Reviewing Search Results

When an online search returns a lot of results, you usually only want to keep the best ones. You can either clear the checkboxes for the unwanted results in the search results window so they are not added to the project, or you can add them to the project and review them later.

With large sets of search results, we recommend adding all results to the project for later review. Citavi automatically applies the search results as a selection Now you can browse just the new references, remove unwanted ones, and mark interesting ones, for example by applying a label or adding tasks to them.

You may not always have time to review the results right away. In these cases, it makes sense to add Examine and assess tasks to the references you just added. Then you can review the new references at your leisure.

hmtoggle_plus1 Adding Tasks to a Set of Search Results

  1. Perform your online search and add the results to the project. Citavi applies the results as a selection. Press Ctrl+A to select all the results. On the References menu, point to Batch modify.
  2. Click Add task.
  3. Select a task, for example Examine and assess and select any other options.
  4. Click OK.
  5. Click Cancel selection to cancel the selection and show all the references in the project.

Hint: Use Batch modify to apply keywords to search results. For example, you can apply the search term as a keyword.