To search the database, select your desired search criteria from any of the "Topic", "State", or "Year" drop lists and then click [Search].  For example, to find Fire Safety information from 1998, select “Fire Safety” from the “Topic” list, “1998” from the “Year” list, and leave the “State” list as “All states”. Note that the search might be slow at times.  Note: " the "National publications" selection within the "State" drop list finds publications with data on every state.

If the search finds no matches, the system will notify you accordingly and return you to the search screen.  You will need to broaden your search criteria to find results in your chosen topic, perhaps by resetting the “State” field to “All States” or the “Year” field to “All Years”.

Viewing the Search Results

After you send your request, a search result list will display a list of links to your matches.

Click on a link to display an expanded description of the requested publication.  If the publication is available on-line, you can click on the link to open the publication.   If the publication is not available on-line, the expanded description will provide information needed to order the publication.

If the search finds more than 10 matches, the search result list will display 10 at a time.  Click the “Next” link to view the remainder of the links, 10 at a time.

Alternately, you can open the expanded descriptions for all documents from the search by clicking the “Full List for Printing” link.  You can then scroll through the results in your browser or print the results.

Search database