Huron IRB - Using Global Search

Search helps you quickly find information across your entire system, including projects, documents, and site content. Results appear in a new window, showing only items you have permission to access, with most relevant matches displayed first.

Search Filters

After your initial search, narrow results by type:

Project Search

• Find research items like funding proposals, studies, protocols, agreements, and disclosures
• Search by name, ID, description, and other project properties
• Results show matches from project data only

Document Search

• Locate uploaded files across the system
• Searches both document details (name, description) and file contents
• Click links in results to open documents directly

Page Search

• Find content pages like Help Center, Reports, and Meetings
• Excludes dashboards and project workspaces
• Focuses on supporting information pages

How to Search

1. Click IRB in the top navigation
2. Enter your search terms using these operators:
   • And to find all specified words
   • Or to find any specified words
   • Not to exclude words (cannot be first)
   • "Quotation marks" for exact phrases
3. Press Enter or click the search icon
4. Use the Search For dropdown to apply filters