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1. On the Basic Sample Search page, opened as described in 3 - Managing Samples in caNanoLab 2.1 DRAFT, click the Advanced Search link in the upper right corner of the page.

2. The following table lists and describes each field. Enter text or select options as appropriate.

   Advanced Search Category	Description
   Sample Criteria	Select an option in the first drop-down list. Select from the second drop-down, Contains (for search using partial text) or Equals (for exact text search). Enter complete or partial text in the text box.
   Composition Criteria	Select an option in the first drop-down list. Your selection drives the options that display in the second drop-down as well as the options or text box that displays for the rest of the category. Select from the second drop-down, Contains (for partial text search) or Equals (for exact text search). Select your options or enter appropriate text in the text box. Note: Chemical name is optional. Available terms are defined in the caNanoLab Glossary.
   Characterization Criteria	Select a Characterization Type in the first drop-down list. Your selection drives the options that display in the second drop-down as well as the options or text boxes that displays for the rest of the category. The last text box is either a boolean value or number value, depending on the third drop-down list. An optional drop-down box for units displays only if the data has a unit. Select your options or enter appropriate text in the text box(es). Available terms are defined in the caNanoLab Glossary.

3. Click Add to each set of criteria you define. As you add criteria, they display in a table above the criteria fields on the page. Click Reset to clear the fields.
4. Select the And or Or operand at the bottom of each set of criteria when you enter more than one criteria in a set. And or Or determines whether, for the set, the search finds samples that meet all of the criteria or that meet any one of the criteria.
5. Select the And or Or operand at the bottom of the page that determines whether the search finds samples that meet only all of the criteria or that meet any one of the criteria.
   To clear all fields and start again, click the Reset button.
6. To execute the search, click the Search button.

The samples that fulfill the search criteria are listed as sample name hyperlinks. Click the hyperlink to view the sample. For more information about search results, see 3 - Managing Samples in caNanoLab 2.1 DRAFT, see Viewing a Sample.

Launching a Google Search

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