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<div class="pre-content"><div><div class="bk_prnt"><p class="small">NCBI Bookshelf. A service of the National Library of Medicine, National Institutes of Health.</p><p>My NCBI Help [Internet]. Bethesda (MD): National Center for Biotechnology Information (US); 2005-. </p></div></div></div>
<div class="main-content lit-style" itemscope="itemscope" itemtype="http://schema.org/CreativeWork"><div class="meta-content fm-sec"><h1 id="_NBK53590_"><span class="title" itemprop="name">Collections</span></h1><p class="small">Created: <span itemprop="datePublished">December 13, 2010</span>; Last Revision: <span itemprop="dateModified">October 19, 2021</span>.</p><p><em>Estimated reading time: 4 minutes</em></p></div><div class="body-content whole_rhythm" itemprop="text"><p>Search results from many NCBI databases can be saved in My NCBI using the <span class="bk_pgobj">Collections</span> feature. Citations to articles published by other authors can be stored in a collection. There is no limit to the number of collections you may store in My NCBI. In addition, collections can be made public to share with others.</p><p>NCBI started the transition to use only federated account credentials for NCBI account login on June 1st, 2021. The deadline for transitioning all NCBI accounts to 3rd-party only login is June 2022. Please read the below FAQs and write to <a href="mailto:dev@null" data-email="vog.hin.mln.ibcn@ofni" class="oemail">vog.hin.mln.ibcn@ofni</a> if you have any questions.</p><p>
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<b>Section Contents</b>
</p><ul><li class="half_rhythm"><div>
<a href="#collections.Creating_Collections_and_Add">Creating Collections and Adding to an existing collection</a>
</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>
<a href="#collections.Adding_Records_to_Favorites">Adding Records to Favorites</a>
</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>
<a href="#collections.Viewing_and_Sorting_Collecti">Viewing and Sorting Collections</a>
</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>
<a href="#collections.Editing_Collections">Editing Collections</a>
</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>
<a href="#collections.Merging_Collections">Merging Collections</a>
</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>
<a href="#collections.Sharing_Collections">Sharing Collections</a>
</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>
<a href="#collections.Deleting_Collections">Deleting Collections</a>
</div></li></ul><div id="collections.Creating_Collections_and_Add"><h2 id="_collections_Creating_Collections_and_Add_">Creating Collections and Adding to an Existing Collection</h2><p>To save search results to a new collection:</p><dl class="temp-labeled-list"><dt>1.</dt><dd><p class="no_top_margin">Sign in to My NCBI. Run a search.</p></dd><dt>2.</dt><dd><p class="no_top_margin">From the search results page, click the check box next to <b>items you want to save.</b> If you do not select any items all results up to 1,000 items will be sent to collections.</p></dd><dt>3.</dt><dd><p class="no_top_margin">After selecting the items you wish to save, select <span class="bk_pgobj">Collections</span> from the <span class="bk_pgobj">Send to </span>pull-down menu (as shown in the image below).</p></dd></dl><p>
<div class="graphic"><img src="/books/NBK53590/bin/collections-Image001.jpg" alt="Image collections-Image001.jpg" /></div>
</p><p><span class="bk_pgobj">My NCBI- Add to Collections</span> will display. Select <span class="bk_pgobj">Create new collection</span> (<b>A</b> in the image below).</p><p>4. Name your collection using a short, yet meaningful title. The collection name must be unique and contain fewer than 100 characters. Click &#x0201c;Add&#x0201d; to finish.</p><p>
<div class="graphic"><img src="/books/NBK53590/bin/collections-Image002.jpg" alt="Image collections-Image002.jpg" /></div>
</p><p>As you continue to build data collections, you may want to add new items to an existing collection. To add search results to an existing collection:</p><dl class="temp-labeled-list"><dt>1.</dt><dd><p class="no_top_margin">Follow steps 1 &#x02013; 3 under <a href="#collections.Creating_Collections_and_Add">Creating Collections</a></p></dd></dl><p><span class="bk_pgobj">My NCBI- Add to Collections</span> will display. <span class="bk_pgobj">Add to an existing collection</span> will be selected by default.</p><p>2. Choose the collection into which you want to save your new items. Click Add to finish.</p><p>
<div class="graphic"><img src="/books/NBK53590/bin/collections-Image003.jpg" alt="Image collections-Image003.jpg" /></div>
</p><p>In addition, you may add data items from multiple NCBI databases to an existing collection. This type of collection is called &#x0201c;Mixed&#x0201d; because it has data items from multiple NCBI databases.</p><p>
