Doncaster Council

Using the Search

You will find the ‘search box’ at the top right-hand of every page on our website. We have found that most people use the search facility to look for information on our site.

To use the search

To find pages on a particular subject area enter a word (e.g. dogs) into the search box and click the search button, or press the Enter key on the keyboard. You can also enter more than one word (e.g. stray dogs), but you don't have to use smaller words like; to, the, and etc. Just use the main words that relate to what you're trying to find.

Search results

A search will normally result in a list of suggested pages being displayed. An abstract from each page is displayed so that you can choose the one which is likely to give you the information you are looking for.  Clicking on the title will open the page.

When a large number of suggestions arise from a search these are divided into a number of search result pages. You can move from one search results page to another using the 'previous' and 'next' links at the bottom of each page.

If a search results in too many pages, then you should try to refine your search by adding extra keywords, for example 'council tax' instead of just 'tax'.