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Searching the Catalog
Search products by (1) Direct Navigation through the LabVelocity product catalog, (2) Product Name Search, (3) a combination of Direct Navigation and the Product Name Search, and (4) Catalog Search.

1. Direct Navigation
   Use when you want to compare and survey new products from multiple companies
   • Subject headings will guide you through our catalog from general to specific product categories, where you will select product features to help find the exact type of product you want. See Selecting Product Features for details.
   • A Breadcrumb Trail (visible just above Product Name Search box) records your progress through the catalog, allowing you to navigate backward and re-direct your search.
     

     Example:
     The Breadcrumb Trail for navigating the catalog from Cell Biology to Complete ELISA Kits will display:

     Home : Products : Cell Biology / Immunology : ELISA : Complete ELISA Kits.

     Click "Cell Biology / Immunology" to navigate backward to that section of the catalog.

2. Product Name Search
   Use when you are unsure of where a product is located within the catalog but know a part of its name.
   • It locates products by performing keyword searches on product names. See Product Keyword Search Tips (below) for rules.
   • A Product name Search displays all the categories containing products matching your keyword search. (Due to overlap in scientific disciplines, many of our suppliers' products appear in several different categories.)

3. Combination of Direct Navigation and the Product Name Search
   • You can use the Product Name Search in combination with Direct Navigation. The Product Name Search will follow your Direct Navigation, and return increasingly precise matches by restricting its search to your current level within the catalog.

4. Catalog Search
   Use when you want to find all of the products from a single company, or when you want to find a specific product and know both its company name and catalog number.

   To find all the products from a single company:

   • Click “All Products” within the Catalog Search box.
   • Select a company name from the pulldown box “Company:”
   • Click “Go.”
   • A successful search lists every category that contains products from your selected company. See Products in Multiple Categories for details.

   To find a single product using its company name and catalog number:

   • Click “Catalog Number:” within the Catalog Search box.
   • Select a company name from the pulldown box “Company:”
   • Type a catalog number into the text box. The catalog-number search is not case- or space-sensitive.
   • Click “Go.”
   • A successful search connects you to the Additional Product Information page of your product.

• The Product Name Search locates products in the catalog by performing keyword searches on product names.
• Within the Antibody and ELISA Kit categories there is a text box that searches for an antigen (that you enter) by keyword, but does not accept the multiple term linkers AND or OR (see below).

Example:
A search for "membrane" returns entries containing membrane but not membranes.

Examples:

• "CD72 AND CD4" only returns entries containing both CD72 and CD4.
• "CD72 OR CD4" returns entries containing CD72, CD4, or both CD72 and CD4.

Use it to replace portions of words that are uncertain or that vary. The percent symbol (%) may be used at the beginning, middle or end of any word.

Example:
"chemilumines%" returns both chemiluminescent and chemiluminescence, while "%luminescent" returns luminescent, chemiluminescent and bioluminescent.

Example:
A Search for "EDTA" will locate entries containing the abbreviation for Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid but not those only containing its full chemical name. Use AND or OR to search for both.

Example:
Use "TNF-alpha" or "TNF%" instead of "TNF-α".

• "TNF-alpha" is the more exact search, and will return products titles containing "TNF-alpha", but those with only "TNF-α" will not be found.
• "TNF%" is a more inclusive alternative, and will return all product titles containing either "TNF-alpha" or "TNF-α", but also those containing "TNF-beta" or "TNF-β".

Due to overlap in scientific disciplines, many of our suppliers' products appear in several different categories. A successful Product Name Search or "All Products" Catalog Searches displays all the categories containing products matching your keyword search (with the number of matches in parentheses), and for each you will have the option to:

• View Exact Matches
  Displays a comparison table of all products in a category matching your search.
• Search Category
  Gives you the opportunity to further refine your search by choosing precise product features (see Selecting Product Features).

