SEARCH TIPS

Please note: the database format has changed since I made these diagrams. 

They should still be somewhat helpful.


ANATOMY OF THE DATABASE:

   * Go to the Contribute to the Database section for details.

TIPS FOR SEARCHING

Click search, and the search bars appear.

  

Use the drop-down menus above the search bars to tailor your search! (Although, I usually stick with "Contains".)

  

CONNECTING TO THE RESOURCES

(I couldn't figure out the hyperlinks at first... and haven't had time to continue with this yet.) 



EXTRA HELP

Say you are looking for resources about vertical farming. Running a search using the keywords "vertical farming" together will yield only 2 results. 
Running a search for only the word "vertical" will yield 7 results, including ones with they key words "vertical farm" and "vertical garden."
Another strategy is to remove the suffix. 
Instead of searching "farming", enter the word "farm". 
Your results will include "farm", "farming", "farmer", "farmland", etc...

If you know the topic that you want to search,  
try a variety of searches using related words. 
Don't know where to start? 
Check out the glossary for ideas!

More details about the structure of the database in ABOUT the Database section .