Help with searching

Resources for searching the University website, World Wide Web and more.

Important notes when searching:

  • You are searching only publicly available content across our website. It is not possible to search the University's Intranet using any search engine.
  • Using a search engine means you are searching a recorded index of webpages, which is updated every so often (see FAQ below).

Frequently asked questions on searching

Why can I only access certain information on-campus?

Certain pieces of information that is not intended for the general public can be found on the University’s Intranet servers (also known as StaffNet). This means that on-campus access is required, but does not necessarily mean you have to be physically on-campus. In most cases, if you are seeking to access the Intranet from outside the University, you should be prompted for your username and password which you use to logon whilst on-campus.

You can tell whether you are viewing Intranet content either by the URL (address) of the page you are viewing or via a notice within the page itself.

How do I get more relevant results?

As the search facility is powered by Google, the more keywords you include (or exclude) will help Google determine what should and shouldn't be included in the results that are returned.

For information on how to use the Google search engine more effectively, please see the following links:

About outdated results, ‘dead’ links

Google will automatically update its index if pages have been moved, deleted or renamed. However, if you have followed a link that returns a ‘page not found’ notice (known as an ‘http 404’ error), please inform us.

How is Google’s index of the site updated? How often does Google crawl the University website?

As Google automatically updates its index of the University website, the frequency of which it does so is determined by computer algorithms. For more information please see Google’s Webmaster support pages.

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