  Example:
  A Product Name Search of all products with "CD14" returns:

  Antibodies (48)
  view exact matches or search category

  Flow Cytometry Reagent Kits (20)
  view exact matches or search category

Selecting Product Features
After Direct Navigation, Product Name Searches, or "All Products" Catalog Searches

After Direct Navigation of the product catalog or clicking "Search Category" following a Product Name Search or "All Products" Catalog Searches you have the opportunity to choose specific product features (e.g., for a Complete ELISA Kit: species specificity, detection target, detection methodology, and so on) so your search will be as accurate as possible. Clicking "Revise Search" from either the product comparison table or Additional Product Information page also allows you to select product features.

Rules (The following examples are for finding an ELISA Kit.)

• Related product features are grouped into multi-select, pulldown, check-box and radio-button menus (e.g., company names are grouped into the multi-select menu titled "Manufacturer").
• Clicking blue information buttons next to menu titles will pop-up brief explanations to help you select features within that menu.
• Select as few or as many features as you need to refine your search. Selecting no features at all returns all products in the category.
• Selections among menus are AND searches; selecting product features from multiple menus makes a search more specific.

  Example:
  Selecting one Manufacturer, one Species Specificity, and one Detection Methodology would result in a search for only ELISA Kits from the chosen Manufacturer with the chosen Species Specificity, AND with the chosen Detection Methodology.

• Selections within a single menu, however, are OR searches; selecting multiple features within a menu broadens a search.

  Example:
  Choosing human, mouse and rabbit in the Species Specificity multi-select menu, will return all ELISA Kits with anti-human OR anti-mouse OR anti-rabbit specificity, plus any possible combination of the three.

• If you want to select all features within a menu, leave it blank (i.e., do not select any features).

  Example:
  Not selecting any features within the Manufacturer multi-select menu will return Complete ELISA Kits from all Manufacturers.

• If you're using the Windows OS, hold the control key [Ctrl] down within multi-select menus to select or de-select multiple features using the mouse. If you're using the Macintosh OS, hold the Apple key down instead.
• You can also navigate using the alphabetic keyboard in the Windows OS.

  Example:
  Within Species Specificity, the [M] key will direct you first to mouse, then monkey, then mycoplasma.

• There is a text box within the Antibody and Complete ELISA Kit categories that searches for an antigen (that you enter) feature by keyword, but does not accept the multiple term linkers AND or OR. For other keyword search details, see Product Keyword Search Tips.

Comparison Table Search Results
From Direct Navigation, Product Name Searches, or "All Products" Catalog Searches

• When a search is complete, product matches are displayed in a comparison table containing company names, prices, and functional product information.
• Only registered LabVelocity users from the United States will see product prices.
• You can organize the comparison table alphabetically by Manufacturer ("Made By") or Product Name, or numerically by Price (most inexpensive at the top) by clicking arrow buttons located below column titles.
• Clicking blue information buttons below column titles will pop-up column descriptions.
• Clicking product names will display Additional Product Information (below), including supplier links, product details, and other price and size variations.
• If you then wish to search again for similar products, use the Breadcrumb Trail to navigate backward through the catalog or click "Revise Search" to change your search's features.

Search Results
From Catalog Searches

A Catalog Search bypasses the comparison table, ending directly at Additional Product Information (below).

Additional Product Information
Following a "Catalog Number" Catalog Search or comparison table

• You reach Additional Product Information directly following a successful "Catalog Number" Catalog Search. Otherwise you reach the Additional Product Information page by clicking product names within a comparison table. The Additional Product Information includes:
  • Product catalog number(s)
  • Price and size variations
  • Supplier information and links
  • Supplier-provided product details
• Clicking "Add" will create a Product List, or you can add your product selection to a current (not archived) Product List. See Product List (below) for details.
• To save, print, or email a search result, use either the Product List or the Options box (see below).
• If you then wish to search again for similar products, use the Breadcrumb Trail to navigate backward through the catalog, or click "Revise Search" to change your search's features.
• Clicking "Back to Results" connects you back to your comparison table of product search results.

Searches Returning No Results
After Selecting Product Features

• If your search returns no results, try expanding your search by selecting fewer features (i.e., only those features essential to your product) - selecting product features from too many different groups can create an overly specific search (see Selecting Product Features). You may also try a blank search (i.e., selecting no features), which will return all products in the category.
• If you're still having problems finding a product, it may not be in our database yet. Please if there are products you would like included in it.

