TIPS FOR SUCCESSFUL SEARCHES

The keyword search is set up using standard Boolean search language, giving you maximum flexibility to make your search as broad or as focused as you like. Please take a moment to review the following helpful hints for making sure your search returns the results you're looking for.

How Do I Use Boolean Language in My Search?
What do my search results mean?

How Do I Use Boolean Language in My Search?

1. Use the exact version of a word to return the most precise results:

• [artists] = Only those listings containing the exact word "artists".

2. Use the shortest possible portion of a word, with a wild-card (*) for the missing letters, to return the most complete results

• [art*] = All listings in which "art" appears as a complete word or at the beginning of a longer word -- including art, arts, artists.

3. Use quotation marks [" "] to enclose complete phrases:

• [ "domestic violence"] = All listings in which the words domestic violence appear together, as a phrase.

4. You can link searches by using the words AND/OR.

• [art* AND education AND Tucson] = All listings in which all three words art, education, and Tucson appear (for instance, if you want to do an arts education program in Tucson).
• [museum OR history] = All listings containing at least one of the two words (for instance, if you're setting up a historical museum and want to find all funders who support either museums or history-related projects).
• [ (substance OR drug OR alcohol) AND (youth OR teen*) ] = For a substance-abuse prevention program for young people. This search captures all the terms that a funder might have used to describe the program (substance, drug, alcohol) and the target population (youth, teen).

5. If your search returns no results, try using part of the search string or a more exact search string.

• If [Ernst & Young] returns no results, try [Ernst] or [Ernst & Young, LLP] or [Ernst AND Young].
  

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What do my search results mean?

After searching our database, results are returned with three visible parts: Location, Link, and Summary.

Location: Which database returned the results.

Link: An active link to the page whose information contained the relevant search terms.

Summary: This returns the first 350 words from all relevant sections of the database for that organization. Do not be surprised if your don't see highlighted keywords at first glance, they may be present in the actual listing, so click on the link and review the listing for that organization.

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