Interpreting Search Results | Collaboratory Help Center

Collaboratory offers a robust search feature that allows faculty, staff, students, and community members to quickly and easily understand the who, what, when, where, and why of an institution's engagement in community. All searches bring about returns through the lens of the activity (Collaboratory’s unit of analysis). The table below illustrates what is returned via search when a specific filter or keyword search is used.

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Starting Point	Example	Results
Unit Filter	Unit = School of Public Health	Using the Unit filter to search for the unit, “School of Public Health” returns: Published activities where Public Health is listed as a unit partner Community organizations connected to published activities where Public Health is listed as a unit partner Courses connected to published activities where Public Health is listed as a unit partner Faculty and Staff who partner on published activities where Public Health is listed as a unit partner Units that are a direct match for Public Health, units nested within Public Health
Organization Type Filter	Type = Education: K-12	Using the Community Organization filter to search for Education: K-12 types returns: Published activities that involve a K-12 organization Community organizations that are labeled K-12 and are a partner on a published activity Courses connected to published activities that involve a K-12 organization Faculty and Staff who partner on published activities that involve a K-12 organization Units that partner on published activities that involve a K-12 organization
Scholarship Filter	Scholarship: courses = yes	Using the Scholarship filter to search for content associated with courses returns: Published activities that are connected to a course Community organizations that partner on published activities that are connected to a course Faculty and Staff who partner on published activities that are connected to a course Units that partner on published activities that are connected to a course NOTE: This advanced filter also allows you to search for activities excluding Research and/or Courses by selecting "Yes" or "No" in the filter.
Keyword Search	Keyword = homelessness	Searching “homelessness” via the keyword search returns any content (activities, organizations, courses, faculty/staff, and units) where the term “homelessness” is included (e.g., activity title, organization description, faculty profile) Results also include any content (organizations, courses, faculty/staff, and units) that are associated with an activity that includes the term “homelessness”

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