# Advanced Search

Advanced search will allow you to query the entire database of articles, comments, posts and other pages to find what your looking for. When conducting a query, at least one field must be selected. The query fields are:

Field | Required | Description
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Key Words | No | These are the key words you wish to search for, an example would be "Free" or "Fun" (without the quotes). From the drop-down menu, you can select if search results should contain the exact phrase (exactly as you entered it), all of the words, or any of the words. Wildcards may also be used here. A "%" can substitute for zero or more characters while a "_" can subsitute a single character.
Titles Only | No | Check this box if you only want to search item titles
Date | No | Date range to search on. Enter the start date and end date for your search
Topic | No | Select the topic you wish to search on from the drop-down list
Type | No | Select the type of the search. Your options are "All", which searches through all the searchable content of the site, or you can restrict your search to only one of "Stories", "Comments" as well as other content available on this site.
Authors | No | Select the author you wish to search on
Results | No | Select the number of search results you want to see per page