Nursing Reference Center
User Guide—Print/E-Mail/Save
Print, E-mail, Save, Export & Cite Your Search Results
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Print/E-mail/Save ............................................................................................................ 3
Printing Your Results ................................................................................................... 3
Customized Printouts................................................................................................... 5
E-mailing Your Results ................................................................................................ 7
Saving Your Results to a File ....................................................................................... 9
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Inside this User Guide
This guide is designed to cover printing, e-mailing, saving, and exporting your search
results, as well as the custom printing options available on NRC. Additional user guides
cover topics such as searching and finding results, and printing, e-mailing and saving. All
user guides can be downloaded from the EBSCO Support Site: support.ebsco.com.
Print/E-mail/Save
You can print, e-mail, and save to a file any results found in NRC. When printing, you
have the option to customize the printout for patients. For more information on
Customized Printouts, see the Customized Printouts section in this User Guide.
Printing Your Results
To print an article
1. Display the article and then click Print. NRC displays the Print Manager.
2. Accept the defaults and click Print. NRC displays the article in your browser
window. Click the Print icon on the browser toolbar.
3. Click the Back link to return to the previous screen.
Advanced Features:
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Remove these items from folder after printing – allows you to empty the
folder of all items after printing. This option is available only if you are printing
from the folder.
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Include when printing – allows you to select the document format types to print.
If you do not make any selections in this area, NRC uses the default settings.
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HTML Full Text (when available) – allows you to select whether the
HTML Full Text of the article should be included.
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Standard Field Format – allows you to select the citation format. Options
include:
 Brief Citation – prints only a brief citation.
 Brief Citation and Abstract – prints a brief citation and an abstract.
 Detailed Citation and Abstract – prints a detailed citation and an
abstract.
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Citation Format – allows you to print your citations in a specific format.
Options include:
 AMA – American Medical Association
 APA – American Psychological Association
 Chicago/Turabian Author – Date
 Chicago/Turabian Humanities
 MLA – Modern Language Association
 Vancouver/ICMJE
To print PDF Full Text
If you are printing an article that includes PDF full text, the PDF does not automatically
format for printing from your browser window. You must open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat
Reader, and use the Reader's print capability.
If the article includes a citation and/or HTML full text, they will print from the browser
window, but you will still need to open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader, and use the
Reader's print capability.
To print Linked Full Text
If you are printing an article that includes linked full text, you must follow the links directly
to the full text and then print.
If the article includes a citation and/or HTML full text, they will print from the browser
window, but you will still need to follow the links directly to the full text and then print.
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Customized Printouts
You can customize an NRC printout to include any or all of the following:
 Patient’s Name
 Healthcare Provider’s Name
 Department
 Who to Call
 Notes
You are prompted to enter this information after you select the Print option.
If your institution’s logo or other branding image has been loaded, NRC also includes
this image on the printout. The custom information you provide appears at the top of the
first page of the printed document.
Including this information on Patient Education Packets provides consistent
communication between healthcare providers and patients, enhances the practitionerpatient relationship, and establishes your facility as the facility-of-choice.
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The image that appears on customized printouts is loaded by your NRC
administrator using EBSCOadmin.
The Customized Printouts feature can be disabled using EBSCOadmin. If you do
not see Customized Printout options when you print from NRC, see your NRC
administrator.
After completing customized printout information, NRC displays a preview of the
printout. You can then print the document or cancel the print job and make
modifications.
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To customize a printout
1. Display the document and then click Print. NRC displays Print Manager
including the customized printout fields.
2. Enter the custom information in the customized printout fields.
Note: You do not need to complete all the fields. NRC prints the text only for the
fields you complete.
3. Click Print. NRC displays the Print Preview screen, including the customized
printout information.
4. Do one of the following:
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Click the OK in the Print dialog box. NRC prints the document with the
customized information.
Click Cancel in the Print dialog box. NRC returns to the Print Preview
screen.
5. Click the Back link to return to the previous screen.
Notes:
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The Customized Printouts feature can be disabled using EBSCOadmin. If you do
not see Customizing Printout options when you print from NRC, see your NRC
administrator.
 If you have selected multiple documents to print simultaneously, and you have
configured customized printout information, the customized printout information is
included on all documents.
 If a branding or logo image is configured for your NRC printouts, you cannot
control whether or not it is included with your NRC printouts. To change or
remove the image, see your NRC administrator.
 There is no limit to the amount of text you can enter in the Notes field.
 To select a Citation Format for your printout, click the Show More link.
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E-mailing Your Results
To e-mail an article
1. Display the article and then click E-mail. NRC displays the E-mail Manager.
2. Enter the recipient’s e-mail address in the E-mail Address field. To send to more
than one e-mail address, use a semicolon between each e-mail address. For
example, [email protected]; [email protected].
3. Enter a subject for the e-mail message in the Subject field, up to 40 characters.
For example, Results of research on topic ABC.
4. Enter comments to include with the e-mail message in the Comments field.
5. Select the format in which to present the content of the e-mail message:
formatted text (Rich Text option) or ASCII text (Plain Text option). This option is
useful if the recipient’s e-mail client does not accept e-mail containing formatted
text.
6. Click Send to send the e-mail message. NRC displays a message confirming
your e-mail has been sent.
Advanced Features:
 Remove these items from folder after e-mailing – allows you to empty the
folder of all items after e-mailing. This option is available only if you are e-mailing
from the folder.
