The way that information is entered at the search screen is important. Please have a look at the examples and hints below, and the notes on how to search effectively in the Search Basics section.

You can also Browse the index of names in the database and paste terms into the "Name" search box. The Browse List button will open a new window, with names that can be scanned through and pasted into the search screen Name box. When a name or names have been added to the search screen, click on the Search button to run the search.

The forward slash is understood by the search software to mean OR Thus, the last example, reads as: "find any organisation called 'Abilympics' OR any organisation called 'TASRAD'".

This works well if you are sure of the organisation's name, or if you have pasted it from the Browse List.

To save typing, you can also type just part of the name:

Note: It is important to remember that if you type in a list of words together, as in the above examples, then an exact match is what will be look for: all the words, in exactly the same order. You need to be sure what you are looking for if you do this.

Alternatively, you can ask for individual words that occur in the name:

Separating each individual word with the & (ampersand) tells the search software to find any organisation with the word "memory", AND the word "loss", AND the word "living" in its name. They all have to be there, but it does not matter which order they are in. If you are not exactly sure about an organisation's name, this can be a very useful way to find it.