# MONDO Search Help
### **Allowed ontology (MONDO IDs)**
[MONDO (Monarch Disease Ontology)](https://obofoundry.org/ontology/mondo.html) merges several different vocabularies into a single ontology structure, including some non-human disease ontologies. These include [Orphanet](http://www.orpha.net/consor/cgi-bin/index.php), [OMIM](https://www.omim.org/), [Disease Ontology (DO)](http://www.disease-ontology.org/), [NCIt](https://ncit.nci.nih.gov/ncitbrowser/), [EFO](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/efo/) and others.
The interfaces support the entry of MONDO IDs, which may be mapped to one or more different ontologies such as those listed above.
### **Finding a MONDO term**
Use the [MONDO OLS Search](https://www.ebi.ac.uk/ols/ontologies/mondo) to find the correct disease term (this search is linked from the disease selection screen in the ClinGen interfaces). Note: be certain you are only searching MONDO in the OLS as it supports the search of a wide variety of ontologies:
### Using MONDO search
The MONDO OLS has a type-ahead function. Below is an example of what is found after typing “preimpla”
If you select a term from the first list or use the search button, you will be taken to a search results page with filtering options.
If you "jump to" a term with a MONDO ID, you will be taken directly to the page for that ID.
If the term is correct, copy the “ID” (“MONDO:0000218” in this example). You can click 
**Copy** in the OLS header to save the MONDO ID for that entry to your clipboard.
Return to the curation interface paste the MONDO ID into the "Add Disease" selection screen:
#### Return to Curation Help
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