By default, Elements searches for your Lastname, First Initial. You will want to add additional name variants if you have ever published under another name or if you have a very common name.

1. Navigate to vita.osu.edu.
2. Click on the Curate Elements Data link on the homepage. You may be required to sign in with your lastname.# and your university password.
3. Click Menu.
4. Click the Search Settings link located under Publications.
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5. In the Name variants text box, type the new name variant.
6. Click on the add button to add to the list. Add one variant at a time.
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7. Click Save
8. The list of your name variants will appear below the empty text box. To remove a variant click the red remove button.
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9. Scroll to the bottom of the screen and click Save.

If you have an online database ID you can add that to your Elements profile. By adding an online database ID to your profile, your Elements search will return only your publications.

The following databases offer the option of entering author identifiers that will automatically retrieve documents tagged by the database provider:

• arXiv
• Scopus
• SSRN
• Web of Science

For ArXiv, Scopus and SSRN, the identifier can be found by searching for the author in the user interface. Web of Science uses an identifier called ResearchID and can sometimes be found in Web of Science records, but a more reliable source is the Research ID website.

You can add multiple database IDs if you have them, follow the process below for each database ID.

Some databases will assign an author multiple author identifiers. For more information about locating author identifiers see: Locate a Scopus ID, Locate a Researcher ID, or contact a librarian.

1. From within Elements, click Menu.
2. Click the Search Settings link located under Publications.
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3. Scroll down to the Source-specific search terms section.
4. Select the appropriate database, click on the plus symbol next to the database name.
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5. Add the appropriate author ID.

You will need to claim the publications found using this method for them to appear in your publications list.

For Scopus, SSRN, and Web of Science, there is an additional verification process where you will be presented with an abbreviated list of recent publications for your review.

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If you click the Verify button and confirm the publications, all the documents in that database that have been tagged with your identifier will be harvested and placed in the Accepted folder rather than the Pending folder.

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You might consider adding the date you began publishing. We recommend adding the year you began publishing if you have a common name.

1. From within Elements, click Menu.
2. Click the Search Settings link located under Publications.
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3. In the Start date text box, type in the date you began publishing.
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4. Click Save.