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Search Concord for words and phrases that appear near one another, but in adjacent sentences, paragraphs, or verses within the Bible, writings by Mary Baker Eddy, and Christian Science Hymnal. 

Range Search Filter in the New Search Options Menu

This feature allows you to limit the search results to a specific range of pages, verses, chapters, or books. 

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What is Range Search? 

This feature allows you to limit search results to specific books, chapters, verses and/or pages. For example, you can search for instances in which the word "light" appears in the Bible, Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures by Mary Baker Eddy, and the Christian Science Hymnal. Similarly, you could look for instances in which the word "joy" appears in Mary Baker Eddy's Miscellaneous Writings and chapters 1-5 of the book of John in the Bible.

Range search can help save you having to scroll through many results before you get to the results that interest you.

Conducting a Range Search in the New Search Options Menu

To conduct a range search in Concord:

1. Enter the word(s) you would like to search for in the search bar. 
2. Click (or Tap for iPhone/mobile) on the words "Search Options" just below the search bar. This will open the new Search Options menu. 
3. Click or tap on the gray button across from the words "Range." You will know range search has been activated once the gray button has turned blue and the word "Range" appears in a blue box under the search bar. 
4. Two gray boxes will appear directly below the words Range Search.
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1. 1. lefthand box, enter the

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1. 1. full name or abbreviation for the book you would like to limit your search results to. (A full list of Bible book abbreviations can be found here and a list of abbreviations for Mary Baker Eddy’s books, here.)
   2. If you would like to further limit your results to certain chapters, verses, or pages within

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1. 1. the selected

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1. 1. book, enter that information into the second box.
   2. To add additional books, click the "Add Another Book" button below the gray boxes and repeat steps a and b above. 
2. Click or tap on the magnifying glass next to the search bar to conduct the search. 
3. To disable range search, open the Search Options menu and click or tap on the blue toggle, to turn it back to gray. 
4. To remove all activated search options at once, click or tap on the blue “Reset” button in the bottom right-hand corner of the Search Options menu. 
5. To remove all activated search options at once and simultaneously clear the words in the search bar, click or tap on the X located on the right-hand side of the search bar. 

Examples:

• Add boxes for each of Matt, Mark, Luke, John to find results only in the Gospels.
• Show only New Testament results by typing NT into the first gray box (or, “OT” for Old Testament). 
• Restrict results to pages 465–497 of Science and Health by putting SH in the first gray box and 465–497 in the second gray box.
• Search MBE’s published sermons only by putting each title in a new box(such as Pan, Hea, etc.)

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Range Search

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The new Search Options menu makes it easier to use Concord’s advanced search functionality. Use the options within the new menu to refine your search results and more-easily find passages of interest. 

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Using the Search Options menu, you can conduct stemming, case sensitive, range, and proximity searches (or a combination of those searches); these options can guide your search to be broader or narrower, depending on the need. 

Accessing the Search Options Menu 

The Search Options menu is located just below the search bar. To open the Search Options menu, click (or tap for iPad/mobile) on the words “Search Options” and the menu will appear under the search bar.

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Activating a Search Option within the Menu

Toggle on a search option by clicking or tapping the gray button next to the option you would like to activate. When you do so, the button will turn blue. After activating the last two options, a corresponding box will appear where you can enter additional information. 

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Conducting a Search

Enter a word(s) in the search bar, click or tap on “Search Options” to open the menu, toggle on any options you are interested in applying to your search, and click/tap the magnifying glass icon or hit “Enter” on your keyboard. The results shown will be based on on the word(s) you search for and the search options you applied. Steps 1-4 in the image below walk you through the process.

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If you type a new word(s) into the search bar, the same search options will be applied to your new search unless you remove the previously selected options. 

Removing Search Options

To remove a particular search option, open the search options menu and click or tap on the toggle next to the search option you would like to deactivate. The toggle should turn from blue to gray. 

To remove all previously selected search features/filters at once, click the X located on the inside of the right-hand side of the search bar or click the blue “Reset” button in the bottom right-hand corner of the Search Options menu. 

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Examples

With “light” as an example search term, here’s what you can do in the Bible (notice the Bible book abbreviations are not case sensitive):

With “light” as the example search term, here’s what you can do in Science and Health with Key to the Scriptures, the Hymnal, and other writings by Mary Baker Eddy
(click here for full list of abbreviations):

Combine searches within multiple books (Bible, Science and Health, the Christian Science Hymnal, etc.):

RANGE SEARCH OPTIONS NOT AVAILABLE IN CONCORD:

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Overview of Search Options Menu

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