SEARCH TIPS

Type words or phrases in the search box (this is a mandatory field) to tell the search engine what you are looking for.

By default, the search only returns pages that include all of your search terms. You may use commas to separate multiple words. Do not use quotes or other operands such as * or +/-

However, should you wish to be more specific in your search, you may use the other criteria provided to refine your search.

Exact Phrase: Retrieves documents that contain words exactly as they are entered in the search.
Use this type of search if you want to retrieve pages that contain the phrase "corporate ratings" rather than pages that simply contain both "corporate" and "ratings.".
Do not use quotes or other operands such as * or +/-, merely type in the exact phrase.

Any of the words: Retrieves documents that contain at least one of the words entered in the search.
This is a good search to use when you are uncertain about what terms are likely to appear in a document.
Do not use quotes or other operands such as * or +/-, merely type in the exact phrase.

Exclude the words: Retrieves documents that do contain the words entered in the search.
This is a good search to use when you are fairly certain about what terms you would like to exclude from your search.
Do not use quotes or other operands such as * or +/-, merely type in the exact phrase.

Search complete site : The only default search option available, searches for the words typed in across all domains and modules of the site.

Search within: By default, select ALL, if you wish to search the full site.

When a particular module is selected, permits narrowing the search for the words typed to a single module on the site.
Selecting a specific module is a good idea if you are very certain about the location or the specific context of your search.
You may select one module at a time for this.

Sort results date-wise or domain-wise can be done only when the user chooses to view the detailed categorised search result option. Thus, the categorised search results will be sorted date-wise (with latest records first) or domain-wise as selected. Display per page allows changing the number of search results to be displayed.

Quick Search :: How to interpret search results: This is a speedy search, where the search engine indexes complete text and database driven content and provides a complete listing of all records in a reverse chronological order (i.e. latest records first).

There is no distinction made here for records that arise from a database (articles, data items) or the module that they belong to.

The choice of number of results selected for display determines the number per page, following which the entire set of search results are categorised in batches of 1/2/3 and so on. You may select the batch of results you wish to view by clicking on the result batch number.

It is possible therefore that if you wished to understand what CRISIL does in industry research and searched for industry research, it would list 500 records where any of these terms appear, and will list database entries first, and descriptive static entries much later in the search out put. Thus, you may need to skip batches of search results until you obtain the documents that you need on what CRISIL does in the industry research domain.

Categorised Search :: How to interpret search results: is a specialised search, on the other hand, and takes a little longer. It, lists results domain-wise, and also specifies whether a particular record comes from a database or not.
Thus, transaction data like articles, commentaries, ratings data etc. will be clearly demarcated here, while, static brochureware data with descriptions on CRISIL's businesses would be pre-fixed accordingly. Typically, when one requests a date-wise dispaly of search results, dynamic database output like articles, commentaries, ratings data will precede the static domain-wise output.

Search within search results : Permits filtering your search results further, by putting in another keyword. Looks up the keyword in all the pages served up in your first set of search results.