Setting Search/Display Options

The following options are available by clicking Options on the top toolbar, and then Search/Display from the left sidebar.

Search Results

Use the Search Results options to define how you want to view your document search results:

Default Search Result Display: Indicate (by selecting the appropriate option) how you want to display your search results:

• Source List of initial search results, to display the number of documents contained in each source type
  
• All Documents: to display one document after another that meets your search criteria
  
• Use Last: to use the same setting for your search that you used for your previous search (either Source List or All Documents)
  

Default Document Sort Order: Decide how you want to view the items on the Source List or Document List:

• Relevance to your search terms: Relevance is determined by a sophisticated algorithm that estimates each document's appropriateness to your search terms. Search results documents are ranked, with the most relevant item appearing first.
  
• Table of Contents: Display your search results in order of their location in the Table of Contents.
  
• Use Last: to use the same setting for your search that you used for your previous search (either Relevance or Table of Contents)
  

Display Filter Options:

• Indicate (by selecting the check box) if you would like to View Sources with Hits Only. Selecting this option causes the Search
  Results list to only display sources that include hits. Deactivating it displays all sources in the Search Results list, including those
  with 0 hits.
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• Indicate (by selecting the check box) if you want your search results to Display Words Around Hits. Activating this option lets
  you see a brief amount of the document text containing the keyword hit in the document list results. This lets you determine if
  the document pertains to your search goals.

Keywords

Thesaurus: Select the Automatically apply all thesaurus terms option if you want all available thesaurus terms to automatically be applied to your keyword searches.

Warning: Automatically applying all Thesaurus terms to every term in your query will result in a large number of search hits and may not provide targeted results for your research topic. You may get better results by deactivating this option and using more focused keyword and thesaurus alternatives through the use of the Thesaurus/Query Tool link found next to each keyword entry field. The recommended setting for this check box is "unchecked" in order to allow you to customize thesaurus additions to your queries.

Table of Contents

There are two display options if you elect to view your search results in Table of Contents format:

• Show all levels (default setting) - Choose this setting if you prefer to view all branches of the Table of Contents, even those that do not contain hits.
  
• Show only levels with hits - Choose this setting if you prefer to view only those branches of the Table of Contents that contain hits.

Related Topics:

• General Options
• Newsstand Options
• Personal/Password Options
• Print/Export/E-mail Options
• Document Options
• Time Tracking Options

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