Episcopal Press and News

Searching the Episcopal News Service Digital Archive

The search box above is designed for single word or multiple word searching. A search will produce an index screen that displays the total number of retrieved items and lists each result by year and article title in order from newest to oldest. Below are some helpful searching strategies.

Single Word (type one word, e.g.: Liturgy)

Typing a single word in the search box will return all articles that contain that word anywhere in the text. This approach works best for a broad, catch-all search on a topic or person.

Multiple Words (type two or more words with a space between, e.g.: Indigenous Ministry)

Use this approach to recall all the articles that contain both the words Indigenous and Ministry anywhere in a article (not necessarily next to each other). You can also type “Indigenous or Ministry” to retrieve an index list of all the articles that contain the word “Indigenous” along with all the reports that contain the word “Ministry”. This approach is good if you are unsure of exactly what you are trying to find as it allows you to browse a large list of retrieved items.

Compound Words (type the words inside quotation marks, e.g.: "World Mission")

Using the quotation marks retrieves strings of words wherever they appear: precisely as you type them, and exactly next to each other. This strategy is excellent for precise searching of specific word phrases. Use it whenever you are looking for terms such as "Standing Committee on World Mission".

Other Searching Strategies:

• Using the Year drop down will display all the articles in a particular year.
• The search tool is not case sensitive (use: William or william).
• An asterisk will "truncate" your words in order to pull in more items -- a useful way of bringing up plural forms and unsure spellings (e.g.: missionar* for missionary and missionaries).
• Boolean searching is available for those who are familiar with it. You may use the conjunctions AND, OR, and parentheses (), as in (latino or minority) AND ministry.

For additional help in using this resource, please contact our staff using the Contact Form.