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Research Guides

How Do I Apply Actions to Multiple Citations?

UW Libraries Search provides a way for you to select more than one search result for your research and citation-finding needs. 

  1. Start by locating the UW Libraries Search tool on the Libraries homepage. Type a topic or title into the search bar, and click Search.
    Screenshot of search box on homepage

  2. Once you are in the new search portal, there are two ways you can select multiple items:
    • One way is to click on the checkbox that appears in each item of the search result list. 
    • The other way is to select the checkbox that appears above the entire search results list; this allows you to select all the items on the page. You can load more results to the page to allow the selection of up to 50 records or you can choose to select the top 50 results automatically.
      screenshot of search results and link to choose top 50 results
       
  3. Click the ellipses on the far-right corner of the search results in order to see a variety of options on how to interact with your selected resources. You can email them, print them, or export them to a variety of citation management tools or formats.
    Actions available under ellipsis

How Do I Save Multiple Citations?

UW Libraries provides a way for you to select more than one search result for your research and citation-finding needs. 

  1. Start by locating the UW Libraries Search tool on the Libraries homepage. Type a topic or title into the search bar, and click Search.
    Screenshot of search box on homepage
  2. Once you are in the new search portal, there are two ways you can select multiple items:
    • One way is to click on the checkbox that appears in each item of the search result list.
    • The other way is to select the checkbox that appears above the entire search results list; this allows you to select all the items on the page. You can load more results to the page to allow the selection of up to 50 records or you can choose to select the top 50 results automatically.

    Select multiple items

  3. Click the ellipsis on the far-right corner of the search results in order to see a variety of options on how to interact with your selected resources. You can email them, print them, or export them to a variety of citation management tools or formats.
    Ellipsis for more options