During a ProQuest session, you can select documents of particular interest and create a list of these documents on the Selected items page. Such a list in the context of research applications like ProQuest is traditionally called a marked list.
Adding documents to the Selected items page is easy:
- Click the checkbox next to each document of interest on your results list.
- Click the checkbox labeled Select 1–20 (or 1–50 or 1–100) above the results list to add all documents on the current results page.
- Click the checkbox labeled Add to selected items above a displayed document.
Important to know — The contents of the Selected items page remain only for the duration of your current session. To save documents so that they are available to you whenever you are in ProQuest, you need to have a My Research account.
Accessing the Selected items page
There are two ways to access the Selected Items page:
- Click the Selected items link above any search results list to display the Selected items page. The link prompts you to specify the display format for each item (for example, citation only, or full text), and displays the number of selected items. Items on the page are presented in a single continuous list.
- Once you have selected one or more items, you can also access the Selected items page from a link in the blue bar at the top right of any ProQuest page. The link prompts you to specify the display format for each item (for example, citation only, or full text), and displays the number of selected items. Click the link to display the Selected items page.
Things you can do with documents on the Selected items page
Each document listed on the Selected items page has a corresponding checkbox. With checkboxes corresponding to one or more items selected, you can:
- Save to My Research
- Delete
- Cite
- Export/Save as file
Tip - Select the Deselect items when done checkbox in the relevant popup to deselect all items after you email, print, export, save, or cite.
Important to know — If you’ve selected a checkbox corresponding to a document—on either the Search Results or Document View pages—the checkbox will remain selected when you leave that page and then return to it during the same session. If you delete the item from the Selected items page, the checkbox will be deselected for the item when you display either the Search Results or Document View pages.