Advanced Search

Use the search filters to refine your search results.

To refine your search results

Once your keyword search results display, in the Refine By section of the Search Results page, you can do any of the following:

• Search for specific terms within your category.
  1. Enter a search term in the Search from this point field.
  2. Click .

     The results page refreshes with the new results.

• Select a subcategory for a more content-targeted search (such as a specific area within a subject).
  1. On the left side of the results page, select a subcategory (for example, Engineering > Aerospace).
  2. Click Refine.

     The results page refreshes with the filtered results.

• Select one or more filters for a more personalised search (such as content within your learning plan, or assets recommended by your colleagues).
  1. On the left side of the results page, in the Refine By section, select one or more filters (such as Show items only in my Learning Plan).
  2. Click Refine.

     The results page refreshes with the filtered results.

Note: To view the results of a single asset type (for example, Books or Courses) click View All next to the appropriate asset heading.

Available Actions within the Search Results

Depending on the content type, different actions are available within each result. Here are some of the most common:

• Details: Opens the content details page.
• Launch: Launches the content item.
• More Actions: Additional actions available for the content item. Note that not some actions may not be available to you.
  • Download: Downloads the content for offline use.

    Note: Courses download through the Skillsoft Course Manager (SCM). If you do not have SCM installed, a new window opens automatically and you are prompted to install it.

  • Share: Opens the Share dialogue box, which displays the direct URL of the content details page, code to embed the link to the content details page and a link to send an email containing the content item's direct URL, ID and title. For more information, see Share an Asset with Others.
  • Save: Opens the Save to My Learning Plan dialogue box so you can add the content item directly to your learning plan.
  • Related Items: Displays the content item's series (if applicable), related Library topics and related series.
  • View Relevant Topics: Displays all the topics within courses that are relevant to the content item.
  • View Relevant Sections: Displays the specific sections within the Book that are relevant to the content item.