Search Help on the TBRC Website

Go to the Knowledge Base Collection of Interest - Works, Persons, Places, Corporations. Type your search term in the box.

Guidelines

• Capitalization is important.
• When entering Tibetan search terms, use Wylie transliteration. Explanation of Wylie transliteration.
• Separate Tibetan syllables with a space.
• Use wildcards "*"

Type of matches

There are 3 types of matching

1. Any

   Returns records that contain any of the words you typed, in any order.

   Example: a Any search for gser phreng will bring back BOTH

   bka' brgyud gser phreng la bstod pa gsol 'debs skor

   AND

   gcod kyi gdams ngag phul byung gser gyi phreng ba

2. Phrase

   Returns records that contain the search term string exactly as you typed it, but surrounded by any combination of characters. This will return less results than "contains".

   Example: a Phrase search for gser phreng will bring back

   bka' brgyud gser phreng la bstod pa gsol 'debs skor

   but not

   gcod kyi gdams ngag phul byung gser gyi phreng ba

3. All

   Returns records with all of the terms you type, in any order.

Wild Cards...coming soon

More search help coming soon...