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title: Searching in Esper
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# Searching in Esper

The search bar in the top right corner of Esper is an easy place to search laws and regulations in a specific jurisdiction(s), including both state and federal. To search from anywhere in Esper: 

- Click into the **Search Bar** on any page in Esper
- Type keywords or the name of a policy
- Press **Enter**
- Results will appear as clickable hyperlinks

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#### Advanced Searches

Once a search term or empty search is submitted, the results table appears with relevant policies. From this table, you can further filter results or conduct a more advanced search. To filter results: 

- Click the **Filter** button to the top left of the search results
- Select any of the following to limit your results
- Department
- Effective Status
- Sub-statuses
- Tags

You can also narrow your search from the start by doing either of the following:

- Click the  ![](https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/TRZuPxBr0QUTvVMx70qGqGODI363qhkZTMP_uge2FAhXcHt13C89SHmMaoUdtTv1IvBtL7F_kpIhCVxDlrEX-i0XlnCn-LbtKcyvZHA_NIFC5jgdGCLeKAyvH-NupAZybzT-WNGZ6ua4LlG5goR60A)  icon and select *Advanced Search* criteria
- Or, use Boolean search terms in the search bar 
    - Use the - (minus sign) in front of a term to search for a policy that does not contain the term or phrase. Example: water -rights will search for policies that do contain water and explicitly do not contain the word rights
    - Use the + (plus sign) to search for more than one keyword. Example: +water +rights +river will search for only policies that contain all three words.
    - Use “ “ (quotes) to search for a specific phrase. Example: “water rights” will return search results for policies that contain the specific phrase water rights.

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