Adam Matthew products contain several search functions to help you find relevant documents and content quickly and easily.

The basic search box is located at the top right-hand corner of every page [highlights search box], above the navigation bar. If the search box is closed, click the magnifying glass button to open [highlights 'apply search' magnifying glass icon].

Click the search box and input your search term or phrase [types "autumn directive"]. When searching for a phrase, add quotation marks around your phrase to perform a specific search. To run your search, hit ‘Enter’ on your keyboard, or click the magnifying glass button [types "sport" and clicks 'apply search' magnifying glass button, which loads a list of search results].

Search results display as a list of documents which contain your search term within the metadata, within the text of a printed page, within a transcript or within multiple locations.

The current search criteria will be displayed at the top of the document list in the ‘Current search criteria’ box [highlights 'Current search criteria' box]. The search type [highlights 'Search Types'] allows you to limit your search to those documents containing your term in the metadata or within the full text of a printed page. You can remove these criteria individually by clicking the ‘X’ beside each term [clicks 'x' beside metadata search type] or clear all using the button at the top-right of the search criteria box [highlights 'clear all']. You can also save the search to My Account for future reference [highlights 'My Account'].

Scroll through the list of results using your mouse wheel or the browser’s scroll bar on the right-hand side of the page [scrolls through list of search results]. If your search produced multiple pages of results, you can use the ‘Previous’ and ‘Next’ buttons at the bottom of the page to browse the list [presses 'Next'], or type a specific page number into the box provided [highlights box and types a number] and hit ‘Enter’.

You can sort your list of search results by title or date [highlights 'Sort by' dropdown and shows options available], show more, or less results per page [highlights 'View'], or choose to view the results as a thumbnail grid by clicking the ‘view grid’ icon [highlights 'View grid' icon].

You can also apply filters to further narrow down your search results [highlights filter options]. Available filters vary by product, but always include date [types a date example and clicks 'Apply']. Click the ‘Apply’ button to filter.

You can carry out a more specialised search of a product’s content using the Advanced Search function. Click on ‘Advanced search’ underneath the basic search box at the top right-hand corner of every page[highlights and clicks 'Advanced search].

Advanced search allows you to search for multiple terms at once [types 'royal' AND 'wedding']. Use the drop-down menus to select the Boolean operators [highlights Boolean operators], AND, OR and NOT. AND [highlights 'AND'] will return results containing both terms, OR [highlights 'OR'] will return results containing one term or the other, while NOT [highlights 'NOT'] will exclude search results that contain a specified term. You can also search for your term specifically within a document title. Use the plus or minus buttons [clicks 'plus' button] to add or remove search terms.

You can refine your search by a single date or a date range [types example of date]. Click the ‘Add range’ button [clicks 'Add range'] and input years or specific dates [types examples of dates].

You can also refine your search by additional filters [highlights examples of additional filters]. These may be different across products. The number of available options for each filter is visible on the right [highlights number of options], beside the drop-down arrows. Click on a filter and use the tick boxes to select one or more options [clicks three filter options].

Your selected search criteria are listed at the bottom of the page [highlights 'Search criteria will be refined by' box, with selected filter options]. You can clear these individually using the ‘X’ beside each term [clicks 'x' by one example] or all at once using the ‘Clear all’ button [highlights 'Clear all'].

Click the ‘Search’ button [clicks 'Search'] to run your search or click ‘Clear form’ [highlights 'Clear form'] to remove all search criteria and start again.