Online Help

This short guide indicates the steps necessary to carry out a basic and rapid search in the database:

· Select a source language (tick the language you are searching from) .

· Tick one or several target languages (the language(s) you are searching into) in the Target list.

· Enter your query (this can be a word, expression, abbreviation, etc.) in the Search window.

· Press the Search button. The hit list will display a list of matching terms on the left of the screen.

· From the hit list, click on single entries, which will then be shown on the right.

· Once you have read the information of one entry, you can click directly on a new entry in order to view it.

Additional tips:

Exact Match:

· When entering your query, you can tick the box 'Exact match' in order to look for the word or expression exactly as you have entered it. This option is useful in order to limit the amount of results from a search. It should, however, be reminded that this option may sometimes limit too much the results obtained.

Fuzzy Search:

· When entering your query, you may also tick the box 'Fuzzy Search' if you are not sure of the exact words so that the system will find similar entries.

Match any word:

· You may also tick the box 'Match any word' when you would like the results to show ANY of the words placed in the search window.

Also search in definition:

· And finally, you may also tick the box 'Also search in definition' so that the word or expression you are looking for is also searched for in the definition fields.

In addition to the options and features described above, it is also possible to:

Filter the results by category:

· by selecting in the Categories list the category in which you are looking for the term. The system include two types of categories:

o Titles: includes all names of FAO Bodies, departments, divisions, services, branches, programmes, etc., and other institutions.

o Terminology: includes all technical terms related to the FAO fields of activity.

Filter the results by subject:

· by selecting in the Subject list the domain(s) in which you are searching. Please note that you can select one or several subject fields (by using the Ctrl key). It should also be reminded that filtering on domains may sometimes restrict the search too much and may therefore yield few or no results at all.

Save preference:

· You may save the current settings of source and language settings chosen as your default setting.

Comments:

· When viewing an entry, you are able to send your feedback to system managers with any information that you would like to suggest in relation to this specific entry. Near the Save Preference button, and at the top right hand corner of each entry, an at sign icon is available. We kindly invite you to use the icon as much as possible to provide us with any comment, term or equivalent suggestion, etc., that would help to enhance the content of the database.

Print

· The print icon allows you to print the hit list or the actual term record.

Save as Word:

· The Word icon allows you to save the terminological record in your MSWord.