BSCW helps you to

• submit a query to one of the popular Web search engines;
• find objects (folder, document etc.) in your folder, calendar, your clipboard or your wastebasket;
• check if someone that you have some information about is a user of the BSCW Server or is listed in your address book.

Independent of the scope of your search, BSCW offers two ways to start the search and to use the list of hits (= links to the objects that meet the criteria of your query) returned by the search engine:

• To create a permanent, named search object that contains the list of hits in the current folder,
• click  File    New    Add Search   on the top button bar to bring up the 'Add Search' form.
• Enter the name of the search object to be created, and select your preferred search service from the list of supported search engines or select 'BSCW search' for a search in the BSCW database or 'User search' when looking for a particular BSCW user. After clicking 'OK' the 'edit Query' is displayed where you specify your respective query. The entries in this form depend on the type of search that you selected.

  Permanent search objects are useful when a particular search shall be repeated at a later point in time.

• To carry out a temporary search without creating a permanent search object click  File    Search   and select the requested type of search. Proceed as in the case of a permanent search.

  Whenever you carry out a temporary search, the initial form that is displayed is that of the proceeding temporary query that you carried out.