Saving, Printing, and Emailing Search Results
Once you have found a product, you can save or print search results for future reference. You can also fax printed results or email them to colleagues and your purchasing department by using either the Product List or Options Box.

Product List
Use this to compile lists of product searches that you can then save, print, and email.

• Following a successful product search, click "Add" from a product's Additional Product Information page to create a new Product List, or to add a product to an existing one. There is no limit to the number of products you can add from a single search or series of different searches, but products must be added individually.
• View and edit products within your Product List from anywhere on the site by clicking "Product List" (a link in the upper right-hand corner of your LabVelocity screen).
• Products in your list are organized by supplier.
• Links to Companies
  • A yellow "More Info" button links to supplier Web sites for additional product information.
  • A red "Shop Online!" button indicates that a supplier on your shopping list has an e-commerce enabled Web site. Click this to link to the supplier and purchase a product from your shopping list.
  • Once at a supplier's Web site, the LabVelocity sidebar remains at the left of the screen and displays only those products on your Product List that are from that supplier. You can return to your Product List by clicking "Return to Full List", or to your homepage using "Back to LabVelocity". You may also link directly to the Web site of another supplier on your Product List by selecting it from the pulldown box "Online Stores".
• You may also email your Product List or create a printer-friendly version for reference or faxing.
• The "Continue Shopping" button links to the Product homepage. Click your browser's Back button if you still wish to search, but not return to the Product homepage.

Saving Product Lists

• Clicking "save a copy of this list" opens a pop-up box that you may use to save your entire Product List as a file into a Lab Manager folder. To save a Product List into a folder, select a folder or subfolder within the pop-up box (the Lab Manager folder is the default), name your Product List file using the text box, and click "Save".
• Saving your Product List into a Lab Manager folder clears the current Product List memory; the next product you add will create a new list. You cannot add products to saved Product Lists.

Options Box
Use this to save or email the result of a single search.

• Save Products
  Clicking "Save Product" opens a pop-up window that you may use to save your single product as a file into a Lab Manager folder. It does not add a product to a Product List. To save a single product into a folder, select a folder or subfolder within the pop-up window (the Lab Manager folder is the default), name your single product file using the text box (the product's title is the default), and click "Save".
• Email to a friend
  Send a link to your individual search result to colleagues.

Product-Related Resources
Our sidebar boxes connect you to helpful resources related to your products.

• Related Products
  Contains links to the search pages of related products.
  
• Related Tables
  This sidebar box contains links to technical information (e.g., pathway diagrams, vector maps) relevant to your specific product or general category of products.

Searching Protocols
Search protocols by (1) Direct Navigation through the LabVelocity Protocol Catalog, (2) Quick Search, or (3) a combination of Direct Navigation and Quick Search.

1. Direct Navigation
   • Subject headings guide you through our Protocol Catalog from general to specific protocol categories.
   • A Breadcrumb Trail (visible just above the Quick Search box) records your progress through the catalog, allowing you to navigate backward and re-direct your search.

     Example:
     In the TUNEL Assay section of the Protocol Catalog the Breadcrumb Trail will display:

     Home : Protocols : Cell Biology : Apoptosis : TUNEL Assays

     Click "Cell Biology" to navigate backward to that section of the catalog.

   
   
2. Quick Search
   • Locates protocols by supplier and keyword. To use Quick Search, you need to select a supplier from the pulldown box, and enter a keyword into the text box.
   • See Quick Search Keyword Tips for help with keyword searches.
   
   
3. Combination of Direct Navigation and Quick Search
   
   • You can use Quick Search in combination with Direct Navigation. Quick Search will follow your Direct Navigation, and return increasingly precise matches by restricting its search to your current level within the catalog.

Exact Phrases
LabVelocity keyword searches are case-insensitive and exact; words entered together are treated as phrases unless linked by operators such as AND or OR. The keyword search engine does not conduct stem word searches.

Example:
A search for "membrane" returns entries containing membrane but not membranes.

