The redcross
search engine provides general search and advance search. The advance search
options are broken down into those major categories: Disaster
Services,Biomedical Services,Armed Forces Services,Health and Safety Services
,International Services,Community Services,Nursing,Youth Services,Volunteer
Services,Museum,News,Press Room,Publications and Job Opportunities. Each option
limits your search to the content within the selected category. To use the
search tool, select one of the options from the menu above, then enter the word
or words you would like to search for on our Web site.
If you need to... Example - Search the Web site to find information on a
particular topic, select Whole Site as your search option. Example - Search for a particular news topic, select News as
your search option Example - Search for a particular Biomedical Services topic, select Biomedical Services as
your search option
Search three different ways...
The new search engine responds to questions, phrases and single words. Example - Question Search: how do I change my password? Example - Phrase Search: change password Example - Single word Search: password
With natural language queries, the search engine can
interpret the context of the question you are asking and offer matching
results. Natural Language queries work best when you pose only one question or
phrase at a time.
To find more topics related to your query, check the
boxes next to the items that most closely match your search topic, then click
the button labeled 'Suggest More.'
At its simplest, a search query can be just a word. But with the tips on this page, you can refine your search to give you more complete results.
Look for a phrase by typing the whole phrase. Example - type Daily News to find the exact phrase Daily News. Since the search is not case-sensitive, this is equivalent to daily news.
Look for two or more words at once by using the AND operator. Example - type Daily AND News to find documents that have both the word Daily and the word News anywhere.
Look for words that are close to each other by using the NEAR operator instead of the AND operator. When you use NEAR, the closer together the words are, the higher the rank of the page, so the higher it appears in the list of search results. Example - type Daily NEAR News to match documents where the word Daily is within 50 words of the word News.
Look for synonyms or similar words by using the OR operator. Note that if you don't use the OR operator and search using multiple words, the words are treated as a phrase. Example - type dogs OR puppies to find the word dogs or the word puppies, but not necessarily both.
Limit your search by using the AND NOT operator to exclude words. Example - type animal AND NOT safety to find all instances of animal, as long as animal is not followed by the word safety.
Use AND, OR, NOT, or NEAR literally by using double quotes. Example - type "houses near parks" to find documents with the phrase houses near parks. Without the double quotes, this query would use the NEAR operator instead of the phrase.
Look for words that begin with the same letters by using a single asterisk (*). Example - type key* to find key, keying, keyhole, keyboard, and so on.
Look for all forms of a word by using a double asterisk (**). Example - type fly** to match fly, flew, flown, and flying.
