Search Help

CHER's KT Database offers three ways of searching for resources:

1. Simple Search
2. Advanced Search
3. Power Search

For improved search results, please use the appropriate searching option.

Simple Search

Select this method if you would like to include the following fields in your search:

• Title
• Author
• Abstract
• Comments

NOTE: keywords are not included in this searching method

You may search for either whole words or partial words by selecting the checkbox next to partial word match . For example, searching for environ will return results containing words such as environment, environmental, environmentally, etc.

If you have entered more than one search word, you can also specify the search method:

• OR: will search for word 1 OR word 2
• AND: will search for word 1 AND word 2
• Exact phrase: will search for the exact expression "word1 word2"

 

Advanced Search

Select this method if you would like to limit your search to specific:

• Resource type(s) ( book, journal article, audiovisual, etc)
• Category(ies) ( occupational health, community environmental health )
• Keyword(s)
• Search field(s) ( title, author, abstract, comments )

The CTRL key can be used to select multiple items for each member mentioned above. Additionally, if you select OR all resources containing at least one of the selected items will be retrieved, while if you select AND only those resources containing all selected items will be displayed.

You may search for either whole words or partial words by selecting the checkbox next to partial word match . For example, searching for environ will return results containing words such as environment, environmental, environmentally, etc.

If you have entered more than one search word, you can also specify the search method:

• OR: will search for word 1 OR word 2
• AND: will search for word 1 AND word 2
• Exact phrase: will search for the exact expression "word1 word2"

Power Search

Select this search method if you would like to:

• Use BOOLEAN login and double quotes to group words into single search terms e.g.

  "NOT pollution NOT smoke AND "environmental hazards" OR environment "

  in the title field will be interpreted as

  "return resources whose 'Title' field contains either the word environment or the phrase "environmental hazards" and which contain nether the word 'pollution' nor the word 'smoke'

  Furthermore, a single space not enclosed in double quotes is equivalent to 'AND'.

• Perform a complex search where you can include as many fields as you like.
• Sort the search results in ascending or descending order by as many as three fields

To use power search, follow the following steps

NOTE

All search methods are case-insensitive. Please note that if you wish to search for non-alphanumeric characters, you should wrap them in double quotes otherwise unexpected results may occur.