SEARCHING LINCS

Check Location?

Your search results will be listed with the records closest to the selected location, followed by records for organisations or groups nearby and then records from the rest of the database.

To change, click on “change location” and select from the list of suburbs provided, or select any other town by entering the suburb, town or postcode.

Find?

Conduct a simple search or an advanced search with options for limiting the search.

Simple Search

Enter terms (keywords or parts of the name of an organisation/group) and click “Do Search”

Hints:

* The terms you enter will be matched against the start of words in the records. Word order and letter case are ignored.

* Don’t enter too much. Often just three or four letters from the start of a significant word is all you need (e.g. diab is enough to match records relating to diabetes).

or Select keyword term from the Browse Categories list – you will then be given narrower or alternate headings to choose from and click “Do Search”.

Search results

A summary of the search is displayed.

Options on this page

* Refine your search using the options given.

* Expand List to print - provides full details, suitable for printing, of the ten records on this page.

* Click on one of the records to get full details with options to click on Display Map to get a map locating the organisation or group and to go the website or send an email to the organisation or group (if your system provides this option)