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You can search for a word, phrase or a combination of words and phrases by typing your search words in either the Quick Search box or the Advanced Search Text Search box.
Under the Advanced Search Text Search box there are four options you can select to indicate which parts of an information item you would like your search to look in. The default option is to search for your word(s) in any part of the text of information items.
If your first search retrieves too many items (HealthInsite will only display the first 600 items of any search result), you can do any of the following:
1. Refine your search results by clicking on 'Refine Search'at the top of the search results page (See "Refining Your Search" below), or
2. Click on the 'Advanced Search' button on the left hand navigation bar or the 'New Search' button at the bottom of the search results page. Then use the 'Advanced Search' options to provide more search details, or
3. Click on the 'Quick Search' button on the left hand navigation bar and try putting more search words in your Quick Search.
You can limit your search to a particular information type, audience, date when added to HealthInsite or language by selecting from the pick lists and radio buttons on the Advanced Search page.
Quick Search and Advanced Search Text Search
To search for items containing a word or phrase, type the word(s) or Phrase(s) in either the Quick Search box or the Advanced Search Text Search box. Wildcards (*) can be included (see examples below).
To find: Type:
phrase "measles vaccination" measles vaccination
inhaler, inhalers, inhalation, etc inhal*
measles or mumps measles or mumps
asthma and breathing (in any order) asthma and breathing
measles or mumps complications (measles or mumps) and complications
Refining your search
You can refine your initial search by clicking on any or all of the 'Refine Search' buttons on your search results page, or by using the Advanced Search page for your initial search and choosing any of the options on that page.
The options on the Refine Search page are the same as those on the Advanced Search page and include:
Non-English resources: you can select one of more languages from the list
Items updated: you can search only for items that have been added or updated since or before a particular date, or in the last month, 2 months or 3 months.
Information type: you can select one or more information types including: data, document, image, multimedia, software, sound, video, announcement, directory, form, guidelines, homepage, organisation, personal narrative, quiz, resources, service or statistics. Most HealthInsite items are 'resources' and 'documents'.
Information for: you can select one of the radio buttons to find information targetted to children, young people, adults needing easy to read information, adults needing medium level information, and health professionals.
Updated August 2005
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