public void refreshSearches () { // refresh da search panel
		int pageSize = pages.size(); // holds total # of pages at the time this method is called 
		for (int i = pageSize-1; i > 0; i --) { // loop through pages
			remove(pages.get(i)); // remove page from panel
			pages.remove(pages.get(i)); // remove page from arraylist
		}
		for (int i = 0; i < displayedSearchResults.size(); i ++) { // loop through search results
			remove(displayedSearchResults.get(i).getDisplayText()); //  remove text from panel
			remove(displayedSearchResults.get(i).getUserButton()); // remove button from panel
		}
		displayedSearchResults.removeAll(displayedSearchResults); // empty search results
	}