ICTR Search Help
You can search the
database for the information that you need by using any of three methods:
·
Full Search, where you can look for a document or documents
that contain specific text and other descriptive criteria.
·
Advanced Browse, where you can progressively narrow your
criteria to look for documents.
·
Quick Search, where you can look for documents that
contain a specific word or phrase.
How Search Works
The documents stored
in this Search database were converted to Adobe Acrobat PDF (Portable Data Format)
so that you can view them. The full text of each document is stored in the Search
database so that you can search for any words that appear in any document. You can
then choose to view any document by using Adobe Acrobat Reader (version 7.x or later).
You can get Adobe Reader free on the Adobe site at www.adobe.com/reader.
In addition to the
actual text of the documents, the Search database includes additional data, such
as the rule number, the accused, and the document type, that is stored for each
document. This data may or may not be found in the actual text of the document.
When you search for
documents, you can search either the full document text or the data or both. For
example:
·
In Quick Search, you can search for words in both the
document text and the data.
·
In Full Search, you can search the documents only for
specific words by typing them in the box labeled
Document Full Text and you can search the document data only by making choices
in the other boxes.
·
In Advanced Browse, you can search either the document
text or the document data by typing words in the box labeled
Text and you can search the data only by making choices in the other boxes.
Full Search
Use the Full Search
method if you’re looking for a document or documents that contain specific text,
or if you are looking
for documents that meet a particular set of criteria.
1.
To begin a search, click the Full Search
tab
at the top of the screen. In the fields provided, enter the criteria that you
want the documents that are included your query results to meet.
2.
In Document Full Text, enter text to
search for in the body of the document.
3.
In Document Title, enter text to search
for in the title of the document. You can enter a partial title.
In these two text fields, each word
you enter is searched for separately unless you include quotation marks around a
phrase. If you include quotation marks around a phrase, all the words must be together
in the document. If you know only
part of a word you are searching for, you can use the “?” symbol for single characters
and the "*" symbol for multiple characters as
wildcards
in your searches.
4.
To restrict the date:
a.
To restrict the search to a specific year, click
Year, and select a year from the drop-down list that is then displayed.
b.
To restrict the search to a specific date range, click
and specify a beginning and ending date.
5.
For each of the remaining criteria that you want to include in the search, click
the down arrow, and select the criteria from the drop-down list.
6.
Click Search. Any text that you enter
in either the Document Full Text or
Document Title field is used together
with all the selections you make in the remaining fields as criteria for the search.
a.
Words within the Document Full Text
or Document Title fields are “OR’ed”
together. In other words, if any of the words you typed are in the full text of
a document, that document is displayed in the results list.
b.
The
Document Full Text or Document Title
fields are “AND’ed” with selections
you make in the remaining fields.
For example, if you
enter rights and
violation into the Document Full Text
box along with other field selections, the results returned will include either
rights OR
violation plus all of the other selected field attributes.
The names of the documents that match the criteria you selected are displayed in the bottom portion of the
screen, in chronological order. The flag that follows the document title indicates
whether the document is written in English, French, or both.
7.
In the results area:
a.
Click Details to find out more information
about a document in the list. Click Details
again to hide the information.
b.
Click PDF to display the contents of
the document in a separate window, in PDF format. If you’re looking for specific
text in the document, you must search again for the text from within the PDF file.
Tip: If you have a pop-up blocker on
your browser, the PDF document might not be displayed when you click the
PDF button.
c.
To scroll from one page to another
in the list of results, either click the
Page
forward or Page back arrow,
or select a page number from the drop-down list.
After you perform a search,
you can enter additional criteria to further decrease the number of documents that are returned.
Click Start again to start a new search.
Advanced Browse
Use Advanced Browse (faceted classification method) to specify additional constraints
or criteria that progressively narrow your search for documents. For example, you
might first choose a document type and then select the name of the accused to narrow
the search. You can continue
to narrow the results in this way until you obtain the desired list of documents.
On the screen, you
see the types of constraints
(criteria) that you can use to narrow your search.
