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Help with Searching

• Basic searches
• Narrowing down searches
• Advanced options
• Still can't find the right document?

Basic searches

The basic search facility has two choices:

• Search for a phrase: The search facility will attempt find documents that contain any of the word(s) specified.

• Search for keywords: The search facility will find documents that contain all of the word(s) specified. This type of search is usually more accurate than searching for a phrase.

Narrowing down searches

• Searches are not case sensitive.

• Keyword searches are generally more sensitive than searches for a phrase.

• Enclosing the search words within quotes in a keyword search will match the exact phrase. For example, searching for "adam smith" will find documents containing the name Adam Smith, but not the names Adam Jones, Paul Smith etc.

Still can't find the right document?

The following might be useful:

• The search facility updates its index at specified regular intervals, so recently created documents may not appear in the index.

• To search for an Essex user, try using the Internal Telephone and E-mail Directory.

• If you want to search the rest of the Internet, and not just the Computing Service website, then try using this facility.

• If you want to find out more about the University, visit this web page.

• This search facility only allows searching of the Computing Service website. To search the rest of the University of Essex website, use this search page.

• Searches performed on machines that are not directly connected to the University of Essex network cannot search for documents in folders with restricted in the document path. Your machine is not directly connected to the University of Essex network.

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Document last modified by an unknown user on 26 November 2007.