In the terse result document (the default), the first two columns display icons indicating relevance and type (either database or file). The relevance icon becomes lighter and narrower on results that contain fewer instances of the query. The type icon for a document in a database is shown in the picture below; the type icon for a file looks like this:

The next two columns display the date last modified, and the document title. You can select options to show more information.

If you want Notes to...	Then select this option...
List results and include relevance, date last modified, and document title.	Terse results
List results and include relevance, date last modified, document title, author, and a summary of content.	Detailed results
Sort results by the number of matches (the more matches the document has, the higher it is on the list). For example, if you search for documents containing the word 'software,' a document containing ten instances of 'software' will be higher in the results list than a document containing one.	Sort by relevance
Sort with the most recently modified documents listed first.	Sort by newest first
Sort with those documents having the oldest modified date listed first.	Sort by oldest first

Note Results can take longer when you sort by date.

See Also

Searching for documents or files that contain specified text in databases in your domain
Searching for databases in your domain whose titles contain specified text
Searching for information in databases in your domain