Search Help

Searching

To do a search:

  1. Type words that must appear in the field(s) being searched.
     
  2. Click the Search button.
     
  3. Records that meet your criteria are displayed as a report.
     
  4. To change the way records appear, select a form from the drop-down list.

Finding words and phrases

Type the word(s) you want to find (computer software database). Additional options:

To find Type Example
variations of a word (computer, computing, computation) the beginning of the word followed by * comput*
words together, in order a phrase within quotes "computer software"
either word (or both) OR between the words computer OR software
both words, anywhere the words separated by a space computer software
one word but not another word space-hyphen immediately before the word to exclude computer -software
words near each other
(within a specified number of words)		 wN between the words,
where N is the number of words		 computer w5 software
words near each other in order
(preceding within a specified number of words)		 pN between the words,
where N is the number of words		 computer p5 software

The query is evaluated in left-to-right order. For example, red white OR blue finds items that contain "red" and "white", as well as items that contain "blue". Use parentheses to control evaluation order: For example, red (white OR blue) finds items that contain "red" and "white", as well as items that contain "red" and "blue".

Reset button

To clear query criteria, click the Reset button on the search screen.

Search button

To start your search, click the Search button.

 

Search technology supplied by Inmagic, Inc. http://www.inmagic.com.