Searching

tDAR's search function allows users to easily locate existing resources using either a basic or advanced search.
To begin searching, click on the "Search" button located on the tDAR toolbar.

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Basic Search

The basic search allows you to search all fields of existing resources using keywords.
Type in your search terms and click "search" to view your results.

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See the "Search Results" section below.

Advanced Search

The advanced search allows the user to generate more refined search results. The advanced search function can be located two ways; either by clicking on "advanced search" to the right of the search field, or by placing your cursor over the "Search" button located on the tDAR toolbar and selecting "Advanced Search".
Advanced searches can search within all fields (basic search), titles, tDAR ids, specific projects, resource types, temporal limits, spatial limits, investigation types, site information, material types, cultural terms, temporal keywords, general keywords, and submitters/authors/contributors. Fields may be left blank.

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Temporal Limits

Here you can limit search results to a specific date range using calendar dates or radiocarbon dates. If using calendar dates, enter a beginning and ending Julian calendar year. Use negative numbers to indicate BC dates. If using radiocarbon dates enter a maximum/minimum radiocarbon age. Do not enter calendar era designations such as "B.C.E" or "A.D."

Spatial Limits

tDAR allows you to limit search results by using a geographic term (e.g. named regions, geographic features, states, towns, etc.) or to those resources that fall within a bounding box on a map.
Drawing a bounding box

Use the Google Map display to navigate to your search location
click the "Select Region" button
draw a box that best approximates the area that you would like to search

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Investigation Types

To limit your search by investigation type(s), check the appropriate boxes. Hovering your cursor over the text will bring up a text box describing each investigation type.

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Site Information

You are able to limit your search by site name or site type(s). Hovering your cursor over the text will bring up a text box describing each site type.

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Material Types

Here you can limit your search by material type(s). Hovering your cursor over the text will bring up a text box describing each material type.

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Cultural Terms

In this section you can limit your search by cultural term(s). You may enter cultures not included in the list in the "other" field.

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Temporal Information

Here you can limit your search by temporal keywords (e.g. "Postclassic", "Sedentary", "Bronze Age", etc.).

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General Keywords

Here you can limit your search by general keywords. General keywords may include specific types of investigations undertaken as part of resource creation (e.g., "material sourcing", "ceramic petrography", "experimental archaeology"), specific site types ("rock gardens", "ground stone production area", "shrine"), as well as overarching descriptive terms ("economy", "warfare").

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Search by Submitter/Author/Contributor

Searching by Submitter, Author or Contributor allows you to enter names of individuals or institutions responsible for the creation or submission of resources in tDAR.

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Sorting Options and Submit

Sorting options allow you to indicate the order in which the search results will be returned (e.g. relevance, date, ID, etc).
Selecting "Search" will bring up your search results. Selecting "reset" will clear all search fields.

Search Results

Search results are returned by relevance by default. Ten records are displayed per page, and the number of records, as well as links to click on specific pages, are available at the top of the Search Results page.

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Clicking on the title of the record will take you to its page.
A number of options for refining and limiting your search are available on the right hand column of the search page.

Search Options

Here you are able to refine your search results, download your results to Excel, or change your sorting preferences.

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To refine your search you select "Modify Search" and return to the Advanced Search page.

To download a copy of your search results to Excel, select "to Excel". The Excel document includes the search terms, a URL to the search results, the individual who downloaded the file with a time and date stamp, and the search results (ID, Resource Type, Title, Date, Authors, Project, Description, Number of Files, URL, and Physical Location).

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The "Sort By" drop down menu allows you to reorder the results by relevance, ID, ID (reversed), Title, Title (Z-A), Project, Date, Date (reversed), Date Updated, Date Updated (Reversed), Resource Type, Resource Type (Z-A).

Limit Your Search

tDAR allows you to limit your search by resource type, document type, or file access. The number of returned records of each type is indicated in parentheses.

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