SEARCHING

For products
For site content
For links to the field

FOR PRODUCTS
This site features a powerful search function that will help you find the products you want. You can reach the Search & Order page by clicking that item on the top horizontal menu bar.

Quick Searches

There are 3 different Quick Search functions. The first is a drop down menu that produces a list of products based on the keyword terms chosen from the list. The second is another drop down menu that produces a list of products based on the format of the product. To use either of these menus, simply make your selection from the drop down list and click GO. The third Quick Search is more free form. Just type into the box any term you wish to search for in the Author, Item Name, Description, or Keyword fields of our database of products.


Advanced Search

Because of some anomalies in the ways different browsers/platforms handle search strings, we have created separate PC and Mac Advanced Searches.

The PC Advanced Search enables you to selectively choose which fields to search. It uses the AND operator, so as you define more fields to search your result set will be smaller and smaller.
A few examples will illustrate how to use this feature.

Example 1: I am interested in finding an item with "Dialogue" in the item name. I seem to recall that William Isaacs has done work in this area and I want to see what's available from Pegasus. I enter "Dialogue" in the Item Name field and "Isaacs" in the Author/Speaker Last Name field. I leave the other fields blank or set to the default setting of "All." When I click "Find" the results list displays 9 items. Eight are video or audio recordings and one is a book. If I had chosen "Book" in the drop down category list, only the book would have been displayed in the results list. If I click on the book title "Dialogue and the Art of Thinking Together: A Pioneering Approach to Communicating in Business and in Life", I will go to the page in the Shopping Cart that describes the book and allows me to add it to the cart.

Example 2: I am interested in the work of Peter Senge and want to find out what Pegasus offers. this subject. I enter :Senge" in the empty "Author/Speaker Last Name" box and leave other fields blank or set to the default setting of "All." When I click "Search" a list of Senge's books, audios, and videos is displayed.


Example 3: I need to find a video for a training program I am planning. The topic is "Team Learning." I select "videotape" from the Category drop down list and "Team Learning" from the Keyword list, and click "Find." The results page displays four videotapes related to Team Learning. I can then click on any of the Item Names and get more details on the product and add it to my Shopping Cart.

Example 4: I am interested in systems thinking, and would like to find resources on the subject suitable for a beginner. I select "Beginning" from the Level drop down list and Systems Thinking from the Topic Keywords list and click "Find." The result list is all products related to systems thinking on a beginning level.

Example 5: I want to find out if Pegasus carries books published by Doubleday. Leaving other fields blank or at the default "All" settings, I select "Doubleday" from the Publisher drop down menu and click "Search." The results page displays five selections.

We hope these search tools help you find the items you want and make your visits here more rewarding. We aim to continue to improve the site search capabilities.

The Mac Advanced Search is a bit less flexible. I operates in the same way as the PC Advanced Search except that it exclusively utilizes drop down lists that require specific selections. We are working to provide additional flexibility for our Mac user friends.