Searching Our Website

Hints for Searching our Website

You can search for information on a particular page once you have it displayed in your browser or you can search our entire website for occurrences of words or phrases or you can switch for between these two methods.

Searching on a Particular Page

Once a page is displayed, you can use your browser's "Find on this page" function to search for items on that page. For most browsers (e.g., Internet Explorer, Firefox, Maxthon, Netscape, Safari, Opera, and Camino), the "Find" function is on the "Edit" pull down menu.

Suppose you are viewing an article in ESUN and you would like to know if the word "translocation" appears anywhere in the article, Select the "Find" function and enter the word translocation into the find box. The Find function will take you to the first occurrence of the word translocation if it appears in the article.

Suppose you are viewing an article in ESUN and you would like to know if the phrase "solid tumor" appears anywhere in the article, Select the "Find" function and enter the phrase solid tumor into the find box. The Find function will take you to the first occurrence of the phrase "solid tumor" if it appears in the article.

Suppose you are on our webpage that displays the clinical trials that are currently accepting patients, Once you have selected the "Find" function, you can search the listing of clinical trials on the displayed page by using the name of a:

	Specific sarcoma, e.g., leiomyosarcoma
	Class of sarcomas, e.g., soft-tissue sarcoma
	Specific drug, e.g., imatinib
	Type of treatment, e.g., radiation
	Specific cancer center, e.g., Dana-Farber
	Specific city or country, e.g., New York or France.

Searching Our Entire Website

You can search our entire website by using the advanced search facility of any search engine that allows you to limit the "domain" of your search.

Suppose that you wanted to find all of the instances in which "mTOR inhibitor" are discussed on our website.

	Google™ Example: Click here to access Google™'s Advanced Search. Enter mTOR inhibitor in the "Exact Phrase" box, set the "Domain" pull down to "Only" return results from the site or domain and enter "liddyshriversarcomainitiative.org" in the domain box, then click on the "Google Search" button. The results page will appear giving you links to all of the places on our website where the phrase "mTOR inhibitor" is used.
	Yahoo!® Example: Click here to access Yahoo!®'s Advanced Search. Enter mTOR inhibitor in the "Exact Phrase" box, check the "only search in this domain/site" and enter "liddyshriversarcomainitiative.org" in the box next to it, leave all of the pull downs to "any part of the page", then click on the "Yahoo! Search" button. The results page will appear giving you links to all of the places on our website where the phrase "mTOR inhibitor" is used.
	altavista™ Example: Click here to access altavista™'s Advanced Search. Enter mTOR inhibitor in the "Exact Phrase" box, enter a specific sarcoma in the "all of these words" box, check "Location by domain" and enter "liddyshriversarcomainitiative.org" in the box next to it, then click on the "Find" button. The results page will appear giving you links to all of the places on our website where the phrase "mTOR inhibitor" is used.

Suppose that you wanted to see if there is any material on our website in which "vaccines" are discussed in conjunction with "leiomyosarcoma".

	Google™ Example: Click here to access Google™'s Advanced Search. Enter vaccine in the "Exact Phrase" box, enter leiomyosarcoma the "All the words" box, set the "Domain" pull down to "Only" return results from the site or domain and enter "liddyshriversarcomainitiative.org" in the box, then click on the "Google Search" button. The results page will appear giving you links to all of the places on our website where both "vaccine" and "leiomyosarcoma are used.
	Yahoo!® Example: Click here to access Yahoo!®'s Advanced Search. Enter vaccine in the "Exact Phrase" box, enter leiomyosarcoma in the "All of these words" box, check the "only search in this domain/site" and enter "liddyshriversarcomainitiative.org" in the box next to it, leave all of the pull downs to "any part of the page", then click on the "Yahoo! Search" button. The results page will appear giving you links to all of the places on our website where both "vaccine" and "leiomyosarcoma are used.
	altavista™ Example: Click here to access altavista™'s Advanced Search. Enter vaccine in the "Exact Phrase" box, enter leiomyosarcoma in the "all of these words" box, check "Location by domain" and enter "liddyshriversarcomainitiative.org" in the box next to it, then click on the "Find" button. he results page will appear giving you links to all of the places on our website where both "vaccine" and "leiomyosarcoma are used.

Suppose that you wanted to see if there is any material on our website in which "gene silencing" is discussed in conjunction with "Ewing's sarcoma".

	Google™ Example: Click here to access Google™'s Advanced Search. Enter Ewing's sarcoma in the "Exact Phrase" box, enter "gene silencing" (notice the use of the quote marks around the phrase gene silencing) the "All the words" box, set the "Domain" pull down to "Only" return results from the site or domain and enter "liddyshriversarcomainitiative.org" in the box, then click on the "Google Search" button. The results page will appear giving you links to all of the places on our website where both "Ewing's sarcoma" and "gene silencing" are used.
	Yahoo!® Example: Click here to access Yahoo!®'s Advanced Search. Enter Ewing's sarcoma in the "Exact Phrase" box, enter "gene silencing" (notice the use of the quote marks around the phrase gene silencing) in the "All of these words" box, check the "only search in this domain/site" and enter "liddyshriversarcomainitiative.org" in the box next to it, leave all of the pull downs to "any part of the page", then click on the "Yahoo! Search" button. The results page will appear giving you links to all of the places on our website where both "Ewing's sarcoma" and "gene silencing" are used.
	altavista™ Example: Click here to access altavista™'s Advanced Search. Enter Ewing's sarcoma in the "Exact Phrase" box, enter "gene silencing" (notice the use of the quote marks around the phrase gene silencing) in the "all of these words" box, check "Location by domain" and enter "liddyshriversarcomainitiative.org" in the box next to it, then click on the "Find" button. he results page will appear giving you links to all of the places on our website where both "Ewing's sarcoma" and "gene silencing" are used.