alert:

1. Click the “Edit alert” link beneath the alert you want to edit.
2. Apply your edits.
3. Click the “Save” button.

Adding or editing alert notes:

1. Click the “Edit alert” link beneath the alert.
2. Scroll down to the “Notes” field.
3. Apply your edits.
4. Click the “Save button.

Creating an RSS feed from an alert:

1. Click the “Create an RSS feed” link.
2. If your RSS reader is open, it should automatically grab the feed. If it did not grab the feed, proceed to step 3.
3. Go back to the tab or window where the Research Center is located and copy the RSS URL displayed in the green confirmation box.
4. Past the URL into your RSS reader.

Suspending an alert:

1. Click the “Suspend” link located to the far right of all active alerts.
2. Note: You can also suspend alerts while in the Edit alert view.

Alerts settings:

• Articles per email – Set the number of articles you’re like to receive with each alert.
• Article display options – Choose how you’d like your results to look. You can receive a preview of each article, or just the article title.
• Email format – Choose whether you’d like to receive your email in HTML or plain text format.
• Group your alerts – If you receive lots of alerts, and would like to cut down on the number of emails in your inbox, you can use this option to group all of your alerts into one email.

Running a search:

1. Click the search name or “Search” icon next to the search you want to run.

Editing a search:

1. Click the “Edit search” button beneath the search you want to edit.
2. Apply your edits.
3. Click the “Save” button.

Adding or editing search notes:

1. Click the “Edit search” link beneath the search.
2. Scroll down to the “Notes” field
3. Apply your edits.
4. Click the “Save button.

Creating an RSS feed from a search:

1. Click the “Create an RSS feed” link.
2. If your RSS reader is open, it should automatically grab the feed. If it did not grab the feed, proceed to step 3.
3. Go back to the tab or window where the Research Center is located and copy the RSS URL displayed in the green confirmation box.
4. Past the URL into your RSS reader.

To learn how to move, copy or delete saved searches, see the “Organizing your saved items” section above.

Viewing an article:

1. Click the article name or “Article” icon next to the search you want to run.

Adding or editing article notes:

1. Click the “Edit notes” link beneath the article.
2. Apply your edits.
3. Click the “Save” button.

To learn how to move, copy or delete saved articles, see the “Organizing your saved items” section below.

To access your saved items from within the Research Center, click the “Saved items” link located at the top of the left column. You can also access your saved items directly from the search results, article, or account pages. To learn more, see the “Accessing the Research Center” section above.

Creating folders:

1. Click the “Create a new folder” link located at the bottom of the left column.
2. Name your folder. Folder names must be unique.
3. Click the “Save” button.

Renaming folders:

1. Click the folder you want to rename.
2. Click the “Rename” link beneath the folder name.
3. Rename the folder. Folder names must be unique.
4. Click the “Save” button.

Deleting folders:

1. Click the folder you want to delete.
2. Click the “Delete” link beneath the folder name.
3. Important: Deleting a folder also deletes all of its contents. Verify that this is the action you want to take. It cannot be undone.
4. Click the “Delete” button.

Moving items:

1. Select the checkbox next to the item(s) you want to move.
2. Click the “Move” button located near the bottom of the list.
3. Select, or create, the destination folder.
4. Click the “Move” button.

Copying items:

1. Select the checkbox next to the item(s) you want to copy.
2. Click the “Copy” button located near the bottom of the list.
3. Select, or create, the destination folder.
4. Click the “Copy” button.

Deleting items:

1. Select the checkbox next to the item(s) you want to delete.
2. Click the “Delete” button located near the bottom of the list.
3. Verify the selected items are the ones you want to delete. This cannot be undone.
4. Click the “Delete” button.
5. Note: You can also delete saved items individually by clicking the “Delete” link that displays to the far right of the item you want to delete.

There are a variety of convenient ways to view or filter your saved items. In the left column you have three view options:

• Unfiled items – Saved items that have not been assigned to a folder.
• Filed items – Saved items that have been assigned to a folder.
• All saved items – All filed and unfiled items. This option will not display until you have created at least one folder.

Within the different views described above, you can filter your items by type:

• All item types.
• Articles only.
• Searches only.