Help with search

The search bar lets you search using any combination of category, keywords and location.

• Category boxes - use these if you know the type of information you want to find

• by Keywords - type one or more words to describe what you are looking for (e.g. childcare)

• by Location - use this to find results which serve your location.  Try a placename such as Crowthorne, or postcode (RG12 1DJ or RG12) etc.

• If you have a list of services displayed within a category section and want to order the services in order of distance from your home, use the "Refine these results  - Filter by postcode" option on the left.

More Advice on Keyword Searching

Typing in a word or a few words into the Keywords box brings you back all entries that contain at least one of the words you have entered.  You can also use special characters to limit your results more closely.

The plus sign (+) before a word means that each of the results must contain that word, so the example search below brings back only records results containing both of the words housing and advice, for example:

+housing +advice

Using double quotes (") around your search words brings back only results that contain those words as an exact phrase, for example:

"badminton club"

Using search filters

Once you have your search results, you may be able to improve them still further by selecting one or more of the search filters which are displayed in lists to the right of your results. These filters allow you to limit results by subject area such as 'school pick-ups',  and 'provides funding' so on. The more use you make of the filters, the more focussed your results will be.