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Browsers
This website is best viewed using the latest Mozilla Firefox, Microsoft Internet Explorer, or Netscape browsers. This site uses JavaScript and tables that older browsers may not be able to process.
PDF Formats
Most documents published at this site are produced in HTML, but some are published in PDF format. To read documents in PDF format the Adobe Acrobat Reader is recommended. Adobe Acrobat Reader is available at no cost at the Adobe Systems World-Wide Web Site.
Adobe Acrobat Reader has its own menu bar. When viewing documents in Adobe Acrobat Reader use its menu bar icons to Save, Print, Zoom, Find, Navigate. Increase the font size for easier viewing. When finished with the PDF file use your browser's "Back" button to return a previously visited page.
Navigating
In the CWGH&P website you may navigate using links provided at the left-hand sidebar, from popup menus located at the bottom of each page, and by using the "Back" and "Forward" buttons of your browser.
A sidebar on each page provides links to the major sections of the site.
CWGH&P website search capability is available at the top of the sidebar and from the Advanced Search page.
At the top of each page, headings indicate the section and title of the page you are viewing.
The Site Index provides an introductory overview of the site.
Searching CWGH&P
For best results searching the CWGH&P website the following techniques are recommended:
Check Spelling
Make sure your search terms are spelled correctly. The search engine will attempt to find words that sound similar to your search terms, but it is always best to try to spell your search terms correctly.
Use Multiple Words
Use multiple words when performing your search. Search results will return more refined results from several words than from a single word. For example, typing davis bacon act will yield more relevant results than typing only davis. (Keep in mind, relevant results are returned even if they don't contain all query terms.)
Example: davis bacon act
Use Similar Words
The more similar words you use in a search, the more relevant results you will get back.
Example: safe secure privacy security
Use Appropriate Capitalization
Capitalize proper nouns. Lowercase words will match any case. For example, typing manners will return all documents containing the words manners, Manners, and MANNERS. However, typing Manners will only search for pages about Manners with a capital 'M'.
Example: Manners
Use of Quotation Marks
Quotation marks may be used to find words that must appear adjacent to each other. For example, "court of appeals." Otherwise, search results will include the word court, of, and the word appeals, but not necessarily in that order. The words may appear anywhere, and in any order, within the document.
Example: "court of appeals"
- Note: CWGH&P uses an Advanced Search form with radio buttons for "Any word," "All words," and "Exact phrase". With this Advanced Search form quotes can only be used when the "Any words" radio button is selected. Quotes are ignored if the Advanced Search form "All words" or "Exact phrase" radio button is selected.
Use of Plus (+) or Minus (-)
Use a plus sign when your search term or phrase must appear in the search results. Use a minus sign to indicate undesirable term(s). The plus sign tells the search engine that a certain word or phrase is required in the search results. A minus sign indicates that a word or phrase must be absent in the search results.
A phrase must be contained within quotation marks. Leave no spaces between the plus or minus sign and the term.
Example: Atlanta+"Olympic Games"
- Note: CWGH&P uses an Advanced Search form with radio buttons for "Any word," "All words," and "Exact phrase". With this Advanced Search form plus and minus can only be used when the "Any word" radio button is selected. Plus and minus are ignored if the Advanced Search form "All words" or "Exact phrase" radio button is selected.
Field Searches
Field searches allow you to create specific searches for words that appear in a specific part of a document. A field search can be performed on body text (body:), title text (title:), alt text (alt:), meta description (desc:), meta key words (keys:) or URL (url:). The field name should be in lowercase and immediately followed by a colon. There should be no spaces between the colon and the search term.
Field searches can only be followed by a word or phrase. Phrases must be contained within quotation marks.
Example: title:"law bulletin"
Example: url:findlaw
Example: body:tort
- Note: CWGH&P uses an Advanced Search form with a list box for the field name. With this Advanced Search form field names can only be entered before a word or phrase when the "Anywhere" option is selected. Specific field names are ignored if any other Advanced Search form field is selected in the list box.
Use Wildcards
Wildcard searches can expand the number of matches for a particular request. The * character is used as the wildcard character. For instance, searching for wh* will find the words what, why, when, whether, and any other word that starts with wh. Searching for *her* will find the words here, whether, together, gathering, and any other word that contains her anywhere in the word.
Wildcards may be combined with the standard plus (+) and minus (-) modifiers, quotes for phrases, as well as the field search specifiers. +wh* -se*ch will find all pages which have a word that starts with wh and which does not contain a word that starts with se and ends with ch. "wh* are" will find the phrases where are, what are, why are, etc.
Site and Page Updates
A Date/Time stamp is located at the bottom of each page. The Welcome (Home) page Date/Time stamp indicates the date and time that any new information, update, or revision was made to any page on the site. All other Date/Time stamps refer to the exact time any new information, update, or revision was made to the page on which that stamp resides.
Site Index
The Site Index provides an introductory overview of the site with links to its major sections.
Disclaimer
This website is a public resource. It is not intended to be a source of legal advice. For legal advice please seek legal counsel.
Contacting CWGH&P
Please contact us with your comments and suggestions. The most convenient method for reaching us is to use the Email link provided at the sidebar of any page.
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