You can configure the search screen results in a number of ways:
Configure whether to automatically display the Basic or Advanced search mode for specific search screens.  | 
Preferences section > System Preferences OR My Preferences card > Search: Screen: Mode tab  | 
Configure the columns of information that appear on each search screen, and their order. Search results are initially sorted by the values in the first column.  | 
Preferences section > System Preferences OR My Preferences card > Search: Screen: Columns tab  | 
Configure whether records in the search results are initially selected or not.  | 
Preferences section > System Preferences OR My Preferences card > List: Search: Results Checked  | 
Configure the number of records displayed on each navigation page in the results, and the maximum number of records to appear in the results at a time.  | 
Preferences section > System Preferences OR My Preferences card > List: Search  |