UNH myElements: Searching and Claiming Standard Publications

Summary

This article describes how to search and claim publications in myElements.

How-To

myElements has the ability to automatically harvest and in some case claim publications. This is based on where the articles are published and indexed. In the event that myElements is unable to harvest your publications there are other ways to input these items. See related articles, UNH myElements: Importing Publication Data and UNH myElements: Manually Entering Publications/Scholarship

myElements will proactively send email notifications to users regarding publications that have been found based on the profile information.  Users can then log into the application and Accept or Reject the publications found.

Instructions

Step 1 - From the Home Page, select Publications

Step 2 - At the top of the screen choose "Pending"

Step 3 - Click Claim as mine or Reject

Note: Once a publication has been rejected it remains in the 'Rejected' area. If you accidentally claim or reject a publication you can reverse that by clicking on the appropriate tab (Mine or Not Mine), choose the publication and either click claim or reject appropriately. Instructions to use this page can be found in the blue area. You can filter results for these lists by refining the filter settings. This will narrow down what you see in the lists but will not reject or claim anything automatically. To refine the search criteria see Modify Search Criteria directions below.

Outcome

You will be able to understand the initial claiming/rejection process within myElements.

Instructions

If you have a difficult time finding publications due to common name or missing search criteria you can modify the search.

Step 1 - Start by clicking on modify your name-based search settings in the blue area

Step 2 - or you can click on the Menu tab at the top left side of the web page and click on Name-based search under Settings

Note: Your search settings are populated with your name but you can improve these settings by adding name variants or address terms

• Try your name variant without the punctuation. ex. smith t r
• Use the smallest meaningful word or term in an address. ex. "Brown" and not "Brown University"
• Additional search terms are restrictive. If you add a keyword or journal name myElements will only search for those. This is helpful when you are trying to find something very specific.
• Try adding databases at the bottom of the list. Click the search by name boxes. Save and then rerun your search.

Remember to save your search criteria (bottom of page) and run your searches again (top of page). When you are successful at running a search the run my searches will flash.

NOTE: It stays on the page and the last searched date will update. Depending on your network connection and the databases searched it may take some time to harvest the publications. Let the search run completely before changing search criteria again.

Outcome 

You will be able to search and claim publications in myElements.

Further Readings 

UNH myElements: Importing Publication Data

UNH myElements: Manually Entering Publications/Scholarship

Need additional help?

Please fill out the myElements webform with as much information as possible, or contact the Technology Help Desk on your local campus.

For additional training, see the Teaching and Learning Technologies training calendar.