How do I use the Search Box?-
When searching this website, try to use a complete term or phrase to get the most useful results. Broad-based terms are less precise and display more results. By default, Search looks for keywords and phrases in top-level pages first. Use Advanced Search to narrow your results.
- What is Advanced Search and how do I use it?
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Advanced Search is used to narrow results using search words or phrases based on options that the user chooses. You have the option to choose to search by the following 4 functions:
- Match
- Search In
- From Section
- Order by
- What Does "Match" Mean?
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Match means you want to search based on some part of the search word or phrase you entered:
Distinct Word: Singular Word or phrase
Part of Word: Any part of the word or phrase
All Words: All words in a phrase (e.g., searching for “Breast Cancer” finds all occurrences of “Breast” AND “Cancer” )
Any Words: Either one word or the other. (e.g., searching for “Breast Cancer” finds any occurrences of “Breast” OR “Cancer”)
- What Does "From Section" Mean?
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From section: You can start a search from any listed page
- What Does "Order By" Mean?
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Weight/Frequency: Displays results based on the number of times a word or phrase appears on a page
Close to top: Displays results for pages that have the search word or phrase closest to the top of the page
Number of words: Displays results for pages that have the highest number of selected search words or phrases
Date Modified: Displays results based on the date a page was modified
Document Title: Displays results based on document titles
Creation Date: Displays results based on the date a page was created
At a time: Allows the selection of how many pages of results are shown at one time