• All fields (such as type, dateinfo, journal, location, number, info, pages, publisher, title, volume, yearinfo, and author) have equal weight during the comparison.
• If all of the fields match 100% then a duplicate is assumed and automatically flagged as such.
• If the total % match of all fields is > 87.5% and < 100% then it is flagged as a possible duplicate.
• If the total % match is < 87.5% then it is flagged as a new item.
• The comparison is case sensitive.
• Additional white space is not removed.
• If the matched record and imported record has empty values for one of the fields being compared, then that field is ignored in the calculations.

Navigation: Administration > Administration > Clear Faculty Scholarly Duplicates

1. Under Administration on the navigation menu, click Administration.
   
2. In the Tools section, click Clear Faculty Scholarly Duplicates. 
   
3. Clicking Select Faculty to select the faculty members desired to show duplicate data for, if necessary.
4. Select a citation format from the dropdown.
5. Click Build Report.
6. Click the View (eye) icon to view the duplicate activity in more detail. The Handle Duplicate Record dialog box opens. The following options are available for handling the duplicate record:
   • Import As New: adds the imported activity as a new activity.
   • Replace Existing: the newly imported activity will replace the existing activity.
   • Discard Imported: the newly imported activity will be deleted.

Navigation: Dashboard message > Clear Faculty Duplicates

1. Click the applicable Dashboard message in the To Do section. 
2. The Clear Faculty Duplicates screen displays, showing a list of duplicate data for the selected citation format.