Contents

• How to Perform a Basic Search
• How to Decipher and Access Results
• Narrowing Down the Search Results
• How about a Test Drive?

Note: The examples used on this help tutorial search Chuck Smith's content.

To search the content by Chuck Smith, simply enter the search criteria into the search box and press  Search . Our example below searches the word righteousness.

After submitting your request, the results will appear on the page below. For our example, there are a total of 712 results for righteousness.

First, each result is assigned a unique number to help you keep track of the results.

Second, each result indicates the title of the page.

Third, there is a short sampling of about seventy five words from within the content (though this sample text does not necessarily contain your search criteria).

To access a specific piece of content, simply click on the hyperlinked title and it will take you to a page containing the material in its entirety.

The first thing you can do to narrow down the search results is limit the search to a specific type of content. Beneath the search box, there is a link that says 'Show/Hide More Options'.

By clicking on this link you will see three different types of content listed.

Whatever type of content has the check box marked will be searched. So to narrow your search down to one type of content, make sure that it is the only one checked before pressing  Search .

You can also narrow down your search results by using certain Boolean operators. These are 'OR' and 'NOT' ('AND' is already assumed when entering more than one word).

If you are searching for a two specific words, but you only need one of the two words to be found in the content, then you should use the 'OR' operator. Here is how it works. For our example, let's say you want to know when Chuck Smith refers to either the word Greek or the word Hebrew, you would enter Greek OR Hebrew in the search box (580 results).

If, however, you wanted to find where he refers to Greek, but not Hebrew in the same piece of content, then you would enter Greek NOT Hebrew in the search box (266 results).

By simply entering Greek Hebrew in the search box, it is treated like Greek AND Hebrew (145 results).

You may also search for specific phrases by enclosing the phrase in quotation marks. For example, you can search for the phrase, "the sure mercies of David" by entering  "the sure mercies of David"  in the search box (4 results).