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Browse Help

A step by step guide to locating documents on this site using our "browsing" tool.

 
 

Begin browsing documents

The browsing tool is made up of four categories: Topic, Type/Tool, Source, and State. To locate a document using the browsing tool, determine whether you would like to begin browsing documents by Topic, Type/Tool, State, Source, then click on that category.

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Filter documents within a category

Once you have selected a category, a list of values associated with that category will appear on your screen. (For example, if you select "Topic" a list of subjects will appear). All documents on the website are associated with one or more topics.

Now select the value that best describes the documents you are interested in. (For example, you may be interested in all documents related to Housing). A list of all documents about Housing will appear.

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Sort returned documents

Once your list of documents appears, you can sort the list according to title, author, date, or the number of requests.

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Refine your browse results -- adding additional filters

If you would like to narrow your browse results, you can click on an additional category value. (In this example, you can narrow the current list of Housing documents to reveal only those documents that provide Data on Housing by clicking on the category "Type/Tool" and then selecting "Data" from the list.) Now all the documents in the database related to Housing and Data appear on your screen.

You can choose one value from each of the four categories and you may refine your results as many times as you would like.

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Removing filters

If you find you have narrowed your results too far, you can remove any of the filters by clicking "remove filter". This will expand your results. You can remove filters and add new ones as often you like.

To begin again, click "Start Over".

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HCBS / Clearinghouse for the Community Living Exchange Collaborative / (http://www.hcbs.org)