Examples:

• "CD72 AND CD4" only returns entries containing both CD72 and CD4.
• "CD72 OR CD4" returns entries containing CD72, CD4, or both CD72 and CD4.

Use it to replace portions of words that are uncertain or that vary. The percent symbol (%) may be used at the beginning, middle or end of any word.

Example:
"chemilumines%" returns both chemiluminescent and chemiluminescence, while "%luminescent" returns luminescent, chemiluminescent and bioluminescent.

Example:
A Search for "EDTA" will locate entries containing the abbreviation for Ethylenediaminetetraacetic Acid but not those only containing its full chemical name. Use AND or OR to search for both.

Example:
Use "TNF-alpha" or "TNF%" instead of "TNF-α".

• "TNF-alpha" is the more exact search, and will return products titles containing "TNF-alpha", but those with only "TNF-α" will not be found.
• "TNF%" is a more inclusive alternative, and will return all product titles containing either "TNF-alpha" or "TNF-α", but also those containing "TNF-beta" or "TNF-β".

• Detailed
  All instructions and reference information necessary for a first-time user.
• Brief
  Shorter versions or summaries of longer protocols. These are for use by those already experienced with the procedure.
• Product-Specific
  Designed for use with products from a single supplier. The Protocol-Specific Products box contains links to these products. Catalog numbers of linked products are listed under the protocol heading.
• General
  General procedures that can be completed using products available from multiple suppliers. The General Products box connects you with these products.

• Protocols are available as PDF files (file size indicated in parentheses). You will need Adobe Acrobat Reader to view them. Download Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• If you are browsing with Netscape Navigator your PDF protocol files may be launched into a new browser window. Protocol-Related Resource links for this launched protocol can still be found in the LabVelocity window.
• If you are using Netscape Navigator and don't want your LabVelocity PDF files launched into a new browser window, you have to install a Web browser plug-in file ("nppdf32.dll" in Windows OS, "PDFViewer plug in" in Macintosh OS). Copy the plug-in file from your Acrobat Reader folder, and paste it into your Navigator browser's plug-ins folder. See the Adobe Web site for details about configuring Netsacape Navigator for Windows or Mac OS.
• Printing is unaffected by screen size.

• Protocol-Specific Products
  Contains direct links to products unique to a selected protocol.
• General Products
  Contains links to categories of supplies useful within a category of related protocols (e.g., immunohistochemistry). These links allow you to Select Product Features with which to search each category for the most suitable supplies for your selected protocol.
• Related Protocols
  Contains links to other protocols and protocol categories.
• Related Tables
  This sidebar box contains links to technical information useful with your selected protocol (e.g., pathway diagrams, vector maps, tables, and so on) or general protocol category.

• Save Protocol
  Clicking "Save Protocol" opens a pop-up window that you may use to save your protocol as a file into a Lab Manager folder. To save a protocol into a folder, select a folder or subfolder within the pop-up window (the Lab Manager folder is the default), name your protocol file using the text box (the protocol's title is the default), and click "Save".
• Email to a friend
  Send your selected protocol to colleagues.

The Tools section is divided into:

• Laboratory Calculators
  Click these to open pop-up calculators that determine buffer recipes, the centrifugal force of common rotors, isotope half-lives, chemical formula weights, and cell-culture-splitting dilution factors.
• Conversion Tools
  Click these to open pop-up calculators that perform common DNA and protein conversions.
  

  Once you have opened a laboratory calculator or conversion tool, you can connect to all the other calculators and conversion tools via the pop-up’s sidebar links.

• Bioinformatics Links and Glossary
  
  • Bioinformatics Links
    This collection of links includes the most up-to-date, widely used bioinformatics tools and databases on the Web. The links are organized by category. Click bold-faced category titles (e.g., Structure Analysis) to read link descriptions. Clicking a link within a category connects you directly to that Web site. Except for those sites listed as commercial, all links are to free services.
  • Bioinformatics Glossary
    This glossary briefly defines some common bioinformatics acronyms and terms.
  
