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    • This search looks at all the sections of the website.
    • The results include resources, events and online training.
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    • Pick a topic from one of the drop down menus:
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    On the left margin, you can refine your search in a variety of ways.
    1. Type in a topic in the Search within results box and click Search
    2. Click on a tag under Age Level and/or Category and/or Disability Area and/or More Topics and click Search.
    3. These numbers indicate how many resources have this tag.
    • The search feature searches the title, description, tags, and attachments.
    • Searching the entire website or within the results will look for all variations of the root of a word.(For example, if you put "feed" in Search the entire website, you will get results will include feed, feeds, feeding, RSS feed, feedback, and newsfeed.)

    Search Example: If you put “Spanish” in the Search Entire Website box and click on Search,

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    Spanish will appear in the Quick Search on the next page and you will see all of the Spanish resources, events and online trainings.

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    If you want to see Spanish resources for Early Childhood, you can search two ways:
    #1


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    or #2

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