The Save Search and Load Search commands on the Action menu commands accessed with the Options button allow you to save the settings currently on the Search panel and recall them for later use. Most of the options on the Search panel are saved, including the search terms; however, the target of the search (the EndNote library or online database) is not saved.
To save a search:
Configure the Search panel.
Click the Action menu and select Save Search. Click the Options button and select Save Search.
A dialog appears, prompting you to name the search strategy. Enter or edit the name and click Save. The search files are saved by default in the EndNote\Searches folder in the Windows Application Data folder. You may save them elsewhere if you prefer, but EndNote will open to this Searches folder when you choose to Load a saved search. EndNote adds ".ENQ as the file name extension for saved searches.
To load a saved search:
On the Search panel, click the Action menu and select Load Search or click the Options button and select Load Search.
In the dialog that appears, select the search strategy that you would like to use, and click Open.
The contents and settings of the Search window change to reflect the saved search. Click Search to initiate the search.
When you save a search strategy, it is easy to run a complicated search again, which you may want to do as you add references to the library.
You can save the search results (the set of matching references) as a group. You can use the saved search strategy to set up a smart group. Smart groups are updated as you add references to your library. Or, you can save the specific results to a custom group, but the group will not be updated as you add references to your library; you would need to run the search again to find references entered since the last search.