GMC Inventory Search Help

Interface Features

"Red oval" at top right of image below shows location of help link in inventory search interface

1. Initial Search Options

2. Zoom Map - Adjust map scale in/out by selecting +/- symbols or scrolling with middle mouse button
3. Search Area - Define rectangular search area by selecting bounding box symbol then dragging mouse cursor across desired region
4. Map Base Layers - Select desired map base layers from drop-down menu
5. Map Scale - Shows automatic map scale in kilometers and miles
6. Location - Shows point location of cursor over map in WGS84 latitude/longitude coordinates
7. Search Filter - Open/close advanced drop-down search filters by selecting 3-bars icon
8. Text Search Bar - Enter simple search text or use advanced Boolean search filters

   Search Results Options

9. Reset - Clear all search results by selecting Reset button
10. Showing - Limit displayed search results by selecting count from drop-down Showing menu
11. Displaying - Cycle through displayed search results by selecting Previous and Next buttons
12. PDF/CSV - Download search results to PDF format or to CSV file compatible with spreadsheets
13. Sort By - Sort search results by selecting choices from two Sort by drop-down menus
14. Record Link - Find more details on individual sample by selecting the ID link
15. Header Links - Find more details related to well, prospect, borehole, or sample site by selecting the Related link

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Search Hints

General

• After first search change Showing (#9) count from 25 to 1000
• Try to get specific, focus on single well or prospect

Narrow Search Results

• Draw a bounding box with Search Area (#2) to narrow down your region of interest
• Entering "well:*", "borehole:*", "outcrop:*", or "shotline:*" in the Search Bar (#7) to narrow down your results
• Once you find your well, highlight the API number and cut & paste it into the Search Bar (#7)

Common Search Examples

Search	Example Link
well and core	50137200030000 AND keyword:raw AND keyword:core
well and cuttings	50137200030000 AND keyword:raw AND keyword:cuttings
well and processed	50137200030000 AND keyword:processed
well and thin section	50137200030000 AND keyword:processed AND keyword:thin section
well and unprocessed(raw)	50137200030000 AND keyword:raw
borehole in a bounding box	borehole:*
outcrop in a bounding box	outcrop:*
shothole in a bounding box	shotline:*
pulp in a bounding box	keyword:pulp
map in a bounding box	keyword:map

Ask For Help

• Email the URL of search results to GMC staff: copy this from contents of the address bar on top of browser

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Basic Search Options

Using the Search Bar to Locate Inventory

• Well: Enter first few letters of well name* or a valid API number ( well: abalone* or 50133205170000)
• Prospect: Enter first few letters of prospect name* ( prospect: mallard*)
• Outcrop: Enter first few letters of sample number* ( outcrop:06*)
• Seismic Shotline: Enter first few letters of shotline* ( shotline:37*)

Bounding Search Box

• Use Map Base Layers icon to select desired base layer
• Zoom and pan into area of interest
• Click Search Area icon
• Move mouse cursor to upper left corner of search area
• Click corner, hold button, and drag bounding box to lower right corner
• Release button
• To remove bounding search box click the Search Area icon then click Cancel

Refine Search Results with Search Filter

• Click the Search Filter 3-Bar icon to view drop-down filter lists
• Core: Scroll through Keywords menu and select both the raw and core options (Ctrl-Click in Windows)
• Cuttings: Scroll through Keywords menu and select both the raw and cuttings options
• Enter both top and bottom of Interval of interest
• All active filters and drop-down menu selections must be true for some inventory to be displayed.

Organize Search Results

• Select Showing menu to select largest number to display most if not all search results
• Select Sort by menus to sort search results (ex. Select Keywords in menu 1 and Top in menu 2 to sort single well or borehole)

Retain Search Results

• Search page url - Highlight and save the browser url to share your search parameters with others
• Select PDF link to save search results as PDF table (the search url is also saved)
• Click CSV link to save search results as comma-delimited text file that can be imported into spreadsheet

No Search Results

• Click the Reset button - Former search selections maybe interfering with the current search operation
• Remove individual Search Filter parameters - there maybe no samples that fit the current search criteria

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Advanced Boolean Search Options

• The Search Bar queries many different database fields. Users may indicate which fields to query by specifying the field name followed by a colon. For example, if you wanted to query the USGS collection, looking for inventory around the Anchorage area you could search:

  anchorage collection:USGS

• Numeric fields can be searched exactly the same as string fields. For example, if you wanted to query all cuttings in the database that had a top interval of 100, you could search:

  cuttings top:100

• It is also possible to search for ranges in numeric fields. For example, if you wanted to query all core in the database that had a top interval between 500 and 550, you could search:

  core top:[500 TO 550]

  * Note: "TO" inside the range is case sensitive
• It is also possible to search for items that do not match specific criteria. For example, if you wanted to find mineral-related inventory that was not from an outcrop, you could search:

  keyword:mineral NOT keyword:outcrop

  * Note: "NOT" is case sensitive
• By default, searches are conducted using logical conjunction (AND), it is however possible to search using logical disjunction (OR) using the OR operator. So if you wanted to find inventory that was either core or cuttings, you could search:

  keyword:cuttings OR keyword:core

  * Note: "OR" is case sensitive
• In certain instances, it is helpful to be able to search for partial terms. For example, if you wanted to find inventory with a well name that had terms starting with "al", you could search:

  well:al*

• Wildcard searching pairs well with the NOT operator. For example, if you wanted to search for terms that began with "en" but not include any inventory with the "energy" keyword, you could search:

  en* NOT keyword:energy

• Often it is useful to group searches that feature logical operators. For example, if you wanted to show any wells name that had terms starting with "al" or "en", but omit cuttings for both, you could search:

  (well:en* OR well:al*) NOT keyword:cuttings

Keyword Search Options

A complete list of fields available for searching can be found below.

Field	Description
top	Interval Top (numeric)
bottom	Interval Top (numeric)
sample	Sample Number (string)
slide	Slide Number (string)
core	Core Number (string)
set	Set Number (string)
box	Box Number (string)
collection	Collection (string)
project	Project (string)
barcode	Barcode (string)
location	Location (string)
well	Well Name (string)
wellnumber	Well Number (string)
api	Well API Number (string)
borehole	Borehole Name (string)
prospect	Prospect Name (string)
ardf	ARDF Number (string)
outcrop	Outcrop Name (string)
outcropnumber	Outcrop Number (string)
shotline	Shotline Name (string)
keyword	Keyword Name (string)
quadrangle	Quadrangle Name (string)
note	Notes attached to inventory (string)
notetype	Type of notes attached to inventory (string)
publicationtitle	Title of publication attached to inventory (string)
publicationdescription	Description of publication attached to inventory (string)
publicationnumber	Number from publication attached to inventory (string)
publicationseries	Series from publication attached to inventory (string)
everything	All fields (string) (implicit)