# Searching

| Goal                                                                           | Best Practice                                                                                                                                                       |
| ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| Reducing the number of records to return                                       | Keep searches specific and avoid using wildcards, if possible. For example, search with `Michael` instead of `Mi*`.                                                 |
| Reducing the number of joins                                                   | Use single-object searches for greater speed and accuracy.                                                                                                          |
| Improving efficiency                                                           | Use the setup area for searching to enable language optimizations, and turn on enhanced lookups and auto-complete for better performance on lookup fields.          |
| Improving search performance                                                   | In some cases, partition data with divisions. (See [Divisions](/docs/platform/salesforce-large-data-volumes-bp/guide/ldv-deployments-infrastructure-divisions.md).) |
| Reducing the time it takes to index inserts and updates for large data volumes | See [Search Architecture](/docs/platform/salesforce-large-data-volumes-bp/guide/ldv-deployments-concepts-search-architecture.md).                                   |