  

• The Tables section is cataloged to help you quickly locate commonly used technical information.
• Tables has a navigational Breadcrumb Trail (visible just above Tool Box) that records your progress through the catalog, allowing you to navigate backward and re-direct your search.

  Example:
  If you navigate to DNA Sequencing, the Tables Breadcrumb Trail will display:

  Home : Tools & Tables : Tables : DNA : DNA Sequencing

  Click "DNA" to navigate backward to that section of the catalog.

• Table information is provided in HTML or PDF format. To view PDF content you will need to Download Adobe Acrobat Reader.
• If you are browsing with Netscape Navigator, your PDF Tools and Tables file may be launched into a new browser window. Links for this launched Tool and Table can still be found in the LabVelocity window.
• If you are using Netscape Navigator and don't want your LabVelocity PDF files launched into a new browser window, you have to install a Web browser plug-in file ("nppdf32.dll" in Windows OS, "PDFViewer plug in" in Macintosh OS). Copy the plug-in file from your Acrobat Reader folder, and paste it into your Navigator browser's plug-ins folder. See the Adobe Web site for details about configuring Netsacape Navigator for Windows or Mac OS.
• If your PDF file appears too small in Adobe Acrobat Reader, try adjusting its size with the "Fit Visible" feature. Printing is unaffected by screen size.

Table-Related Resources
Our sidebar boxes connect your technical references to related products and protocols.

• General Products
  Contains links to categories of products useful with a category of technical references (e.g., links cloning vector maps to cloning vector products). These links allow you to Select Product Features with which to search each product category for the most suitable supplies.
• Related Products
  Contains direct links to products useful with a selected table.
  

Saving and Emailing Tables
The Options box allows you to:

• Save Table
  Clicking "Save Table" opens a pop-up window that you may use to save your Table as a file into a Lab Manager folder. To save a Table into a folder, select a folder or subfolder within the pop-up window (the Lab Manager folder is the default), name your Table file using the text box (the Table's title is the default), and click "Save".
• Email to a friend
  Send a link to a selected Table to colleagues.

Searching Literature
Search Literature using either a Basic Search or an Advanced Search.

• A Basic Search lets you perform a literature search by Keyword, Title Word, Author Name and / or Publication Date.
• An Advanced Search lets you choose additional search parameters, including Journal Name, Language, Country, Publication Type, Institutional Affiliation, and MeSH Headings.

Literature Search Parameters

Keyword

• The Keyword search field allows you to enter single- or multiple-word concepts.

  Example:
  A search for "Breast Cancer" returns references where "breast cancer" appears in the title or abstract.

• You can search for more than one concept by separating terms using operators like AND, OR, or NOT.

  Example:
  "Breast AND Cancer" will return a search result of articles that contain both "Breast" and "Cancer" in their title or abstract.

• The Keyword search is exact.

  Example:
  "Virus" and "Viruses" will product different results.

• The search engine does not expand to related terms and concepts when performing a search.

  Example:
  A search for "B Cell" will not return article references with "B lymphocyte" (unless "B Cell" is also in the article's title or abstract).

Title

• The Title search field also allows you to search article titles using single or multiple word concepts.

  Example:
  A search for "Breast Cancer" returns references where "breast cancer" appears in the title.

• You can search for more than one concept by separating terms using operators like AND, OR, or NOT.

  Example:
  "Breast AND Cancer" will return a search result of articles that have both "Breast" and "Cancer" in their titles.

Author Name

• The Author Name search finds the names of people who are listed as authors in publications. Names mentioned only in a title or abstract will not be found. The format for entering a name is the author's surname followed by his or her initials or first name. (You don't need to use periods to separate initials.)

  Example:
  Smith JC

• Multiple authors can be searched for by separating their names with a comma.

  Example:
  Smith JC, Jones MV

Journal Name

• To search within a particular journal, you must enter either its exact name or the official abbreviated name that is used in journal article references. The correct names can be found by clicking the Journal Name icon. The Journal Name database is organized alphabetically; click the first letter of the Journal Title to be taken to that area of the list. Click the title of the journal you wish to search in and it will automatically be entered into the Journal Name field.

