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Powder River Basin Coal-Bed Methane Project

Montana Bureau of Mines & Geology and U.S. Bureau of Land Management

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Using the single field search
1) Select Single Field Search from the home page (see below)
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2) Use drop down box to select database field to search (see below)
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3) Enter search word in input box (see above)
4) Select field to sort by from second drop down box (see below)
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5) Use reset button to clear text box and start over (see below)
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6) Click the submit button (see above)
7) Submitting the search will open a new window
8) Closing the new window can be done at any time using the close button
This button is displayed on all windows outside of the main page



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Using the multiple field search
1) Select Multiple Field Search from the home page by clicking on link.(see below)
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2) From here click the Step 1 Button (see below)
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3) Enter the number of database fields to search.(see below)
You may pick as many fields as you wish, although; 4 is probabily a resonable limit
4) Use drop down box to select database field to search (see below)
5) Enter search word in input box (see below)
This graphic shows a search looking for Wheaton in the Author field and Montana in the StudyArea field sorted by the Year.
6) The Submit button opens a new window and displays the results (see above)
7) Use reset button to clear text box and start over (see above)



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Saving the results of your search to an Excel spreadsheet
1) In your browser window click file --> save as -->
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2) Then select a directory to store the spreadsheet, I am putting it on the desktop for easy access
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3) Give the spreadsheet a name with a (dot) .xls extension, I used All.xls
4) Click the save button
5) This file will open slowly the first time because of the conversions
6) Once the file is opened you will be able to manipulate the data as you would in any Excel spreadsheet
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