 Include when sending – allows you to select the format types to e-mail. If you
do not make any selections in this area, NRC uses the default settings.
o HTML Full Text (when available) – allows you to select whether the
HTML full text of the article should be included.
o PDF as a separate attachment (when available) – allows you to select
whether the Adobe PDF format of the document should be included.
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Standard Field Format – allows you to select the citation format. Options
include:
 Brief Citation – includes only a brief citation.
 Brief Citation and Abstract – includes a brief citation and an
abstract.
 Detailed Citation and Abstract – includes a detailed citation and an
abstract.
Citation Format – allows you select the citation format. Options include:
 AMA – American Medical Association
 APA – American Psychological Association
 Chicago/Turabian Author – Date
 Chicago/Turabian Humanities
 MLA – Modern Language Association
 Vancouver/ICMJE
To e-mail linked full text
If you are e-mailing an article that includes linked full text, you must follow the links
directly to the full text and then e-mail it. Otherwise, only the citation and any available
HTML full text will be sent. If you follow the links to the full text and it is PDF format, the
PDF will be sent as an attachment to the e-mail.
To e-mail persistent links to searches
1. From a Result List, click the Add search to folder link located above the Result
List. The search query is saved in the folder as a persistent link to a search.
2. Access the folder and click the Persistent Links to Searches area of the folder.
3. Click the check box associated with the Search entry and then click the E-mail
link. NRC displays the E-mail Manager including the Links to Searches sub-tab.
4. Enter the e-mail address in the E-mail Address field. To send to more than one
e-mail address, use a semicolon between each e-mail address. For example,
[email protected]; [email protected].
5. Enter a subject to appear on the e-mail subject line, up to 40 characters. For
example, Results of research on topic ABC.
6. Enter any comments you would like to include with your e-mail in the Comments
field.
7. Select the format to use for the content of the e-mail: ASCII text (Plain Text
option) or formatted text (Rich Text option). This option is useful if the recipient’s
e-mail client does not accept e-mail containing formatted text.
8. Click the Send button to send the e-mail. NRC displays a message confirming
the e-mail has been sent.
Note: The NRC administrator decides whether the persistent links feature is available.
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Saving Your Results to a File
To save an article
1. Display the article and then, click Save. NRC displays the Save Manager.
2. Click Save. NRC displays the article to be saved on the screen.
3. From your browser menu, click File>Save As. Enter the path where the file
should be saved (for example, C:\Project\ResearchInfo). To save to a floppy disk,
enter the path to the floppy drive (for example, A:\ResearchInfo). Be sure to save
as an HTML or text file.
4. Click Save. NRC saves the file to the location you specified.
5. Click the Back link to return to the previous screen.
Advanced Features:
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Remove these items from folder after saving – allows you to empty the folder
of all items after saving. This option is available only if you are saving from the
folder.
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Include when saving – allows you to select the document format types to save.
If you do not make any selections in this area, NRC uses the default settings.
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HTML Full Text (when available) – allows you to select whether the
HTML Full Text of the article should be included.
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HTML links to articles – allows you to select whether HTML links to the
articles you have selected should be included. To save only the persistent
links to the articles, the HTML Full Text check box and select the HTML
links to articles check box.
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Standard Field Format – allows you to select the citation format. Options
include:
 Brief Citation – saves only a brief citation.
 Brief Citation and Abstract – saves a brief citation and an abstract.
 Detailed Citation and Abstract – saves a detailed citation and an
abstract.
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Citation Format – allows you to save your citations in a specific format.
Options include:
 AMA – American Medical Association
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APA – American Psychological Association
Chicago/Turabian Author – Date
Chicago/Turabian Humanities
MLA – Modern Language Association
Vancouver/ICMJE
To save PDF Full Text
If you are saving an item that includes PDF full text, the PDF does not automatically
save from your browser window. You must open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader, and
use the Reader's save capability.
If the item includes a citation and/or HTML full text, those items will save from the
browser window, but you will still need to open the PDF in Adobe Acrobat Reader, and
use the Reader's save capability.
To save Linked Full Text
If you are saving an item that includes linked full text, you must follow the links directly to
the full text, and then save it.
If the item includes a citation and/or HTML full text, those items will save from the
browser window, but you will still need to follow the links directly to the full text, and then
save it.
To copy a persistent link to a search
1. From a Result List, click the Display link to search icon located above the
Result List. NRC displays the search query in a field above the Result List.
2. Highlight the link text and copy using your browser's copy function. You can
immediately paste the link into a web site, document, or e-mail.
To save persistent links to searches
1. From a Result List, click the Add search to folder link located above the Result
List. NRC adds the search query to the folder as a persistent link to a search.
2. Access the folder and click the Persistent Links to Searches area.
3. Click the check box associated with the Search entry and then click the Save
link. NRC displays the Save Manager including the Links to Searches sub-tab.
4. Click the Save button to save the link. NRC displays a page that includes file
saving instructions and the persistent link to be saved.
5. From your browser menu, click File>Save As. Enter the path where the file
should be saved (for example, C:\Project\ResearchInfo). To save to a floppy disk,
enter the path to the floppy drive (for example, A:\ResearchInfo). Be sure to save
as an HTML or text file.
6. Click the Back link to return to the previous screen.
Note: The NRC administrator decides whether the persistent links feature is available.
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