Resources

The Web Community's Document Library is a great resource for finding documents related to your chapter/division or documents from IAAP headquarters, but knowing how to use it properly is important to finding what you're looking for.

Please follow the guide below to learn how to search the Document Library. If you have additional questions, please contact Ben McClanahan, IAAP Internet Communications Coordinator at bmcclanahan (at) iaap-hq (dot) org.

1) To access the Document Library, find "Resources" from the top navigation of the Web Community.

2) Included in the drop-down navigation links is a "Search Library" option. Click it.

(Note: We also maintain a “Frequently Requested Documents” page, in case you’re looking for something many members might be after.)

3) The Search Library screen looks like this:

4) When searching for a document, the more information you have, the easier it will be to find:

• Are you looking for a chapter/division document or an IAAP headquarters document?
• Do you know who created the document?
• Do you know what kind of file you are looking for (PDF, DOC, JPG, etc.)
• Do you know what category it would likely be filed under (Membership, Chapters, Web Community, etc.)

As an example, try searching for "OfficePro Express" and clicking Search without selecting a library, filetype or tag. What you will find is a long list of documents that may or may not be related to what you are looking for.

Now, let's try searching by filtering by only documents posted in the OfficePro library.

When you expand the Search Library menu, you will see a listing of every document library you have access to. Find OfficePro and check the box. Then complete the search query by clicking Search.

What you will find is a much more focused list of search results, as opposed to a list of results from a variety of different libraries. If you need to narrow it down even more, you can filter by who posted the document, when it was created, exact phrasing, search tags, file types, etc.

Oftentimes, if you do not narrow your search at all, you will receive a long list of results and will find yourself browsing through multiples pages of results.