Print, email or save your search results


Email your results / Print your results / Save results to your own computer / Use your e-Shelf

Once you have found a set of records you are happy with, you can save these results in several different ways. Select the records you want to keep by clicking on the little box on the far left side of the page (beside the underlined number) which will place a tiny green check mark in the box.

Or, you can select all of the records at once, by clicking on Select All near the top of the page (green arrow in the illustration below).

Next, click on Save/Mail (near the red arrow above).

Email your records

Once you have selected the records you want and clicked on Save/Mail, you come to a complicated dialog screen asking for lots of information. To email your search results to yourself, you can simply find the box marked Email, enter your own email address, and click on Go. All of the other information is optional.

The records you chose will be emailed to you as a simple citation, which our catalog calls Card Format.
This includes basic bibliographic data.

You may choose a different format if you wish. Notice the drop-down menu below the words Record format. You are given a variety of ways to export your information. You may want to experiment with these to find a format that suits you.

We have created a more extensive one for the Morton Library, which includes the bibliographic information and call number, plus any subject headings, contents notes or other details. It's called OPAC Format.

Print your records or save them to your PC

If you are using a computer that is associated with a printer, you can print your set of selected search results. First, select the records you want to keep, following the instructions above. After you click on Save/Mail, don't enter an email address. Choose a record format if you wish (we recommend OPAC Format), and then click on Go.

You get a page headed Save File on PC. Just click on the Save Selected button. You should receive a dialogue box that looks like this :

If you are ready to print your records immediately, click on Open. Your file will open, probably in Notepad (this will be the default setting on most computers). Using Notepad's own toolbar, click on File, and then Print.

If you prefer, click on Save. You can then place your file in any chosen folder on your own computer. Later, you can open it in Microsoft Word or some other word-processing program, polish the formatting (fonts, spacing, etc) and then print a nicer-looking document from Word.

You also have the option of saving your records within our catalog, on your "e-Shelf". For instructions on that process, please continue to the next page.