Welcome to the Content Explorer! There are two basic ways to search, and this is a guide to them.

1. Keyword search

   Just type in one or more words in the search box and click SUBMIT or hit the ENTER key.

   If you type more than one word in, the search engine will look for all content that contains ANY of the words (it assumes you mean X or Y or Z).

   If you want to search for content that contains ALL of the words you type in, put the word AND between them (X and Y and Z).

   If you're looking for an exact match, like the name of an organization or a significant phrase, put the words in quotes. For example, you could type in "Corporation for Supportive Housing" or "cost effectiveness."

   You can also mix things up. You could type in "supportive housing" and "cost effectiveness", for example, to get content that has both exact phrases in it. Or you could type in "family homelessness" or "homeless families" to get content that has either exact phrase in it.

   If you want to get really fancy, you can exclude words or phrases. An example would be "supportive housing" and not families.

   If you want to substitute a plus sign (+) for AND, just make sure to leave no space in front of the word/phrase you want included (example: X +Y +Z).

2. Filter search

   There are 6 types of filters: Issues, Content Types, Property Types, Number of Units, Area Population and Date.

   This is so you can narrow your search to its most accurate. Every filter is treated like an AND, so the search engine will look for content tagged with all the filters you checked.

   Issues
   These are the five major issues in homelessness.

   Content Types
   These help you narrow your search to certain areas of the site or kinds of content.

   Property Types
   If you are looking for housing projects, this will help you narrow down the kind of property.

   Number of Units
   This narrows down the size of the housing project.

   Area Population
   This helps you limit your search to different community sizes. For more information on this, please see information on Metropolitan Statistical Areas at Wikipedia. [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Table_of_United_States_Metropolitan_Statistical_Areas]

   Date
   You can restrict your searches to content that's been entered on the site during 7, 30, 60, or 90 days. (The default search returns all the content that's ever been entered.)

   Questions? Comments? Contact us.

Zooming In and Out

Rolling your mousewheel forward or back zooms the map towards or away from where you are pointing.

To zoom in, centered where you are clicking, doubleclick on the map (not a marker).

You can also zoom in and out by using the + and – on the left. + gets you closer, - pulls you away.

Moving Around

You can move the map in any direction by clicking on it and dragging your mouse while you keep your finger down.

You can also use the arrows on the round wheel at the top left to move up, down, right and left.