Searching in Person Finder
The default basic search facility of person finder can search on username, first name, surname or full name. Results are returned as you type, listing all possible matches in a drop down box:
If you follow the 'Advanced Search' link you will find more options for searching. The last page you visit will be remembered so the next time you use Person Finder the advanced search page will be shown.
It is not necessary to have a persons complete name to find their entry. For example if searching for Fred Flintstone you may enter Fli in "Last Name" or Fred in "First Name". Examples of names that would be matched and returned in the results:
Searching with Fred in "First Name":
- Fred Blogs
- Freddie Flintoff
- Frederick Forsyth
- Fred Flintstone
Searching with Fli in "Last Name":
- Fred Flintstone
- Freddie Flintoff
Partial entries like this may be used in all of the fields except "Phone".
Searching using a combination of fields will return more relevant results. The two dropdown boxes, "Department" and "Restrict Search" will restrict the results to people in the selected department or person type (staff, undergraduate, postgraduate etc).
When accessing Person Finder off-campus the results returned are restricted.
Searching with Phone Finder
The Phone Finder facility lets you search for non-personal phones numbers at the University. This might include administrative, security or reception phone numbers
As with Person Finder you can restrict by department and use partial names for searching. Entering "recep" in the "Description" field will return all listed reception numbers