Publication Date

• To speed searches, the engine's default is set to search for articles published from 1997 to the present. The pulldown menu contains all the years that MEDLINE has been in existence, going back to 1966. To search for articles in certain years or ranges of years, select the oldest date you want to search in the Start field, and the most recent in the End field.

  Examples:
  

  • To search for an article published sometime in the late 1980's, select "1985" in the Start field, and "1989" in the End field.
  • To search for an article in 1994, select "1994" in both fields. If you leave the End field blank, it will search from the first selected date to the present.
  • To search for articles from 1994 to the present, select "1994" in the Start field and leave the End field blank (or select "2000").

• The search cannot look for specific dates (such as a month or day), only for specific years.

Language

• The default setting in the Language field is to search for articles published in any language. To search specifically for an article that was published in English, French, German, or Italian, select the appropriate choice from the pulldown Language menu.

Institutional Affiliation

• Generally, the primary author's institutional affiliation is cataloged. The primary author is usually listed as the last author in an article. To search by the affiliation of the primary author, enter the name of the institution.

MeSH Headings

• MeSH headings are the Medical Subject Headings created by the National Library of Medicine. MeSH is a controlled vocabulary used for indexing articles, cataloging books, and searching MeSH-indexed databases. Since MEDLINE is a MeSH-indexed database, you can search it using MeSH terms. Every entry in our Database comes indexed with a list of MeSH terms. The terms associated with any particular article are listed in the expanded reference that can be found by clicking "View Full Record" at the bottom of an article's abstract page.

Search Results

• By default you will receive search results in blocks of 25 references. To receive your search results in larger or smaller blocks of references, choose 10, 25, 50, 100, or 500 from the pulldown menu.
• When you perform a search, you will receive a maximum of 500 article references in a list, even if there are more than 500 articles that match your search. The total number of matching articles will be listed at the top of the reference list.

To create an Agent:

• Select parameters for either a Basic Search or an Advanced Search of MEDLINE (whatever parameters you select for your literature search here will be used by the Literature Agent later to automatically search MEDLINE).
• Click "Search MEDLINE".
• After receiving your list of matching articles, click "Create an Agent to monitor this search" located in the sidebar.
• A pop-up window will appear titled "Create an Agent"; you must name your agent using the text box (e.g., agent_99) and can click a yes/no radio button (the default is "no") to receive email alerts of new search results. Click "Save" to activate your new agent.
• The Literature Agent will now search MEDLINE automatically, using whatever parameters you selected for your initial literature search, whenever MEDLINE updates its database (currently every Monday).
• If you designated your Agent to email alerts, it will do so when it finds new articles corresponding to your search.
• Additionally, your Agent will save these MEDLINE search results as bookmark links (to abstracts) into the file you previously named. This file is located within the folder named "My Agents", which is a blue folder in the Lab Manager file directory.
• The next time you click to your homepage the folder "My Agents" will appear (opened) at the top of the window and will display a list of all your Literature Agent files, including information on whether or not each Literature Agent has recently saved any new articles.
• To retrieve articles, click an agent file icon, from either your homepage or from the Lab Manager directory page. You will then receive a list of article titles, just as if you had performed your own literature search, with new results marked by red asterisks. Each time the Agent performs a new productive search it will add bookmarks to this list. The results from your original search (the one you used to create the agent) are not saved in this file.
• To inactivate an Agent you must delete it; click the Agent's icon and click "Delete" within the Lab Manager.
• Once created, you cannot change an Agent's search parameters; you will have to delete the agent and create a new one.
• Click "Edit" within the Lab Manager to change an Agent's name or to turn on/off its ability to email alerts.
• Currently there is no limit to the number of article links a Literature Agent can bookmark.

News Sources

• LabVelocity’s receives its academic, industry and general news from the Associated Press, NewsRx, Business Wire, HealthScout, U-Wire, and United Press International.
• News articles are archived for two weeks.

Customize and Edit News

• Registration with LabVelocity allows you to select news categories for display on your LabVelocity homepage.
• You can change your homepage news information at any time by selecting "Edit News Preferences" from your homepage or the main News page. From the main News page you may also change your preferences by selecting "edit your news" below the sidebar news links.