<div class="graphic"><img src="/books/NBK53590/bin/collections-Image004.jpg" alt="Image collections-Image004.jpg" /></div>
</p><p>In the above image note that &#x0201c;Other Citations&#x0201d; is no longer included in Collections. The &#x0201c;Other Citations&#x0201d; collection is now included in My Bibliography and records that are included in this collection display the label &#x0201c;Other Citations.&#x0201d; The <span class="bk_pgobj">Other Citations</span> collection is no longer supported in My Bibliography 3.0 and these citations do not display in users&#x02019; My Bibliography public page.</p><p>
<div class="graphic"><img src="/books/NBK53590/bin/collections-Image005.jpg" alt="Image collections-Image005.jpg" /></div>
</p></div><div id="collections.Adding_Records_to_Favorites"><h2 id="_collections_Adding_Records_to_Favorites_">Adding Records to Favorites</h2><p>The Favorites collection is a feature of My NCBI which helps you keep a list of your preferred NCBI database records. This feature is active only while signed in to My NCBI and is currently active for PubMed.</p><dl class="temp-labeled-list"><dt>1.</dt><dd><p class="no_top_margin">Log in to My NCBI. Run a search and select the abstract display.</p></dd><dt>2.</dt><dd><p class="no_top_margin">In the <b>single Abstract</b> display you will see the <b>Favorite button.</b></p></dd><dt>3.</dt><dd><p class="no_top_margin">Click on the Favorite button and the star will turn white. A white star signals that the record has been saved in My NCBI <span class="bk_pgobj">Favorites</span></p></dd></dl><p>
<div class="graphic"><img src="/books/NBK53590/bin/collections-Image006.jpg" alt="Image collections-Image006.jpg" /></div>
</p><p>To remove a favorite record, click the Favorites star a second time, as the star turns blue, the record will be removed from your Favorites. Records in My NCBI <span class="bk_pgobj">Favorites</span> can be deleted in the same manner as records in any other collection - see <a href="#collections.Deleting_Collections">Deleting Collections</a>.</p></div><div id="collections.Viewing_and_Sorting_Collecti"><h2 id="_collections_Viewing_and_Sorting_Collecti_">Viewing and Sorting Collections</h2><p>Sign in to My NCBI and go to <span class="bk_pgobj">Collections</span>. The <span class="bk_pgobj">Collections</span> window lists all your saved collections, the number of items stored per collection, the collection privacy status and the collection database record type. Click &#x0201c;Manage Collections&#x0201d; to sort your collections, view collections details, <a href="#collections.Merging_Collections">merge collections</a> or <a href="#collections.Deleting_Collections">delete collections</a>.</p><p>
<div class="graphic"><img src="/books/NBK53590/bin/collections-Image007.jpg" alt="Image collections-Image007.jpg" /></div>
</p><p>To view items stored in a collection, click the &#x0201c;Edit&#x0201d; link next to the Collection Name you would like to view. The resulting page displays all the items found in that collection.</p><p>Collection items are sorted by Date, however, they can also be sorted by Author or Title using the &#x0201c;Display Settings&#x0201d; drop-down menu.</p><p>
<div class="graphic"><img src="/books/NBK53590/bin/collections-Image008.jpg" alt="Image collections-Image008.jpg" /></div>
</p><p>To sort <span class="bk_pgobj">Collections</span> in your My NCBI account, click the link &#x0201c;Manage Collections&#x0201d; and then click the descending or ascending arrow next to the column headings. A black arrow indicates the currently selected sort option.</p><p>
<div class="graphic"><img src="/books/NBK53590/bin/collections-Image009.jpg" alt="Image collections-Image009.jpg" /></div>
</p><p>Collections can be sorted:</p><ul><li class="half_rhythm"><div>alphabetically by name</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>by number of items in the collection</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>by privacy status</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>by date last modified</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>by database</div></li></ul></div><div id="collections.Editing_Collections"><h2 id="_collections_Editing_Collections_">Editing Collections</h2><p><span class="bk_pgobj">Collections</span> can be renamed, made public to share with others, saved to a plain text or CSV file (to download to MS Excel or other programs), and individual items in a collection can be deleted. To delete entire collections, see <a href="#collections.Deleting_Collections">Deleting Collections</a>.</p><p>To change the name of a collection and/or to make a collection public:</p><dl class="temp-labeled-list"><dt>1.</dt><dd><p class="no_top_margin">Sign in to My NCBI and go to <span class="bk_pgobj">Collections</span>. Click the gear icon next to the Collection Name you would like to rename.</p></dd><dt>2.</dt><dd><p class="no_top_margin">On the resulting screen, you may also click on the link &#x0201c;Edit Settings for this collection&#x0201d; (<b>A</b> in the image below). The option to save a collection to a text file (<b>C</b>) or CSV (<b>D</b>) file is also available on this page.</p></dd></dl><p>
