How to Search the JITC NIPRNet Server
To begin your search, type in one or more descriptive words in the search box and either hit the "Enter" key or click on the Search Button. If your search produced results (see Notes Section), you will see a list of relevant links you may select to view the pages/documents along with a short text listing from the page/document where the match was found. To refine or narrow your search, just add more words to your search. Your new search should return a smaller subset of the results.
All of your search words will be combined to find matches so there is no need to include "and" between terms. Also, the order in which the terms are typed will affect the search results. To restrict a search further, just include more terms.
Searches, which contain common words and characters such as "where" and "how", as well as certain single digits and single letters, will ignore the common words because they tend to slow down your search without improving the results. A "Phrase Search" (placing quotation marks around two or more words) may be conducted if a common word is essential to getting the results you want.
Choosing Keywords
To provide the best results, it is important that you choose your search words wisely. Here are some tips to help you determine the best search words:
- Try the obvious first. If you're looking for information on a specific Interoperability Conference, enter "13th Annual Interoperability Conference" rather than "Conference".
- Use words likely to appear on a site with the information you want. "TSSI" gets better results than "JITC".
- Make keywords as specific as possible. "JITC Policy Documents" gets more relevant results than "JITC documents".
The JITC NIPRNet search does not provide support for "wildcard" searches. Your search is based on exactly the words that you enter in the search box. Searching for "book" or "book*" may not yield "books" or "bookstore". If in doubt, try all forms of the words you are searching for to make sure you receive the best results.
Capitalization
Searches are NOT case sensitive. All letters, regardless of how you type them, will be understood as lower case. For example, searches for "interoperability", "Interoperability", and "InterOperability" will all return the same results.
Notes:
No Results. If no matching documents are found, the search engine will either try and suggest other words that may provide results based on your search or it may just report that there was no results found for your search.
Browser Errors. Once in a while you'll find that you can't access a particular site. Your browser may show one of the following error messages:
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DNS Lookup Failed. DNS (domain name server) is a program that exists wherever you get your Internet access. It turns the Web site address that most users see (www.excite.com for example) into a corresponding numerical address that can be read by a computer. A DNS Lookup Failed message indicates that the browser could not contact your domain name server, or that the domain name server was not aware of the site. Make sure the domain name is not misspelled.
File Not Found. The page may no longer exist, or it may have moved to another address.
Server Error or Server Busy Error. The computer you're trying to contact may be offline, may have crashed, or may be busy. You might want to try again later.