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ITCWeb: University of Virginia People Search

Using the University of Virginia People Search

About the People Search

The University of Virginia home page includes a searchable on-line directory called People Search. This directory contains information derived from ITC's user database and from the printed University directory. This information includes names, both official and otherwise, telephone numbers, office addresses, and electronic mail information. The People Search database gets updated once a day. This service is available to both members of the University community and to people outside of UVa. Common searches include lastname, firstname or firstname lastname or Computing ID. Any exact matches for a search will be highlighted in yellow in the results.

Using the People Search

This LDAP (Lightweight Directory Access Protocol)-driven search engine uses a text search within one or more data fields. Search results that match all of the data entered will be returned. Partial search parameters can be used in the name and phone fields. A partial in the phone field will only search the last 4 digits of the Office Phone number. Searches on the UVa Computing ID have to match exactly what's entered.

For example, if you were searching for a person whose last name is Smith, you can simply type Smith in the search field to retrieve as many people whose last name contains Smith as the system allows. If you are looking for all the Smiths that work for ITC, you can type in Smith , choose ITC from the Department pull down menu and you will get a listing of all the people in ITC whose entry contains the word Smith. The Common Name field can be used to search for people who may use a name that differs from their legal name. For example, a search can be made for the Common Name Jim Smith when the last name is Smith and the first name is James.

People Search returns up to 100 matches for a particular search from off-grounds locations and up to 1000 matches from on-grounds locations. The system will tell you how many matches were generated by the words you provided.