• Results
  The results page is the primary searching area, allowing visitors to search, filter, and find additional search related resources. See details for this area below.
• Advanced
  This page allows you to more easily tell Search Center specifics re: how you want to search your results. See more details later on this page.

SEARCH CENTER RESULTS - DETAILS

• ODE
  The default searches the entire site.
• Topics
  Searches within ODE topics;
• Pages
  Searches within ODE web pages (doesn't include file types like PDF, DOC);
• News
  Searches within ODE news announcements and press releases;
• Events
  Searches within ODE events;
• Contacts
  Searches the contacts identified on ODE topic and web pages;
• Staff
  Searches the ODE staff applications.

• LINK
  The link contains the title and location of the link. Click the link to view details.
• DESCRIPTION
  The description contains either pre-determined text that provides an overview of the link, or it displays "sections" of text within the match.
  Note: if one of your words matched a word in the description, the word will be bold.
• SIZE
  This indicates the size of the file that will be downloaded if you click the related link.
• AUTHORS
  This information may be displayed on particular files. This may or may not indicate the name of the contact person - in fact in many cases, this simply refers to the last person that made updates to the document.
• DATE
  This is the date the document was last updated.
  Note: ODE's web site is dynamically driven by pages read from a database. In the case that a page was "rendered" from a database, the last updated date will normally not be valid - consequently not useful as a "last updated date".
• RELATED ICON
  If the links file type is commonly known to Search Center, an icon will appear. This is particularly useful for PDF, Word, and other files.

• Topic Search (title)
• Page Search (title, keyword)
• Keyword Search (keyword)
• News Announcements and Releases(title)
• Calendar (title)
• Reports (category, title)
• Topic Contacts (topic, contact, title, phone)
• ODE Staff (first name, last name)

• When Do I Use?
  If you can't find what you are looking for using the ODE Search Center, you can use ODE Google Search to search through the ODE web site with Google.
• Definition
  Google Spider Search - ODE Web Files are Searched by the Google Search Spiders and Info is Stored in the Google Database
• Details
  The Google database is automatically populated by gathering words from each ODE page result, then categorizing them in the Google database. In addition, file names and content information is reviewed and populated.
  
  Search results are sorted based on defined ranking rules that Google has identified.

ADVANCED SEARCH - DETAILS

• All of these words:
  Each result must contain all words listed.
• The exact phase:
  All words listed will be searched together as typed, and only exact matches will display in the results list.
• Any of these words:
  Each word listed will be searched independently and appended to the results list.
• None of these words:
  Each word listed will be searched independently and any matched results will NOT be included in the results list.
• Only the language(s):
  Allows you to indicate specific languages to include. By default, none are checked and all lanuguages are included in the search.
• Property restrictions:
  Specify combinations that will restrict the results.

• PRIMARY SEARCH
• ODE Search Center    
  Search for links using keywords.

• SECONDARY SEARCHES
• Topics    
  Similar to a Table of Contents - find a listing of ODE topics, then click the topic link to go to the topic's home page. Enter words to display related topics.
• Pages   08/30/2012 (1.94 KB)
  Search ODE web pages - these are web pages and not PDF, Word, Excel, or PPT files.
• News Announcements    
• News Releases    
  Official news notices that have been released to the press.
• Calendar of Events    
• Reports - Table of Contents   02/09/2012 (484 Bytes)
  A listing of reports found throughout the ODE web site.
• ODE's Google Search   08/30/2012 (1.35 KB)
  Major internet search engines work well for this kind of searching - Google is one of many you may decide to use.

• ADDITIONAL EMPLOYEE/STAFF SEARCH OPTIONS
• ODE Topic Contacts    
  Search for contacts of ODE's primary topic areas.
• ODE Staff Search by Name   12/22/2011 (2.34 KB)
  Search ODE staff by first and last name (also includes links to other staff searches).
• Search ODE Staff by Section   12/22/2011 (743 Bytes)
• ODE General Phone Listing   12/22/2011 (1.14 KB)
• School Directory    
  The Oregon School Directory lists district and key staff names, addresses, phone numbers and E-mail addresses where you may obtain information about job openings in the local schools and education service districts.

• Adobe Acrobat
  Find more information about our use of Adobe Acrobat.

• Microsoft
  Use the link to find details and download links for viewers.
  Microsoft Word ; Microsoft Power Point ; Microsoft Excel

• Flash Player
  This plug in is used for interactive web pages. Find details and download links for their player.
• Real Player
  Oregon.gov hosts the ODE streaming audio and video files. Their default media player is REAL Player. Find details and download links for their player. Audio Files ; Video Files

• ODE Descriptive Icons
  Publication ; External Link

• Web Site Tools
  Find detailed information regarding preferred setup and applications necessary to view areas of the ODE web site (e.g. Browser info, links to PDF/Word/Flash).