How to use the LBNL directory search pages
- How to search for organizations or service at LBNL
- How to search for people at LBNL
- Searching for two-letter names at LBNL
- Advanced search: how to search by office location, etc.
- Hostname/DNS lookup
- How to add a link to your website in your directory listing
How to search for organizations or service at LBNL
You can find phone numbers for various Organizations or Services by entering a word or two that describes the service. For example, let's say you need someone to repair your computer.Enter computer repair in the box to right of "Lab department or service: Enter keywords:."
NOTE: Each word you type must be in the description of the service (i.e., the more words you type the fewer entries that are returned).
The more precise your search terms, the better the results.
For example, use engineering electronics or engineering operations if possible rather than simply "engineering".
NOTE WELL: do NOT enclose the terms in quotes
Use
engineering operations
NOT
"engineering operations" You may use the Departmental lookup form
You may also want to see the listing of all Lab departments
How to find people at LBNL
If you enter a single word, the directory will search for one of the following:- Partial first or last name. (e.g. Tony or Smith)
- E-mail address (e.g. JRSmith)
- The end of a phone number- usually the extension. (e.g. 6965)
- The employee ID #
- The combination of both the beginning of a FIRST name and the beginning of a LAST name. When BOTH first and second words are matched, the name is displayed. This is the prefered method of searching- fewer entries are returned in general and the search is fairly quick.
Two-letter name searches
Search for a last name of two letters by entering two letters followed by a comma, as in Wu,Example of searching for people
Let's assume we are looking for Tony Smith. Typing Smith would find everyone with last name starting with Smith. Since there are many people with LAST name starting with Smith, you should probably enter T Smith to reduce the number of items coming back. T Smith will search for someone with a first name starting with T and a last name starting with Smith.Searching by first name
Let's assume we are looking for Tony Smith but you can't remember his first name.You can search for anyone whose first name is tony by entering tony*.
Sorting of information
Entries are sorted by last name and then by first name, if the last names are the same."Advanced search" form
The advanced search form lets you explicitly specify the attributes to search by, such as first name, office location or phone number or combinations of these attributes.Note Well: Search for a people in building such as "46" by entering "46-" in the "Location #" field.
Wild Card Searches
The symbol `*' is used to denote a sequence of any number (including 0) of arbitrary characters. For example,*land matches all people whose names end in land.
Please note, however, that there is some weirdness in the way the wild card stuff is implemented - you will get more matches than you should at times. The LBNL directory will support up to 2 wild card characters.
