Keyword Search is based on the vocabulary with over 20 000 keywords.

Write your search word/words in the search box and start the search by clicking the Search button. If the search term can be found in the list of keywords at the bottom, you can obtain the results directly, grouped under various headings.

If your search word is not in SFL’s list of keywords, your search is directed to the alphabetical list of keywords and from there to a point where you can check whether you may have made a spelling mistake, or whether you should have a plural form in the search term instead of a singular.

Nevertheless, you can continue your search using the word you started with, even if it was not included in the list of keywords. In this case the search results will not be as good, since SFL cannot utilise the benefits of the keyword and its class

Sometimes you have to choose a viewpoint for your search term in order to obtain the actual search results. This is due to the fact that the keyword is not always unambiguous. It may have to be defined via a particular viewpoint. For example the viewpoints of the keyword "bullying" are as follows: bullying at work, bullying at school, bullying at home, and bullying in the army. These viewpoints are always provided ready for use. You simply choose the one that suits you best.

The primary function of the viewpoints to help you to carry out more precise searches in the databases. From non-library databases the results will be obtained with the keyword with which you started the information search.

Search results

The results are grouped under different headings in order to make it easier for you to identify the sources of information which are most important for you. The headings only appear when there are web services that meet the search conditions.

The search results always follow the same pattern. The web service appears as a link to the service's own home page. The "WORD" icon after the service indicates that you can continue your search in the web service's own database using the keyword you started with. Below the downward-pointing arrowheads you will find a brief outline of the web service. From this point you can also access the web service's home page, or some other page which is maintained by the service and which may be important for searching.

In connection with the search results you may sometimes see the phrase SFL recommends (top-right of the page). The links below this phrase take you to web services which the administrators of SFL regard as potentially useful for your search.

On every results page you can find the heading results from "Search engines".
From here can continue your search using the main search engines (Google, Msn, Vivisimo, etc). The search word will remain the one you started with.

Alphabetical list of keywords