How to filter search by General Handbook?

4 postsstarted by hessmess1 2021-03-08 15:01 UTC1,389 viewsoriginal topic

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#1
2021-03-08 15:01 UTC

I often search the General Handbook using my web browser on my desktop looking for specific information. It's incredibly difficult to find what I need when I get results from the ENTIRE church website. Is there a way to filter this down? I didn't see it, but maybe I'm just blind. If there isn't one, can you please please add one? It'd be very helpful!

Thank you so much.

Jared

sbradshaw

Community Moderators

#2
2021-03-08 16:50 UTC

The best way I've found to search a specific section of the Church website is via Google, using the "site:" keyword. For example:

Code:

sacrament site:churchofjesuschrist.org/study/manual/general-handbook

Samuel Bradshaw • If you desire to serve God, you are called to the work.

russellhltn

Community Administrator

#3
2021-03-08 17:47 UTC

I usually have an idea of what section(s) the information is found. I use the browser's "search this page" function to look for a keyword.

Have you searched the Help Center? Try doing a Google search and adding "site:churchofjesuschrist.org/help" to the search criteria.

So we can better help you, please edit your Profile to include your general location.

BrianEdwards

Senior Member

#4
2021-03-12 15:03 UTC

Perhaps I missed the point. Here's what I see when using my browser on my laptop, let me know what's different in your experience:
1) Main church website, click search icon
2) Enter search topic (e.g. adoption)
3) Search results are from entire website
4) At top of results a list of submenus appears: "All", "Scriptures", "General Conference", "Magazines", "Handbook", .....
5) I click "Handbook" and get the two search results from the Handbook on Adoption