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.
To conduct a range search, toggle range search to on. Two gray boxes will appear directly below the words Range Search. In the first box, enter the book(s) to which you want to limit your search results. (A full list of Bible book abbreviations can be found here and a list of abbreviations for Mary Baker Eddy’s books, here.) If you would like to further limit your results to certain chapters, verses, or pages within your selected books, enter that information into the second box.
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.)
Overview of Search Options Menu
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
