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On Fri, 30 Jul 2010, Walker, David wrote: > I think text above or before the search box is bound to be ignored. > But if you change the wording of the search *button*, you might get > people to notice it more. > > Something like: > > [ search box ] [ button: locate databases ] > > . . . or you know, something better worded than that. And then, as Joe > suggested, some note in the results explaining that this is not what you > think it is. Of course, that assumes that you're going with a design that actually has a button, and they're not just hitting return. Oh -- and I realized after I sent my comment that there's another reason for putting a message in the search results -- it's possible that someone else might provide an additional (poorly labeled) point of entry that's outside your control. It'd provide an extra layer of information before people started complaining/calling/whatever. -Joe