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Useful search tips to help refine and improve your search
Search is the easiest way to quickly find products and documents of interest. Here’s a quick list of some of the most popular search tools to help refine and improve your search.
General Search Tips
General search tips video
How to use multi-term queries
By default, a search query will be set to "Match all terms" and will return products and documents that include all the terms that you have entered.
Example:
- CD3 human
- CD3 FITC
- CD3 human FITC
Alternatively, if you want to perform a wider search, selecting “Match any term” will return results that include any of the terms entered.
Example multi-term query
Operators
The following table lists the search operators that can be used to refine your search on bdbiosciences.com.
| Operators | Example | Finds products, documents, or web pages containing… |
|---|---|---|
| ? | CD11? | A five character term that starts with “CD11” |
| * | anti* | A term of any length that starts with “anti.” Performing a search for “*” will return all products, documents, or web pages. |
| " " | "96-well plate" | The exact phrase contained within double quotes |
Search operators video
Filters
Filters can be used to narrow the results of your search to find the exact product (or products) you are looking for. Using the drop-down menus for “Attributes” and Categories” allows you to filter your results first based on broad areas and then on more specific categories. Once selected, the Category menu will automatically refresh to include all the possible values for the selected attribute.
Search filters video
An example search for a specific antibody product: using specificity and reactivity filters
Step 1: Enter the specificity in the search box
Enter the desired specificity in the search box and click the Search button.
Step 2: Use the filter to narrow the selection
Expand a filter group from the filter column on the left. Check the checkbox next to a specific reactivity to automatically narrow the search results to CD5 products with the selected reactivity.
Step 3: Sort your results
Clicking the name of a column will sort the results in ascending order of the selected column for example, clicking List Price will sort all the items from least expensive to most expensive). When selected, the column will be highlighted to indicate that it is being used to sort the results.
An example search for a specific labware product: using product type and size filters
Step 1: Enter the desired product in the search box
Start by entering the desired product (pipet, tube, dish, etc.) in the search box and then clicking on the Search button.
Step 2: Select the size (or other attribute) from the filters column on the left.
If looking for a particular size, expand the Size group in the filter column, then check the checkbox next to the the size you'd like to focus on (example, 25 mL). The search results will automatically narrow to with 25mL pipet products.
An example of a broad search by product type
Step 1: Search for all products
Start with a search for “*” to return the entire product catalog.
Step 2: Use filters to narrow your selection
Expand the Product Type group from the filter column on the left. All the different types of products in our online catalog will now be displayed. Check the checkbox next to the desired product type (example Antibodies - Multicolor). The search results will automatically narrow to the product type selected.
How to search for a Material Safety Data Sheet (MSDS) or Technical Data Sheet (TDS)
Step 1: Find the product you are looking for
If you know the catalog number, enter the catalog number in the Search box. Otherwise, use the operators and filters to narrow the results to find the product you are looking for.
Step 2: Click the entry in the <strong>Docs</strong> column
Once the desired product is located, you will be able to reach the product’s applicable TDS or MSDS by clicking the link that appears in the Docs column.
Document filters
When the Documents tab in the search results is selected, filters are available to further narrow results by product documentation or web pages.
Step 1: Use the Attribute filter to narrow the selection
Select Documents from the Attribute menu. The Category menu will refresh with all applicable values for Documents.
Step 2: Use the Category filter to further narrow the selection
Select the desired type of document from the Category menu and click the Search button.
