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The Advanced Search in LON-CAPA allows you to search specific metadata fields for matching resources. Resources which match all of the constraints specified will be returned.

For many of the search fields, a "related words" checkbox is available. This causes each search term or quoted phrase in the search for that field to be matched in our thesaurus. Resources which matches in the given field any of the search phrases (depending on the logic in the original search phrase) will be returned.

The following fields can be searched:

Title
Author
Publisher/Owner
Author Space
Last Modifying User
Keywords
Notes
Abstract
Standards
Mime type
Lowest grade level
Highest grade level
Domain
Copyright
Language
Creation and Modification Dates

Dynamic metadata, computed based on resource usage statistics, can be searched as well. The following fields can be searched, with a minimum or maximum value being specified:

Network-wide number of accesses (hits)
Total number of students who have worked on this problem
Average number of tries till solved
Degree of difficulty
Degree of discrimination

Evaluation data may be searched, with a minimum or maximum value being specified:

Material presented in clear way
Material covered with sufficient depth
Material is helpful
Material appears to be correct
Resource is technically correct