 The NRC Adams Licensing Support Network Library, how-to video series, accessing the LSN Library search page. To navigate to the LSN Library search page, go to the NRC's main web page at www.nrc.gov. Hover your mouse over the NRC Library tab in the upper right corner of the screen. When the drop-down screen displays, click on LSN Library. This will take you to the LSN Library's main page, which contains informational and instructional aids. To access the LSN Library search portal, click on the link labeled Begin LSN Library Search. An LSN Library announcement page will appear. This page will contain messages about training opportunities, system maintenance activities, and other general information. Click the Continue to LSN Library button to access the Library search page. The NRC Adams Licensing Support Network Library how-to video series, finding a record by the LSN Assession Number. The most direct way to locate an individual record is with its LSN Assession Number, which is a unique LSN Library document address. These addresses are often found when the document is cited in another record or a bibliography. The Assession Number DN-2001-673-244 is entered into the box in the upper right corner labeled Enter LSN Assession Number. In the results section, the search engine will display the record's title, date, and a brief description of its contents. To open the record, click on the title or PDF symbol. When the pop-up window appears, click the Open button to view a PDF version of the document. If you don't have an Assession Number, you can locate records using the LSN Library search capabilities. Consult other tutorial videos on the LSN Library main page to learn more. The NRC Adams Licensing Support Network Library how-to video series, performing a simple content search with search terms. There are several simple content searches that will locate relevant documents by scanning the text of all 3.7 million records in the LSN Library. For example, to search for records related to the Desert Tortoise, a threatened species near Yucca Mountain, select the box labeled Specify Search Terms and type in Desert Tortoise. As the word Desert is typed in, the computer displays dynamic search options such as Desert Tortoise, Desert Rock, and Desert Soils, as well as the estimated number of records that the search will find. This helps you choose the best search words. When you finish typing in Desert Tortoise, activate the search by clicking on the magnifying glass icon. The search returned over 11,000 records, which includes all records that contain both words somewhere in their text. The results section highlights the search terms you used. If you insert the word OR in caps between Desert Tortoise, the search expands to include records that have either word in them, which produces many more results. Putting quotation marks around Desert Tortoise limits the results to only those records where the words appear right next to each other. Finally, a search can exclude records containing certain words by using a minus sign. For example, you can exclude from the Desert Tortoise search any document that mentions the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by typing Desert Tortoise space minus NRC. Having completed several searches, you can switch between them with the forward and back buttons in the upper left corner. The NRC Adams Licensing Support Network Library how-to video series. Advanced search using search terms, dates, and record properties. The Advanced Search tab can help you narrow results by combining search terms, dates, and record properties. Click on the Show Advanced tab to pull down the Advanced Search window. The top four boxes allow you to search with terms in different ways. If you enter Desert Tortoise into all of these words field and activate the search by clicking on the magnifying glass, the LSN library finds records with both Desert and Tortoise in them, over 11,000 records. Putting Desert Tortoise into any of these words field will locate records that contain either Desert or Tortoise in them, a much larger group of documents. Putting Desert Tortoise into the exact phrase field narrows the results to those where Desert Tortoise appear right next to each other. The last of the top four boxes labeled none of these words excludes words from the search. For example, you could exclude from the Desert Tortoise search records that mention the Nuclear Regulatory Commission by adding NRC. You can limit results by adding a date range in the start date and end date fields. For example, adding a start date of January 1, 1997 and an end date of June 30, 1997 reduces your results a lot. Dates can also be entered by using the pull-down calendars. The field query narrows a search by taking advantage of what are called a records properties. When each record was added to the LSN library, properties such as the author affiliation, author name, document type, information source and title were added into separate fields. So you can limit a search for Desert Tortoise records to those produced by just one author. Select author name under the field query window and type in a name. This reduces the original results to just those written by this expert, Danny Raikstra. Similarly, a title search will limit your results to just those where search words appear in the records title. Under the field query pull-down menu, select title and type in Desert Tortoise. This search reduced your original 11,000 results substantially. The NRC Adams Licensing Support Network Library how-to video series, saving search criteria for future use. After you have completed a search, you may want to save the search terms you use to work with them in the future. Click on the save button. A save search window will display. Enter a file name to identify the search and click the OK button. A window will display at the bottom of the screen. Click on the arrow next to the save button and select save as. The next window will ask you to select an existing folder or create a new one. Select the desired folder, then click save. To perform the saved search at a later date, return to the LSN Library search page and click on the load button. In the pop-up window, select the folder where you saved the search. Select the file and click open. The file will execute the same search you did before. The NRC Adams Licensing Support Network Library how-to video series, wildcard searches. The LSN Library has search capabilities called wildcards that can help you locate records with misspellings and abbreviations. For example, let's look for documents that have the word tortoise misspelled. Type desert t-o-r-t question mark s-e in the search field and click on the search button. All documents with the misspelled word tortoise will be displayed. Abbreviations can be found the same way. To look for documents in which the word mountain in Yucca Mountain is abbreviated, type in yucca m question mark n and click the search button. Documents with the abbreviation mtn will be displayed. You can also search for similarly spelled words with the use of an asterisk. For example, c-a-l-c-u-l-a-t asterisk will produce results for words such as calculate, calculated, calculations, and calculating. For more help, call the NRC public document room staff at 301-415-4737 between 8 a.m. and 4 p.m. Eastern Time, or email them at pdr.resource at nrc.gov.