Search Function

The Search is located at the top right corner of the portal. Simply enter a search term in the "Search Site" box and click the blue "Search" button to get results.

Searches apply to the whole site by default. If the "only in current section" checkbox is selected (as shown in the figure above), searches apply to the currently selected folder only.

Results Ranking for Search Terms Containing Multiple Words

• Pages containing all search term words next or close to each other rank highest.
• Pages with search term words appearing in the title rank higher than in the body.
• Pages containing one search term word rank lowest.

Search Engine Constraints

The search engine does not support:

• Single or double quotations to specify exact match
• Boolean operators AND and OR

File Contents are Searchable

The contents of files uploaded to a site are indexed and searchable for several file types. These include text files with the .html, .csv., and .txt extensions; PDF files; and Microsoft Office files with the .docx, .xlsx, and .pptx extensions. Note that the old Office formats with the extensions .doc, .xls and .ppt are not indexed. Files of the following types are also not indexed: .zip, .exe, scanned PDFs, and encrypted files. If a search for a word or text string is found in the contents of an indexed file, that file will be listed in the results.