<div class="graphic"><img src="/books/NBK53590/bin/collections-Image010.jpg" alt="Image collections-Image010.jpg" /></div>
</p><p>3. Enter a new name for the collection in the Collection Name text box. You may also change the collection status from private to public in this page and obtain a URL to send to others or HTML to create a link to the collection in a Web page or blog.</p><p>
<div class="graphic"><img src="/books/NBK53590/bin/collections-Image011.jpg" alt="Image collections-Image011.jpg" /></div>
</p><p>To delete items from a collection:</p><dl class="temp-labeled-list"><dt>1.</dt><dd><p class="no_top_margin">Sign in to My NCBI and go to <span class="bk_pgobj">Collections</span>. Click the &#x0201c;Edit&#x0201d; link next to the Collection Name you wish to modify.</p></dd><dt>2.</dt><dd><p class="no_top_margin">Click the checkbox next to items you wish to delete and click the Delete button. A pop-up message will ask you to confirm your action.</p></dd></dl><p>
<div class="graphic"><img src="/books/NBK53590/bin/collections-Image012.jpg" alt="Image collections-Image012.jpg" /></div>
</p></div><div id="collections.Merging_Collections"><h2 id="_collections_Merging_Collections_">Merging Collections</h2><p>In the <span class="bk_pgobj">Collections</span> portlet, click the link &#x0201c;Manage Collections.&#x0201d;</p><dl class="temp-labeled-list"><dt>1.</dt><dd><p class="no_top_margin">Select the collections you wish to merge into a new collection and click &#x0201c;Merge.&#x0201d;</p></dd></dl><p>
<div class="graphic"><img src="/books/NBK53590/bin/collections-Image013.jpg" alt="Image collections-Image013.jpg" /></div>
</p><p>2. A confirmation message notifies you of the collections to be merged and requires you to provide a name for the merged collection. Click &#x0201c;Merge Collections.&#x0201d;</p><p>
<div class="graphic"><img src="/books/NBK53590/bin/collections-Image014.jpg" alt="Image collections-Image014.jpg" /></div>
</p><p>3. Back to Collections, you will notice that only the merged collection is listed.</p></div><div id="collections.Sharing_Collections"><h2 id="_collections_Sharing_Collections_">Sharing Collections</h2><p>My NCBI collections are set as Private by default. However, a collection can be set as Public to be shared with others. To change a collection from Private to Public:</p><dl class="temp-labeled-list"><dt>1.</dt><dd><p class="no_top_margin">Sign In to My NCBI and go to <span class="bk_pgobj">Collections</span>.</p></dd><dt>2.</dt><dd><p class="no_top_margin">Under the "Settings/Sharing" column, click the Private link for the collection you wish to share.</p></dd></dl><p>
<div class="graphic"><img src="/books/NBK53590/bin/collections-Image015.jpg" alt="Image collections-Image015.jpg" /></div>
</p><p>3. Click the radio button for Public. A URL and HTML code will be provided. You can use the URL to share with others and the HTML code to post onto a web page. Click Save.</p><p>
<div class="graphic"><img src="/books/NBK53590/bin/collections-Image011.jpg" alt="Image collections-Image011.jpg" /></div>
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<b>Note:</b>
</p><ul><li class="half_rhythm"><div>Any time someone uses the public collection URL/HTML to see a collection; the retrieval will include all the items currently included in the collection. Adding or deleting items in the collection does not require an update to the public URL or HTML</div></li><li class="half_rhythm"><div>If a collection is changed back to Private, the collection URL/HTML will no longer work</div></li></ul></div><div id="collections.Deleting_Collections"><h2 id="_collections_Deleting_Collections_">Deleting Collections</h2><p>To delete a collection, start by clicking the &#x0201c;Manage Collections&#x0201d; link. To delete specific items within a collection, see &#x0201c;<a href="#collections.Editing_Collections">Editing Collections</a>.&#x0201d;</p><dl class="temp-labeled-list"><dt>1.</dt><dd><p class="no_top_margin">Use the check boxes to select collections to delete and then click Delete.</p></dd></dl><p>
<div class="graphic"><img src="/books/NBK53590/bin/collections-Image016.jpg" alt="Image collections-Image016.jpg" /></div>
</p><p>2. A pop-up message will confirm the collections to be deleted. Click &#x0201c;Delete Collections.&#x0201d; Once a collection is deleted, this action cannot be undone.</p><p>
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