Search Rules
This search engine helps you find documents on this website and related sites. Here's how it works: you tell the search service what you're looking for by typing in keywords, phrases, or questions in the search box. The search service responds by giving you a list of all the Web pages in our index relating to those topics. The most relevant content will appear at the top of your results.
How To Use:
- Type your keywords in the search box.
- If you wish to restrict your search to a certain area of the site select the required section from the Search Index drop down box.
I.e. to search only in the "Teaching and Learning" section select this from the drop down box.
(If you wish to search the whole site, leave this box with the "All" option visible.)
- Press the Search button to start your search.
Searching for a Phrase?
You can link words and numbers together into phrases if you want specific words or numbers to appear together in your result pages. If you want to find an exact phrase, use "double quotation marks" around the phrase when you enter words in the search box.
Example #1: To find term dates, type "term dates" in the search box. You can also create phrases using punctuation or special characters such as dashes, underscore lines, commas, slashes, or dots.
Example #2: Try searching for 2005-2006 instead of 2005 2006. The dashes link the numbers together as a phrase.
Simple Tips for More Exact Searches
Searches are case insensitive. Searching for "Term" will match the lowercase "term" and uppercase "TERM".
By default, all searches are accent insensitive as well. Accent sensitivity relates to Latin characters like õ.
Including or excluding words:
To make sure that a specific word is always included in your search topic, place the plus (+) symbol before the key word in the search box. To make sure that a specific word is always excluded from your search topic, place a minus (-) sign before the keyword in the search box.
Expand your search using wildcards (*):
By typing an * within a keyword, you can match up to four letters.
Example: Try attend* to find attend, attendance, or attends.
Bristol's school attendance website