How you stay organized largely depends on your preference. The library databases offer a few ways to help you keep track of articles you may want to use for your research assignment.
When looking at a results page in LibrarySearch, you will notice a collection of icons at the top right corner of each search result. The red arrow icons are helpful tools for finding other related articles. The rest of the icons provide ways of saving and organizing your sources and items.
There is a permanent link option, an email option, and a pin option, which saves articles to your library account's favorites this. This list can then be tagged and organized by subject, assignment, or whatever is helpful to you! If you click the ellipses next to the pin icon, you see a citation generator and more!
See the tabs on this page for more explanation on each of these options.
When looking at your search results page, you'll notice that each result has a set of icons on the top right corner. The permalink option is third from the left and looks like two linked chains. Click that, and you can then copy the link and paste it into a separate document. The link will take you right to the same article listing.
You can email articles to yourself by using the email icon at the top-right of each article. Click the icon and new window will appear. You can enter either your school or personal email address, choose a citation format, and then click send.
To save articles to your Library Account, you can use the pin icon to add articles to your favorites list. This list is saved with your library account. You can also label saved articles to organize them by topic, course, or assignment.
When looking at certain article results in LibrarySearch, you may notice to different red arrow icons. These icons can be powerful tools in finding related resources. The video below explains the citation source icons and how they can power your search.