The Search History Screen is always available from Advanced Search. If enabled by your library administrator, Search History may also be available from Basic Search.
On the Search History Screen, up to five of your most recent searches are displayed. You can click Show More (or Show Less) to control how many searches performed in the current session are displayed.
You can do any of the following
Mark the lines of search you want to use and click the Add button. You will be returned to the search screen with the lines of search added to the Find field.
Click Search. A Result List is displayed.
Click a Rerun link or a linked number of results. The search is automatically run and a Result List is displayed.
Click a Revise link. You will be returned to the search screen with the terms added to the Find field and any limiters/expanders marked. Click Search. A Result List is displayed.
To clear your search history, either click Clear Search History, or end your EBSCOhost session.
The search history that is displayed includes only the searches from the current EBSCO session. Unless you create a saved search, when your session ends search history is cleared.
If you change databases, your search history is saved (the query only, not the result counts). However, if you open another EBSCO service, your search history is not saved.
If the limiters and expanders you applied in the original database or interface are not available when you change database or interface, your searches may be affected.
If search history is opened in the new database or interface, "Rerun" appears in the Results column. This indicates that the counts are not known because the search has not been run on your current database or interface. When you view the results (by clicking on the "Rerun" link), a new search is launched and its results counts are added to the search history.
There may be situations where you rerun a search and obtain results that are different than expected.
If you run a search against a different database, interface or search screen, the limiters and expanders you originally selected may not be available.
If you run a search against the same database, but the database has changed, the limiters and expanders you originally selected may no longer be available in that database.
Add to Search - To combine lines of history, mark the check box to the left of the lines and select a Boolean operator (and, or, not) from the drop-down list, and click Add. The lines of history will be placed in the Find field.
Search ID # - The number assigned to your search. You can also select a search from the list by entering S and the search number (S1, S2, etc.).
Search Terms - The terms you entered in the Find field, including any field codes or Boolean operators.
Limiters/Expanders - The limiters and/or expanders used in your search are shown.
Last Run Via - For each line of search history, the interface, search screen and database on which the search was last run.
Results - Either the exact number of search results, or "Rerun" appears as a hyperlink.
Revise Search - Indicates that the lines of search can be edited. When you click Revise, the search terms are displayed in the Find field. You can then edit the search manually, entering field codes or changing limiters and expanders on the Refine Search sub-tab. A new line of history is created.
Delete - Indicates that individual lines of search history can be deleted. If you delete a line earlier within search history, any dependent lines are deleted, and the remaining lines of history are renumbered. A message appears when you delete lines of search history.
Show More/Show Less - Lets you control how much search history is displayed.