Search Help
How does Panoptic search work?
Panoptic processes a query consisting of one or more words or a phrase (specific series of words), and tries to find pages containing all of the words. However, Panoptic will also find "partially matching" pages, which contain only some of the words in the query.
Search Fields
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Keywords Anywhere: the Keywords Anywhere field is a full-text search that also searches all the metadata on the page.
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Name of expert: the first or last name of the expert. Be careful about using quotation marks, as many experts have middle initials and/or alternate first names.
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NRC Institute: the institute, branch or program with which the expert is affiliated. You can select multiple options from the menu by holding down the Control key while selecting.
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City: the city where the expert's office is located.
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Province: the province where the expert works. You can select multiple options from the menu by holding down the Control key while selecting.
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Language spoken by the expert: the language(s) in which the expert is fluent. You can select multiple options from the menu by holding down the Control key while selecting.
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Sort by: the order in which the search results will be displayed. You can sort search results by Relevance, Institute, or Last name.
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Display only: the language(s) in which search results will be displayed. Search results can be displayed in English records, French records, or All records.
Accented Characters
When searching for words containing accented characters, Panoptic will return only results containing the accented characters. If the user enters a query without accented characters, Panoptic will retrieve results matching both accented and non-accented words. For example, a search for "Claude Massé" would not return pages with "Claude Masse", but a search for "Claude Masse" would return pages with "Claude Massé".
Search Options
Phrase search
Example: "computer programming"
Searches for specific phrases should be enclosed in quotation marks. Only results matching all of the words enclosed in quotes will be considered a match. For example, a search for "computer programming" will find only pages containing the exact string computer programming.
Truncation
Example 1: technolog*
Example 2: *technolog*
Truncation consists of entering a part of a word followed immediately by an asterisk (*) that represents 0 or more letters, up to a full word. For example, the query technolog* would match all words starting with technolog such as technology, technologies, etc., whereas the query *technolog* would match all the same words and more, such as biotechnology. The truncation operator works both at the end and at the beginning of words, but not in the middle.
Mandatory exclusion operator
Example: database -design
Search results of high relevance will include the word
database but no occurrence of the word design. Note that search results of less relevance will satisfy the mandatory constraint (no design) but may not contain database. (This is similar to the NOT Boolean operator).
Mandatory inclusion operator
Example: electric +engineering
Search results of high relevance will include the words electric and engineering. Every result will contain the word engineering.
Dysjunction operator
Example: [nuclear atomic] reactor
Search results will include the word reactor and one or more of nuclear or atomic. The square brackets achieve a similar effect to the OR Boolean operator.
For more information on searching, please see:
http://www.panopticsearch.com/UserHelp/
Search Results
Search results are divided into fully matching and partially matching pages, ranked by relevance. The title of the page is provided with a link to the page. Panoptic also provides the option of including a summary of the article, with the search term highlighted for searches in the Anywhere field. Although the summary may give an idea of the page's contents, it is not necessarily from the most relevant part of the document.
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