We're used to having information at our fingertips: enter a keyword and get pages of results. LUNA's keyword search works much like any search engine, making use of adding variables like "And" , "or", "equals", and "", and also support the use of wildcard characters.

But if you want to go deeper than a simple keyword search, then the Advance Search is the tool for you. Take advantage of the speed list results and pinpoint the exact objects you're looking for. You can also search for images from Flickr using the External Media Search.

On this page:

Simple Keyword

Using the keyword search function in LUNA is a quick, simple way to find content:

Use the keyword Search box in the top right corner to perform a keyword search across all collections you have selected.
Click the down arrow in the Search box to either "Search Catalog Data" or "Catalog Data & text in Documents". By selecting "Catalog Data & text in Documents" you'll be searching any text indexed from BookReader objects or PDFs.
Keyword Search in LUNA works much like in a search engine, so you can use the AND, OR, NOT, and "" to help refine your search.
Use wildcard characters like "*" and "?". For example, enter "Par*" for results like Paris, Parigi, Paraguay, etc. Enter "Rom?" for search results like Rome and Roma.
Search results are presented in the Thumbnail View.
You can create a link to your search result to share with others using the Share This feature, or am embeddable web widget using the Embed This feature.

Date Range

New in 7.3

When doing date range search you need to enter a value in both boxes

The dates you enter must be 4 digit year or fit one of the following patterns

Patterns:
yyyy
MM/dd/yyyy
dd MMM yyyy
MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss
MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss aa
yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss aa
yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'
yyyy-MM-dd't'HH:mm:ss'z'

See Dates in LUNA for examples.

Advanced Search

Click the down arrow in the Search box and select Advanced Search to construct advanced search queries.

These advanced search queries can be made across one, or several collections. There are three search types to choose from:

- all these words: searches for all of the words in any order. Using Boolean logic, this search is similar to using "AND". If you entered "World Heritage Sites" in this search box, the search results would contain only those items containing all three terms. The Boolean operator "AND" is used automatically with this option, so you don't need to enter it.

- any of these words: searches for any of the words entered in the search box. Using Boolean logic, this search is similar to using "OR". If you entered "World Heritage Sites" in this search box, the search results would contain all items containing any of the three terms, including results with only "World", only "Heritage", and only "Site". The Boolean operator "OR" is used automatically with this option, so you don't need to enter it.

- this exact wording: searches for all of the words in the exact order. This is similar to using quotation marks in other search engines. For instance, if you were searching for "World Heritage Sites", search results would contain only those items that contain the exact phrase "World Heritage Sites".

Searching One Collection

When only one collection is being searched, the available fields to search by are specific to that collection. You can also select to search "In Text Documents"- this will search across the indexed BookReader text and PDFs in that collection.

Cross Collection Searching

Use the Collection list to select which collections you would like to search across.

When more than one collection is being searched, the available fields to search by are Who, What, When, Where, and In Text Documents.

When using the "this exact wording" option, enter a letter or phrase to see a list of known values for that data field. As you add letters the results will continue to narrow. For example, entering "P" will give you cities like "Pittsburgh", and "Paris", and "Pike". But if you add two more letters to form "Par", the list will immediately refine itself and you'll have only values beginning with "Par".

Use the "+" symbol to add additional search values.

Date Range

Only date fields will be shown in the field selector
You must enter a start and end date
You can add more than one date range by clicking the + icon
The dates you enter must be 4 digit year or fit one of the following patterns
Patterns:
yyyy
MM/dd/yyyy
dd MMM yyyy
MM/dd/yyyy HH:mm:ss
MM/dd/yyyy hh:mm:ss aa
yyyy-MM-dd HH:mm:ss
yyyy-MM-dd hh:mm:ss aa
yyyy-MM-dd'T'HH:mm:ss'Z'
yyyy-MM-dd't'HH:mm:ss'z'
See Dates in LUNA for examples.

Data Panel Search

The Data Panel search feature is a part of the Detail View and essentially allows you to perform a quick search for a specific fielded term without having to type that value into the Keyword or Advanced Search.

Mouse over the data field and corresponding value that you'd like to search for, in the example below we're going to search for "Blackbeard the Pirate".

2. Select either "Search All Fields", or "Search Image title". By selecting "Search All Fields" you'll be searching across all fields in the selected collections for "Blackbeard the Pirate". This would be similar to entering "Blackbeard the Pirate" into the Keyword search box (including the quotes). By selecting "Search Image title" you'll be searching for "Blackbeard the Pirate" only in the Image title field.

3. If there are multiple values for that specific data field, you'll be able to select them individually.

Searching Flickr in LUNA

LUNA's External Media search works directly with the Flickr API so you can search for Flickr images in LUNA and add them to your Active Media Group. To search for images from Flickr:

Images must be marked as public in Flickr.
The more tags and descriptions to an image in Flickr, the easier it will be to find them in LUNA.
Search by Keyword or Username. Search by both to better refine your search.
Only 500 Flickr results will be available in LUNA so it is important to try and refine your search.