Search Help
The INRO Web site offers a basic search and an advanced search. The search results have the same format for both basic and advanced searches.
Basic Search
| The basic search is available from all Web pages on the INRO Web site. Simply type your search term(s) in the search box and click Search. |  |
The basic search scans all file types on the English INRO Web site. The search results include all files with one or more matching search terms, sorted by relevancy. The matching of search terms is not case sensitive.
The basic search will accept boolean searches, which are searches that contain logical operators:
| & | for logical AND | | | for logical OR |
| ~ | for logical NOT | () | for logical grouping |
will return all Web pages and other files that contain Emme and Maps but not Tables.
Note that spaces preceding or following boolean operators are ignored.
Special characters such as / and * can produce unreliable results, and therefore should be avoided.
Searching for an exact phrase is not yet supported. A pop-up warning catches single(') or double (") quotes in your search terms, and informs you that your query will continue without quotes.
You may restrict the search results to pages that contain ALL of the search terms by separating each term with the & operator or by checking all in the advanced search.
Advanced Search
The advanced search provides many other options to customize your search. With the advanced search, you can:
- find matches for any or all search terms, or indicate that a boolean search is desired
- search INRO's English Web site, INRO's French Web site, or both
- restrict the search to a certain file type
- choose the number of search results to be displayed on each page, and sort them by relevancy or the last date that the file was modified.
Search Results
Both the basic search and the advanced search return a list of search results. The search term(s) are repeated at the top of the page, followed by the total number of results and links to subsequent pages of results.
Each search result corresponds to a particular Web page or file on the INRO Web site. A typical search result looks like this:
The first row of the search result contains the number of the entry in the list, the file type, the hyperlinked name of the Web page or file, and the relevancy. The relevancy is a score from 0% to 100% that indicates the match between the search terms and the text in that Web page or file. Clicking on the hyperlinked name opens the Web page or file in a new browser window.
The second part of the search result is one or more excerpts from the Web page or file. Excerpts are separated by an ellipsis (...).
The third part of the search result is the URL address of that Web page, the file size, and the date that the file was last modified.
Use the advanced search to modify the order of the search results and the number of search results displayed on each page of results.