Using the Results List

Each item on the results list provides a brief reference to a document. Results items typically list key publication information and display icons or links that summarize the content and retrieval options available for the corresponding document. In this way you can tell at a glance if you want to view the full record associated with the citation. To view a document, simply click its underlined document title.

Note: Items on results list are not official bibliographic citations. To cite a document for notes and bibliography entries, use a standard style.

Whenever your search examines at least two content areas, you will see tabs that group your results into similar types of documents. By default, results on the left-most tab will be displayed. Click a different tab name to see its results (you will see the name change to a hyperlink as you mouse over it). Tabs with no results are "grayed out" and will not work. Results from searches that are designed to return only one type of document, such as Publication Searches, will not have tabs, but the other features of the results list page will be the same. Note that if available, the Additional Databases tab functions differently, as this tab allows you to extend your search to more Gale databases, and even to non-Gale databases that are not part of the PowerSearch platform (the actual list of databases searched depends on your library's subscription).

You may see your search terms highlighted wherever they appear within the results list, depending on the type of search used and if you have selected this option as part of your Preferences.

A summary of the search that produced the results list is displayed just below the page banner. To revise the current search, use the breadcrumb trail to return to the search page.

For some searches where there are other, preferred terms that may lead to better results, you will see an "Also Try" box. In the example shown below, the search term alzheimer is spelled correctly and does lead to results, but your search may be more focused if you click on the preferred term, Alzheimer's Disease. Selecting an "also try" term performs a Keyword search.

Also Try box of equivalent and/or preferred terms that may appear on the results list page.

Centered above the first item on your list you'll find a count of the results on the current page out of the total number of results. The Previous and Next arrow icons on either side (repeated at the bottom of each page) let you go backward or forward, respectively, one page at a time. You may jump to a specific result number by typing a number in the Results box and clicking Go.

The results list also provides many useful features designed to facilitate your research. The actual features available depend on the type of search, the database(s) or module(s) you selected to search, and the system settings made by your library. Click a "Related Topics" link below to find out more.

Note: Searches that result in a single matching record will take you directly to the document display page.