Advanced Search

• Construct your query
  
• What content to search
  
• Viewing Results
  
• Choosing a particular result
  
• No search results returned
  
• Quick Search Guide
  

Construct your query

On the Advanced Search page under Query Options you'll find four labelled text entry. Your query text in each of the boxes can be up to 100 characters long. Note that the search engine will factor in all of your entries, so be careful that your entries don’t cancel each other out. The four text box options are:

• with all of these words (AND)
• with at least one of the words (OR)
• with the exact phrase
• without the words (NOT)

What content to search

If a user has navigated to a book level, they can execute their simplified Boolean query against a particular book. Alternatively, they can select one, many or all of the nine topics in the “high level topic” combo-box*. Select the appropriate radio button beside either the Collection / Book name or beside the High Level Topic Combo Box.

To select a number of topics, keep the CTRL button pressed on your keyboard as you click on the areas you would like to search. These topic areas are:

• Business Management
• Superannuation
• Tax
• Accounting
• Financial Planning
• Education Services
• Law
• Occupational Health and Safety
• Human Resources & Industrial Relations

The user can also set the number of search results they would like to see on each page by using the ‘Limit the number of hits per page’ drop down box. The default is 10.

* A search done using the high-level topic areas will return results from ALL of CCH online subscription content. Any result that a user doesn’t have access to will be greyed out. If a greyed out result is of particular interest to you, you should go to the CCH Catalogue and purchase that specific product.

Viewing Results

Results are turned in the same pop-up window as the advanced search query form. They are in the format of Document Title, Document Abstract, and Document Source. Results are ranked by percentage relevance.

Navigating through search results: The total number of search results is displayed on the top left hand side of the pop-up window along with the time taken to make the query. A user can move through their search results by using the Forward, Backward, First Page and Last Page links that appear above the search results. The number of results shown per page is dependent on the limit set from the search query page. The default is 10.

Choosing a particular result

By clicking on a query result, the result is opened in the original Subscription Content browser window. The user can then toggle between the pop-up search results window and the main subscription content browser window using the ALT TAB keys till they find their correct result.

If the user wants to refine their search they can do this by clicking on the link “Refine your search”. Alternatively they can try a new search by clicking on “New Search”.

At anytime the user may close the Results window by clicking on the “Close” button on the top right hand corner of the pop-up window.

No search results returned

If your query returns no hits, some of the following tips may be of use.

• Try widening your search by selecting one or more of the topics on the left of the search window.
• Try using less keywords in the "with all the words" box at the top and add them to the "with at least one of the words" box.
• Check your spelling.
• Consider using a wildcard for stemming variations. e.g. "capitali*" instead of "capitalize" or "capitalisation"
• Try using a wildcard for spelling variations. e.g. "capitali*" instead of "capitalize" or "capitalise".
• If you have selected only the current book for searching, then try selecting one or more of the topic areas instead.

Quick Search Guide

1. Click on Advanced Search in the Search Navigation Bar
2. Enter your query in the simplified Boolean form choosing one or more of the following options: • with all of these words (AND) • with at least one of the words (OR) • with the exact phrase • without the words (NOT)
3. Choose the content area you would like to search; either a particular Collection / Book or one of the High Level Topic Areas. If choosing more than one of the High Level Topic Area, keep the CTRL key pressed as you click on the topic you want to search against.
4. Hit the Search button.
5. Results are returned ranked by relevance in the same pop-up window. Document title, abstract and source are shown for each search result.
6. Use the Forward, Backward, First Page and Last Page links to navigate through all the search results.
7. To view a search result, click on the title of the document. The result will be returned in the original Internet browser window. If results are greyed out, it means you do not have access to view that result.
8. Toggle between the results pop-up window and the browser containing the particular content result using the ALT TAB keys.
9. If you would like to refine your search results, click on the Refine Search. You can conduct a new search by clicking on the New Search link.
10. You can close the Search Results Window at anytime by clicking the Close Button.

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