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WorldCat Discovery User Guide

Search Activity

  • Navigate to the search history view by clicking Search history in the navigation bar or footer. Additionally, select Search activity from the My Account menu when authenticated.
  • Navigate to the search history view by clicking Search history in the navigation bar or footer. Additionally, select Search activity from the My Account menu when authenticated.
    • View recent searches
    • Re-run a search query by clicking on the term in the Your search column
    • Delete search queries
    • Share search queries
    • Promote a search history to a permanently saved search.
  • Note: When signed in, My Account will store the most recent 100 searches to a user's account. 

Search history

 

Search history

  • To re-run a search query, click on the hyperlinked term under the Your search column.
  • To delete a search query, use the Select all option to include all previous search queries or select individual queries and click the Delete button. 
  • To share search queries:
    • Use the Select all option to include all previous search queries or select individual queries.
    • Click the Share button.
    • From the Share your search screen, you can either
      • Use the Copy link button to copy the link to your clipboard.
      • Send an email with the link to any desired recipients. When finished entering the required email addresses and an optional Subject and Message, select Send email.
        • The email will be sent to the recipient by an automated email address.
           

Run search query

  • From the Search history screen:
    • Use the Actions drop-down to select Save search.
    • From the Save search screen, enter a custom Search name.
    • Click Save.

Save search

 

  • The saved search will now appear in the Saved searches tab. To delete saved searches, Select All or individual queries and click Delete Searches.