Search histories saved to the our server are listed alphabetically by name in the saved histories table. To open and run a search history:
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Click the Open button in the last column of the row that contains the search history you want to run.
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On the View History page, click Run.
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Confirm or change the settings such as database(s) and timespan, and then click Continue.
To open a search history that was saved to the hard disk of your computer or to a local network:
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Under Open From Your Workstation, click the Browse button and then navigate to the folder or directory where your histories are stored.
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In the dialog box, select the search history you want to open, and then click Open to go to the View History page.
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Click Open from the Open / Manage Saved Searches page.
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Click Run.
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Confirm or change the settings such as database(s) and timespan, and then click Continue.
The saved histories table lists the search histories you have saved to our server. The histories are in alphabetical order.
History Name
The name of the search history that you assigned when you saved your search as a history file.
We add the text P00[N] to each search history name that was saved in ISI Proceedings and carried over to Web of Science. For example, if you had saved a search history and called it Oil Spills Atlantic Ocean, we will rename the search history and call it Oil Spills Atlantic Ocean P001.
Product
The name of the product in which the search history was created. When you click Open, the search runs in the product for which it was created.
Description
A description of the search history. You provided the description when you originally saved the search history.
To set up an RSS feed:
Click the XML button. A new page with search history data encoded in XML will appear.
Copy the URL that appears in your browser's address bar into your RSS reader or aggregator.
Your RSS reader will automatically deliver results of a saved search each time it is run. You do not need to renew the search history in order to continue to receive RSS feeds. Also, you do not need to save the search history as an alert in order to receive RSS feeds.
To cancel the RSS feed, use your RSS reader.
Alerting
If you saved a search history as an alert, this column shows that the status of the alert is On, and it specifies the date when the alert expires. To renew the alert, click Renew. By renewing the alert, you extend the expiration date by 24 weeks.
Alerting is not currently available for searches saved from the All Databases tab in ISI Web of Knowledge.
Click Settings to display the Modify History Settings page where you can change the name of the search history and its description.
If you have saved the search history as an alert, you can update the following information from this page.
History Description
Select the Send Me E-mail Alerts check box to create an alert or clear the check box to stop an alert from being e-mailed to you.
E-mail address of the person to receive the alert. Use a comma (,) and a space to separate multiple addresses.
This feature allows you to delete selected search histories or all of them.
Select the check box of the search history you want to delete, and then click the Delete button.
If you want to delete all of the histories in the table, click Select All and then click the Delete button.
On the Delete Search Histories Confirmation page, click Yes to delete the selected search histories. You cannot reverse this action after you click the Yes button.
Open/Run History
Click Open to display the search history.
Reminder - Register and Sign In
To view your saved searches, you must be a registered user and you must sign in.
Did You Know ...
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Alerting is not currently available for searches saved from the All Databases tab in ISI Web of Knowledge.
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You cannot open a search history file created from an earlier version of the product.
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