Help for Searching Books Online

Using the Search Utility

The search utility lets you search the keywords in all the HTML files in Books Online. Use the following options to narrow your search:

Use any search words when you are not sure of the exact word that you are looking for. For example if you are searching for snapshot environment, using this option will display links to all pages containing the words snapshot or environment.
Use all search words when you know exactly what you are looking for. For example, System Requirement - Oracle, Content Indexing, etc.
Use Search whole words only option when you are searching for a word that may be a subset of larger words. For example: if you are searching for ACL, using this option will eliminate a large number of results. (without using the option you may end up with links to files that have the word Oracle in it.)

If you are searching for a specific feature use the Index to locate the link to the feature. The Index is useful if you are not sure of the exact spelling, or if a full-text search gives too many matches.
Within the Index, if the term is not listed under a specific alphabet, use the Find or Search option from the browser and search the sub-section of the keyword you are searching for.

For example: If you are looking for the word Encryption under the alphabet E, searching for the word Encryption using the browser' search option will locate the word listed under Data Encryption.
If you are searching for product specific information use the Features page associated with the product.
Use the search utility only when the above 2 methods fails to locate the topic you are searching for or if you want a more comprehensive search of the entire documentation.