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Searching the Shared/Core Facilities Database
Search Help
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The search application searches all fields in the Shared and Core Facilities database for the
entered search term(s). A match is only returned if all search terms are matched if more than
one search term is entered. In essence, the search for multiple terms is handled as an
AND search. OR searches are currently not supported
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Multiple search terms can be separated by a space, comma, plus (+) sign, or the word "and". As
previously mentioned, every word counts with multiple search terms. There is one exception.
The search application automatically excludes common words such as for, from,
to, etc. This is similar to the way other search engines work
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The order of the search terms is irrelevant when multiple search terms are entered. However, you
can instruct the search application to consider the exact words in the same order as entered by
surrounding search terms with quotation marks. For example the search term "Clinical informatics"
matches Clinical informatics (Prostate, Ovarian, Breast) but not
Clinical trial informatics support
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The Shared and Core Facilities database search is case insensitive. The words Microscope,
MICROSCOPE, and microscope are considered the identical for the purpose of
the search
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You can perform wildcard searches to search for partial terms. To perform a wildcard search
use an asterisk (*). For example, the search term bio* matches the
word bio but also biological, biology
and biopsy. You can also place a wildcard character at the beginning
of the search term to search for words with a certain ending. (Note we currently
do not support wildcard characters in the middle of a search term)
Making Sense of the Search Result
Result Information
The Results section lists all facilities for which a match was found along with the resource
information for every listed facility:
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Search result count: The header of the results section shows the total number of
results returned by your search and the number of search results that are currently displayed.
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Records per page: Use the drop-down list to change the number of search results
displayed per page.
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The individual search results are divided into two sections. The upper portion displays the
facility information. By default, the facility detail information is hidden and you can make the
detail information visible by clicking the [show facility detail]
link in the upper right corner:
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The Resources section initially shows only those resources that match the entered search term.
However, you can view the entire resource list for any facility by clicking the
[show all resources] link.
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