Project Search Criteria |
You can choose to search for projects using a variety of criteria. The search criteria are not case sensitive.
Keyword. The keyword search takes considerable time because it searches through many data fields and even searches through the abstracts of reports. See more details below.
Refine Criteria. If you use the Refine Criteria section, your searches will be much faster. You can also use the Refine Criteria section without entering a keyword. See more details below.
Not entering/selecting any search criteria will return all of the projects in the database.
Entering/selecting search criteria narrows your search, and returns fewer projects because each criterion is combined with other criteria using an 'AND' search. For example, if you enter 'deer' into Project Name and '2014' into Year, the search will look for projects that have 'deer' in the Project Name AND span 2014.
The pick-lists (such as Region) are multi-select. To select or deselect items press keyboard button 'Ctrl' while clicking with your mouse.
Examples of lists that you can create:
A list of bat inventory projects in BC.
A list of ungulate inventory projects for the Cariboo Region.
A list of all inventory projects in the Omineca and Peace Regions.
A list of all projects that detected Great Blue Heron.
Sort Order Pick Lists. You can specify the order of your list by selecting sort order options.
Search Now Button. When you are ready to perform a query/search, click the Search Now button. This will perform your query, and will produce a list of projects that meet your search criteria.
Reset Button. Clicking the Reset button will remove all search criteria. Performing a search without any search criteria will generate a list of all projects in the database.
This region pick-list can be misleading.
Region is defined as the geographic region in which the majority of data of the project is located. (See region map) Most projects are clearly within one region and are assigned to that one region. However, for some projects no single region contains the majority of the project's data. Due to current database limitations we cannot specify which regions such a project spans. We can only say 'this project spans multiple regions'. Hence the option Multi Region.
To select or deselect multiple items, press keyboard button 'Ctrl' while clicking with your mouse.
Inventory projects are funded by a variety of funding agencies. Some projects are funded by multiple funding agencies. You can use this pick-list to find projects that are funded by a specific funding agency.
To select or deselect multiple items, press keyboard button 'Ctrl' while clicking with your mouse.
Many funding agencies use their own IDs (unique labels) to administer projects that they fund. You can enter a funding agency's project ID in here to find specific projects funded by a specific funding agency.
You can search for projects that involve a specific species, or even a group of species. The search includes any portion of the species code, species name, or its taxonomic hierarchy. The taxonomic hierarchy includes any portion of the english hierarchy, and any portion of the scientific hierarchy. For example, the english hiearchy of Spotted Owl is 'vertebrates,Birds,Owls,Typical Owls', and the scientific hiearchy is 'Chordata,Vertebrata,Aves,Strigiformes,Strigidae'. If you searched for 'strigid', you would find all projects that involve Spotted Owl as well as other owls that have 'strigid' in their hiearchy. Other examples are:
Use the All, Scientific, English, or Code or radio buttons to refine your search. These buttons are useful if you want to produce a list without extraneous species included.
Most projects target (i.e. are designed to detect) a species or group of species. By selecting Y you can indicate you want to search for projects that targeted the species you entered.
Select Y to indicate you want to search for projects that detected the species you entered.
Species Group is a convenient way to search for projects that involve species of a species group, or of multiple groups.
The bottom of this pick list may contain the option 'Unclassified'. This is due to incomplete data. We are continuing to update our data so that 'Unclassified' is not an option.
To select or deselect multiple items, press keyboard button 'Ctrl' while clicking with your mouse.
Wildlife in BC are categorized by BC government into several categories. The categories are defined in this glossary. Using this pick-list you can search for projects that involve species in these categories.
The bottom of this pick list may contain the option 'Unclassified'. This is due to incomplete data. We are continuing to update our data so that 'Unclassified' is not an option.
To select or deselect multiple items, press keyboard button 'Ctrl' while clicking with your mouse.
Wildlife in Canada are categorized by the Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC). The codes and categories in this pick-list are defined on COSEWIC's web site here.
To select or deselect multiple items, press keyboard button 'Ctrl' while clicking with your mouse.
The titles of reports are searchable by entering text into this data field. Searching by title is most convenient if you have some prior knowledge of a report and are searching for that specific report.
The abstracts of reports are searchable by entering text into this data field. Abstracts of reports may contain up to 2000 characters. Therefore, searching by abstract tends to slow down a search. Searching by abstract is most convenient if you have some prior knowledge of a report and are searching for that specific report.
