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Sorting Results

The Sort pull-down menu can be used to sort your results by author, journal, article title, or publication date.

Demonstration
Click the Steps to run the demonstration.

To sort citations:

  • Step 1: Select a sort type from the Sort pull-down menu.

Notice that:

  • Author, Journal and Title sort alphabetically from A to Z. The secondary sort is Publication Date.

  • Publication date sorts by the latest publication dates first. The secondary sort is Journal title.

  • You can sort directly from the results screen or collect selected citations on the clipboard and sort the items there.

 


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