Help: Article Search Results
The results of your Article Searches are displayed on an Article Search Results page. This page gives you access to all articles in British Periodicals containing your search term(s). A reminder of what you searched for is included at the top of the page, along with an indication of how many results have been retrieved. On the Article Search Results page you can:
- Start a new search
- Modify your search
- Filter your results set by Journal, Journal Subject, Date, Frequency of Publication, Journal Editor or Article Type
- Re-sort your results set
- Change the number of results per page
- Add citations to your Marked List
- Obtain the durable url for a citation
- Add your search to My Archive
- Access full text (if available)
- Navigate to other pages of results (if available)
Start a new search
Click the New Search link at the top of the results page to carry out a new search. Search terms from your current search will not be retained.
Modify your search
Click the Modify search link to return to the search page with your original search terms intact, so that you can edit them and re-execute your search.
Filtering results
British Periodicals allows you to filter your results set by Journal, Journal Subject, Date, Frequency of Publication, Journal Editor or Date. You can use the navigators in the Filter by... box to apply these filters:
- Click on the plus (+) icon next to a heading to expand that section, or the minus (-) icon next to a heading to collapse the section. By default a section will expand to display a maximum of 10 entries; if you wish to see more, click the Show All link underneath the list of 10.
- Once you have expanded a section, click on a link to apply that filter to the current results set.
- A message will appear at the top of your new results list indicating that the results are now filtered by your chosen criteria. Click the Remove filter button next to the relevant heading in the Filter by... box to remove it and return to your previous results set.
Sorting results
Search results can be sorted in one of four ways:
- By relevance
- Alphabetically by journal title
- Date (earliest first)
- Date (latest first)
To re-sort your results, use the Sort results drop-down list; click the arrow to the right of the box and choose the relevant option from the list that appears, then click the Sort button.
Change the number of results per page
You can choose whether to display 20, 50 or 100 entries on the Article Search Results page using the Display drop-down list. Click the arrow to the right of the box and choose the relevant option from the list that appears, then click the Go! button. The Article Search results page will change to reflect the option you have chosen.
By default 50 results will display per page.
Adding Citations to your Marked List
Add a citation to your Marked List by checking the checkbox below the citation. The background colour of the result should change and this will show that the citation is now in your Marked List. To remove it, uncheck the checkbox.
To add all of the citations on the page to your Marked List, check the option at the top of the results list to Mark all citations on this page. To remove them, uncheck the checkbox.
For more information, go to the Marked List Help Page.
Obtain the durable url for a citation
You can obtain the durable url for a particular citation by clicking the Durable url for this item link below the citation.
Adding your search to My Archive
Add your search to My Archive by clicking on the Save search terms to My Archive link at the top of the page. If you are logged into My Archive, this will add the search to the Saved Searches section, and will ask you for a name for the search. If you are not logged in, you will need to enter your username and password.
If you do not have a My Archive account, or would like more information, go to the My Archive Help Page.
Access full text
You can view the article full text for all citations in British Periodicals. Click on the Article Image link at the end of each citation. If you wish to view a grayscale version of the PDF for an article, click on the Article Image - PDF (grayscale) link.
Note: you can choose to view a black and white version of the PDF from the View Article as PDF page. For more information, go to the Article Image Help Page.
Navigate to other pages of results
Where there is more than one page of results, British Periodicals provides a link to each page. Click a number to display the results listed on that page. Click the previous page or next page links to view the previous or next page of results in the sequence.