Welcome to SATIRN V! This page contains a search form that lets you search the database for information. If you need help on filling out the search form, complete instructions are at the bottom of the page.

Search tips

• Don't be too specific about what you are looking for, otherwise your query may not return any results. You will usually be able to find what you are looking for by specifying only a few (perhaps 3 or 4 at most) criteria.
• You are limited to selecting 10 categorized items to search on. If you try selecting more than that, you will be warned that only the first 10 that SATIRN found were used.
• Given the above, select only those criteria that are the most important to you.
• If your query returns too many results, try using your browser's "back" button to return to this page, and add more criteria to the search.

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Instructions

Use this page to search the SATIRN database by filling in or selecting options in some or all of the fields above. The database will be searched for records that contain the specified word, words, word fragment (using wildcards, see below), or selected item in the field in any order. Multiple words should be separated by spaces; only records containing all of the words will be returned. To search for a multiple word phrase, put it in quotes; any record having those words in that order will be returned.

You may use the * (asterisk) as a wildcard to match zero or more characters at the beginning or end of a word. If you use it at the end, the search will return entries that have at least one word beginning with the characters before the *. Likewise, if you use it at the beginning, the search will return entries that have at least one word ending with the characters entered. Wildcards may be used inside of quoted phrases.

You can also use the ^ (caret) and $ (dollar sign) characters to "anchor" the search to the beginning or end of a field respectively. That is, if you use "^deaf" in the Program Name field, your search will return all records whose program name begins with the word "deaf". See the examples below. Note that using more than one ^ or $ in a field makes no sense; if you try it, your search will not return any records. You may combine ^ and $ with * in your searches.

In fields where you can select options (e.g. Counties Served), you may select multiple options by holding down the Ctrl (or "control") key when you click on the county name.

If you fill in multiple fields, the results will satisfy all criteria. That is, a logical "AND" will be used. For example if you enter "alcohol" (without the quotes) in the Program Name field and "Schenectady" (also without the quotes) in the City field, the search will return all providers that have "alcohol" in the program name and are located in Schenectady. Filling in multiple fields thus narrows the search.

The following examples illustrate the results that would be obtained by filling in the Program Name field, given the following program names:

• Deaf Adult Services
• School for the Deaf
• Deafness Resources
• Nondeaf/Hard of Hearing
• Blind and Nondeaf
• Institute for the Deaf and Blind
• Blindness and Deafness Services
• Nondeafening Noisemakers

Note that these programs names are somewhat contrived and may not actually exist in SATIRN.

Wildcard and Anchor Use Examples

Type this in	To match these items
deaf	Deaf Adult Services School for the Deaf Institute for the Deaf and Blind
deaf*	Deaf Adult Services School for the Deaf Deafness Resources Institute for the Deaf and Blind
*deaf	Deaf Adult Services School for the Deaf Nondeaf/Hard of Hearing Blind and Nondeaf Institute for the Deaf and Blind
*deaf*	Deaf Adult Services School for the Deaf Deafness Resources Nondeaf/Hard of Hearing Blind and Nondeaf Institute for the Deaf and Blind Blindness and Deafness Services Nondeafening Noisemakers
^deaf	Deaf Adult Services
deaf$	School for the Deaf
^deaf*	Deaf Adult Services Deafness Resources
deaf blind	Institute for the Deaf and Blind
deaf* blind*	Institute for the Deaf and Blind Blindness and Deafness Services