What kind of resources can I find?
CPBO features white papers, articles, statistics, and much more to assist you with your pro bono work.
What are the basics?
If you do not make any selections to refine your search, your search will return all resources in the CPBO database. However, you can limit your search to return only certain types of resources, resources originating from a certain geographic area, resources published in a certain date range, or resources containing certain keywords.
Keywords
Enter a word or phrase into this field to search for resources that contain these keywords. You may also do an advanced search by using the "AND", "NOT, and "OR" terms, and by using the "*" and "?" wildcards.
example: Lowenstein will find resources with the word Lowenstein
example: Lowenstein Hudson will find resources that contain either the word Lowenstein, the word Hudson, or both words.
example: Lowenstein AND Hudson will find resources that contain both the word Lowenstein or the word Hudson.
example: Lowenstein NOT Hudson will find resources that contain the word Lowenstein but do not contain the word Hudson
example: Lowenst??n will find resources with the word Lowenstein, but also resources with the word Lowensteen and Lowenstien.
example: Lowenst* will find resources that contain any word that begins with "Lowenst," like the words Lowenstein or Lowengrad.
Material Type
You can specify that your search return only resources that are a particular material type. If you do not specify a material type, your search will return results from all types.
Subject
You can specify that your search return only resources that cover a particular subject of pro bono work. If you do not specify a subject, your search will return results from all subjects.
Date range
You may enter a date into none, one, or both of the date fields. If you do not enter any date, your search will return all resources, regardless of when they were published. By entering a date into the "Published On or After" field, your search will only return resources published on or after that date. By entering a date into the "Published On or Before" field, your search will return only resources published on or before that date. If you enter a date into both fields, your search will return all resources published between the two dates - for example, between 07/27/2002 and 08/05/2002.
Please note that you must enter the date in the mm/dd/yyyy format - for example, 07/27/2003.
Location
If you are searching for resources in the United States, you can refine your search to return only resources originating within 25, 50, 75, or 100 miles of a certain zip code. You do not need to enter a city, select a state, or select a country to run a zip code search. In fact, the zip code search normally returns better results if no city and state are specified.
Users outside of the United States, and American users who do not want to specify by zip code, can specify that the resources originate in a particular city, state/province, and/or country. If you specify a city name, the search will return only resources originating in that city. It will not return resources originating near that city.
You do not have to specify a geographic area to search for resources. If you do not specify a geographic area, the search will return resources regardless of their origin. In fact, most searches will not benefit from specifying a geographic area, because most resources are not location-specific.
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