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| Viewing Requirements | |
| Types of Information Included | |
| Quick Search | |
| Criteria Search | |
| Search Tips | |
| My Selection | |
| Viewing Requirements | |
| Operating System: | Windows 2000 or Windows XP |
| Internet Browser: | Internet Explorer 5.5 or above |
| Screen Resolution: | Best viewed at 1024 x 768 pixels |
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| Types of Information Included | ||
| Research Projects: | Project number, project title, name of researchers, synopsis, and funding source for each project.Information on some mature technologies that are now ready for transfer or commercialization is also included. | |
| Research Outputs: | Research outputs, such as publications, conference papers, produced by each project principal investigator during the reporting period 2003-2004. | |
| Researcher Profiles: | Bibliographic data for each project principal investigator, including name, affiliated department or unit, correspondence details, expertise and research interests, and professional background. | |
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| Quick Search | ||
| Quick Search offers a full-text keywords search of research projects, research outputs and researcher profiles. | ||
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| 1) | Enter your search terms | |
| a) | Input the word(s) or phrase(s) you wish to search for in the "Enter Keywords" box. The operators "AND" and "OR" are supported in this field only. | |
| b) | If applicable, input in the "Exclude" box any specific term you wish to exclude from your search results. | |
| 2) | Select one or more search areas, or by default check all. | |
| 3) | Click . | |
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| Criteria Search | ||
| The Criteria Search provides a fast way to find information from a particular field. | ||
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| 1) | Enter your search terms Enter the word or phrase you wish to search for in one of the following search boxes: "Project Number", "Project Title", "Synopsis", "Output Title/Journal Title" and "Expertise". | |
| 2) | Click . | |
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| Search Tips | ||
| Operators "AND" and "OR" | ||
| The operators "AND" and "OR" are only supported in the "Enter Keywords" box in the Quick Search. For example: | ||
| AND - Use "AND" when all search terms must appear in each result. For example, ocean AND fish finds results that contain both Ocean and Fish. | ||
| OR - Use "OR" when at least one of the search terms must appear. For example, accounting OR company finds results that contain either Accounting or Company. | ||
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| Reserved Words | ||
| Be aware that The search engine does not search Reserved Words including HTML tags.
Reserved Words are those common, frequently used words that add no significant distinction to a search request. The following are not searchable: | ||
| Reserved Words: "and, or, &, an, the, but, for, in, on, up, with, by, from, out , those, these, this, that, which, do, not, he, she, it, you, your, then, as, is, are, can, could, should, would, does, to, here, there, <i>,<p>,<br> etc". | ||
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| My Selection | ||
| You can also maintain a list of results in your own selection for further reference. | ||
| Maintaining My Selection | ||
| 1) | Add records to your selection | |
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| a) | In the Search Results page, use the checkboxes to select records you want to add. | |
| b) | Click . | |
| c) | Click when you want to review your own list. | |
| 2) | Remove records from your selection | |
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| a) | In the My Selection page, use the checkboxes to select records you want to remove. | |
| b) | Click . | |
| c) | Click button to start over, or to finish your search session. | |
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