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Brief Record Display

The brief record display lists all records that match your search criteria in the database(s) you searched.

Data Displayed

Title
Accession Number or Document ID
Authors
Journal Title
Conference Title
Corporate Author/Publisher (T)
Corporate Author (N)
Publisher (N)
Publication Year
Full Text Document URL
Database

Note: Summary URL will display if there is no full text document URL.
Legend: T = TRIS Online and N = NTL Catalogs

Tasks

On this screen, you can:

Moving through the list of retrieved records
Go directly to a specific brief record
Go directly to a detailed record
Change sorting
Change database
Printable View
Refine search
Full text of a resource (if available)
Mark or unmark records

Moving through the list of retrieved records

Click on "Previous" link to go to the previous page of records or "Next" link to scroll to the next page of records in the list. To change the number of records that appear on a page, click on "25/Page" or "50/Page" links in the Show line on the right hand side of the screen.

Go directly to a specific brief record

The number of the first record displayed will appear in a box between the "Page" and "Show" information. Enter a record number in the box, then click on Jump To button to move to that record.

Go direclty to a detailed record

Click the title in a brief record to see full record display. You can also select the "Detail" in the Show line on the right hand side of the screen to go to the full record display for the first record on the list.

Change sorting

Click on another sort option (Year, Relevance, or Database) in the Sort display on the top of the screen.

Change database

Click on another database option (All | NTL Catalog | ( NTL Digital Repository | Other Transportation Web Sites ) | TRIS Online ) in the Database display on the top of the screen.

Printable View

Click on "Printable View" link in the "Show" information line. It will print brief information (including full-text URLs) for all records displaying on the screen. To print a large batch of record, change the number of records per page to "50/Page" then click on "Printable View".

Refine search

Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click on the "Refine Search" link. It will bring you to the Advanced Search screen.

Full text of a resource

The full-text link is included when it is available. Clicking on the URL will open the document in a new window.

Mark or unmark records

Click the checkbox to the left of each record you would like to mark. Use the Mark All Records or Clear Marks buttons to mark or unmark all records on the list. After marking records, select the View Marked Records button to go to the Marked Records screen.

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