How to Search on UNIWeb in 3 Easy Steps

UNIWeb is an academic research network with CV management made for Universities, Associations, and institutions that can be used to create informational networks of profiles for researchers, publications, groups, projects, and tools. In this article, I’m going to teach you how to use the search function on a UNIWeb site.

UNIWeb navigation bar (Figure 1).

1. To conduct a search on a UNIWeb site, you must first locate the search bar at the top of the page (Figure 1). The search bar can be found between the drop-down menu and the “Login” button on any UNIWeb site.

Search categories available on UniWeb (Figure 2).

To narrow your search, select the downwards-facing arrow on the left-hand side of the search bar (Figure 2). You can narrow your search to a specific category — People, Groups, Themes, or Resources — or you can select “All” to return results from all categories.

Each category will return a different kind of result (Figure 3). Selecting a category can help you narrow down your search, and save you time.

An infographic of the categories available through UNIWeb search (Figure 3).

2. Select the search bar and type in your search parameters. In this example, we will search for “aging” in the Search bar (Figure 4).

Inserting search parameters into the search bar (Figure 4)

Once you have typed in your search parameters, press enter or the magnifying glass icon to run your search.

A list of results for the search parameter “aging” (Figure 5).

As you can see, the Search parameter “aging” returned 8 results (Figure 5). At the bottom of each result, you will find text reading “Match found in:” which will indicate where your search parameter can be found within the corresponding result. For example, “aging” can be found on Dr. Rasika Wijeratne’s profile under her Research Interests.

If you insert a search parameter without selecting a category, and later wish to narrow down your results, you can select the appropriate category to the right of the results page (Figure 6), and the results will be filtered automatically.

A list of categories provided once a search has been executed (Figure 6).

3. That’s it! You now know how to search on UNIWeb. The world of informational networking is yours to discover.