{"id":6219,"date":"2024-06-05T12:19:00","date_gmt":"2024-06-05T00:19:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/?p=6219"},"modified":"2025-01-22T11:28:53","modified_gmt":"2025-01-21T23:28:53","slug":"show-how-you-searched","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/2024\/06\/05\/show-how-you-searched\/","title":{"rendered":"Show how you searched"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Capture your Library search as you go, so you can get back to it easily later on or provide evidence of how you searched for assignment requirements. It&#8217;s much easier to do this from the start rather than try to recreate it later.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Note that AI tools often generate fake references and shouldn&#8217;t be relied on when searching for references for assignments.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There are several ways to capture your searches in <a href=\"https:\/\/research.ebsco.com\/c\/4egzpd\/search\">Discover<\/a> and other databases. Use a method that meets your needs and assignment requirements.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Take a screenshot of your search strategy<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>This is quick and easy though doesn&#8217;t give a link to your search results.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Discover-search-snip.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"248\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Discover-search-snip-750x248.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Discover-search-snip-750x248.jpg 750w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Discover-search-snip-300x99.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Discover-search-snip-768x254.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Discover-search-snip-100x33.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/Discover-search-snip.jpg 1108w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Save your search<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Click on the three dots at the top of the search results, then follow the prompts to save the search. You can retrieve it later in My dashboard at the left of Discover. <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/save-search.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"750\" height=\"283\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/save-search-750x283.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6411\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/save-search-750x283.jpg 750w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/save-search-300x113.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/save-search-768x290.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/save-search-100x38.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/save-search.jpg 1135w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 750px) 100vw, 750px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Save individual items<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Save selected individual items as you go using the save icon at top right of each item, to retrieve later under My dashboard.<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/save-items.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/save-items-750x469.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-6412\" width=\"616\" height=\"385\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/save-items-750x469.jpg 750w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/save-items-300x188.jpg 300w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/save-items-768x480.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/save-items-100x63.jpg 100w, https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/19\/2025\/01\/save-items.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 616px) 100vw, 616px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Save permanent links<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Save or bookmark permanent links to the search or individual items. In Discover and most databases, this is the URL at the top of the page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Export items to referencing software<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Send selected items to EndNote, Zotero or your preferred referencing software, which store, manage and insert in-text citations and reference lists. See more on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.massey.ac.nz\/study\/library\/referencing-software-and-tools\/\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.massey.ac.nz\/study\/library\/referencing-software-and-tools\/\">referencing software and tools<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Use a literature matrix<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p>Keep track of your searches and selected items using a literature matrix or your own notes system. <a href=\"https:\/\/rise.articulate.com\/share\/v7idK-JCygc3WoSEBO5rnu5iplFVCQBR#\/\">View our literature matrix tutorial and download templates<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>If you would like help with any of this, please <a href=\"https:\/\/www.massey.ac.nz\/study\/library\/ask-questions-and-get-support\/\">contact us<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Capture your Library search as you go, so you can get back to it easily later on or provide evidence of how you searched for assignment requirements. It&#8217;s much easier to do this from the start rather than try to recreate it later. Note that AI tools often generate fake references and shouldn&#8217;t be relied [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":38,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,15],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6219","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-resources","category-services"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6219","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/38"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=6219"}],"version-history":[{"count":13,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6219\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6414,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6219\/revisions\/6414"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=6219"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=6219"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.massey.ac.nz\/library\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=6219"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}