Viewing News

• Only your customized News preferences appear on your LabVelocity homepage.
• From your homepage, "View All News" connects to the main News page.
• The main News page displays all recent headlines, plus sidebar links to all news categories, including customized preferences.

Searching News

• Quick Search is specific to the News section and finds matching articles titles by keyword. Searching is case-insensitive, allows multiple words, and is exact. News Quick Search does not conduct stem word searches.

  Example:
  A search for "virus" returns articles that have the word "virus", but not "viruses", in their titles.

• Within the News Quick Search, the percent symbol (%) acts as a wildcard character. Use it to replace portions of words that are uncertain or that vary. The percent symbol (%) may be used at the beginning, middle or end of any word.
• You can "Sort" News matches (using the pulldown box in the upper right-hand corner) by date or relevance; closest matches are listed first.

"My Files" and "My Agents" Basics
Lab Manager stores your information as bookmarks into files. These files are organized into folders located within the sidebar directory "My Files" and "My Agents." All information gathered at LabVelocity, except for abstracts found by Literature Agents, is stored within the sidebar directory "My Files." Literature Agents you create are stored within the yellow Lab Manager folder "My Agents."

• The blue folders marked "L" in the "My Files" directory are pre-named, default folders. There are default folders for Literature, Product Lists, Products, Protocols, and Tools & Tables.
• Clicking a folder or a subfolder in the "My Files" directory displays saved files within that folder, including information on file type (e.g., Product List, protocol, and so on) and file name. You may then delete files you have checked or move them into another folder. You may also delete empty folders or create new subfolders; folders that you create are yellow in the "My Files" directory.
• There is no limit to the number or size of folders you can create, or the number or size of files you can save within folders.
• When you create Literature Agents, they appear below the yellow Lab Manager folder "My Agents." See Literature Agent Help for details.

Saving Information into Lab Manager Folders

Products
After a successful product search, you'll receive a comparison table of products matching your search. Clicking blue Product Names in a table links you to the additional product information page for that product--where you can either print, email, and save your product individually or as part of a Product List. From a product's additional information page:

To save an individual product's information:

• Click the "Save product" link from the "Options" sidebar box (located at the left of the product information). A Lab Manager pop-up window will appear--click the "Product" folder within this window, name your product, and click "SAVE."

• First add the product information to a Product List by clicking the "Add" button under the column "Add to Product List". Next, click the "Product List" button found at the upper right-hand corner of each page on the site, and then click "Save a copy of this list" at the bottom of your Product List. A Lab Manager pop-up window will appear--click the "Product List" folder within this window, name your list, and click "SAVE."

The process for saving information on the rest of the site into "My Files" is identical to saving individual product information:

Protocols and Tables
Once you have downloaded a Protocol or Table's PDF, you can save it by selecting "Save Protocol (or Table)" from the "Options" box found in the left sidebar. A Lab Manager pop-up window will appear. Click the "Protocol" (or "Table") folder within this window, name your product, and click "SAVE."

Literature
Once you have performed a successful search of MEDLINE, you'll receive a list of articles. Clicking blue article titles from this list links you each article's full abstract. From this page you can save an abstract by clicking the "Options" box sidebar link "Save Article". A Lab Manager pop-up window will appear. Click the "Literature" folder within this window, name your product, and click "SAVE."

Literature Agents
Literature Agents you create are stored within the yellow Lab Manager folder "My Agents." See Literature Agents for details.

Viewing "My Files" and "My Agents" Information

My Files
To view "My Files" information, go to the Lab Manager section of the site, click the appropriate folder (e.g., "Products") within "My Files" and then click the name of the file you wish to view.

My Agents
To view abstracts stored within "My Agents," go to the Lab Manager section of the site and click the name of the Agent whose abstract list you want to view. You can also view Literature Agent abstracts by clicking an Agent name that is listed at the top of your homepage under the heading "Literature Agents." For more information on viewing and editing Agents, see Literature Agents.

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