You can find what you need on Victoria Online by browsing (Topic Menu) or searching.

Browsing

On every page on Victoria Online you can see a list of topics (Topic Menu) or subject areas on the left-hand side of the screen. Information on Victoria Online is grouped under these topics.

Hover your mouse over one of the topics and you will see sub-topics related to that topic.

Click on a topic or sub-topic - you will see a list of more specific sub-topics and some quick links to highly relevant websites or common searches in that area. It is also possible to navigate the website using the keyboard. The tab key can be used to move progressively through links on each page. The first two links on each page are invisible and appear when the tab key is used. The first link is a "Skip to navigation" link that takes you to the Topic Menu. The second link is a "Skip to content" link that takes you to the page content.

Pick a sub-topic and you will see a list of hand-selected web pages in alphabetical order, ten per page. Each website has a linked title and a brief description.

Click one of the titles and that web page will open in the same browser window.

You always know where you are on Victoria Online - the navigation (Topic Menu) on the left tells you what broad topic you are browsing in, or check the breadcrumb trail at the top of the screen.

Searching

Victoria Online has a powerful search engine which searches across over 50,000 government web pages. The blue Search box is on every page of Victoria Online in the top right area of the page.

To search, type a word or phrase in the Search box and click the "Search" button or just press Enter.

A list of matching web pages will display in order of relevance, ten links per page. Each result has a linked title and a brief description.

Click one of the titles and that website will open in the same browser window.

Click one of the Narrower Searches that is offered in the highlight box on the right hand side of the screen, and you will be offered a new set of search results based on that term.

You can find out more about Search by reading our Search Tips.