In the Document Type,
Accused, and Keywords lists, the number in parentheses
indicates the current number of documents that meets those
criteria in the database.
At the beginning of a search, all the documents in the database are listed chronologically
in the Results
area at the bottom of the screen.
In the shaded area near the top
of the screen, you see the number of documents that were found that
meet the criteria you’ve
selected. The criteria are also displayed in the shaded box as a list that is separated
by angled brackets (a breadcrumb).
1.
To begin, click the Advanced Browse
tab at the top of the screen.
2.
Select a search criterion.
·
In the Document
Type, Accused, or
Keywords list, click
an entry.
·
To select an Accused
or a Keyword that is not displayed on
the screen, click Show All and select a
name or word from the alphabetized list.
·
To search for specific text in the full text or data, enter the text in the
Text field, and click Go.
·
To select a
date range,
specify a beginning and ending date. To restrict the search to one date only, enter
the same date in both fields. If you specify only a beginning date, the range extends
through the present. If you specify only an ending date, the range starts with the
earliest recorded date. You can either type the dates in the format indicated, or
you can click the icon to use the calendar navigator. To use the calendar navigator,
click the down arrow and select a year from the drop-down list. Click an angled
bracket on either side of a month to select that month. Click a date in the calendar
to select that date. If you decide not to select a date, click Close. If you would like to remove all values from the date field, click Clear.
·
To select a document
Language,
Article or
Rule, click the down arrow and select from the list.
After each selection,
the results of your selection are displayed at the bottom of the screen, in chronological
order. The flag that follows the document title indicates whether the document is
written in English, French, or both.
3.
Select a second criterion, if desired. The number of documents found that meet both
sets of criteria is updated in the shaded box, and the breadcrumb of criteria is
also updated to reflect your choices. The choices that are listed in the different criteria
categories are shortened to show only those that still meet the selected
criteria.
4.
Continue to select additional criteria until you find the document or set of documents
you want.
5.
In the list of documents:
·
Click Details
to find out more information about a document in the list. Click
Details again to hide the information.
·
Click PDF
to display the contents of the document in a separate window, in PDF format. If
you’re looking for specific text in the document, you must search again for the
text from inside the PDF file. Tip:
If have a pop-up blocker on your browser, the PDF document might not be displayed
when you click the PDF button.
To return to the previous
set of selections, click Back. Or click an
entry in the breadcrumb to return to that set of selections.
To start a new browse, click Start again.
Quick Search
Use the Quick Search if you want
to find documents that contain a specific word or phrase. Both the
full document text and data
are searched, and a list
of all documents that contain any of the words or phrases that you entered is displayed
on the screen.
·
On any page, click in the Quick Search box. Enter the word, words, or phrase that you want to search for, and then click
Go.
Each word you enter is searched
for separately. They don’t need to be next to each other, and they do not all need
to be present. If you want to find exact phrases, include quotation marks around
a phrase. You can include wildcards
in your search.
Wildcard searches
This tool supports single and multiple-character wildcard searches within single terms (not within
phrase queries).
·
To perform a single-character wildcard search, use the
"?" symbol.
·
To perform a multiple-character wildcard search, use
the "*" symbol.
The single-character
wildcard search
looks for terms that match what you entered with the single character
replaced. For example, to search for "text" or "test" you can use the search:
te?t
Multiple-character
wildcard searches looks for 0 or more characters. For example, to search for test,
tests, or tester, you can use the search:
test*
You can also use the
wildcard searches in the middle of a term.
te*t
Note: You cannot use a * or ? symbol as the first character of a search.
Date Ranges
To restrict your search
to one date only, enter the same date in both fields. If you specify only a beginning
date, the range extends through the present. If you specify only an ending date,
the range starts with the earliest recorded date. You can either type the dates
in the format indicated, or you can click the icon to use the calendar navigator.
To select a year in the calendar navigator, click the down arrow and select a year
from the drop-down list. Click an angled bracket on either side of a month to select
that month. Click a date to select that date in the calendar. If you decide not to select a date, click Close.
If you would like to remove all values from the date field, click Clear.