Abstract: The inventive concepts described herein are generally directed to a mobile and fixedline software application that provides a user with an enhanced graphical toolbar with an edge-on view of a carousel interface populated with a plurality of selectable icons representing information-search channels, and with an integrated, multi-input search bar, which is integrated with the software application and can be communicatively coupled with supporting back-end architecture. This enhanced toolbar is referred to as the Content Search Carousel (CSC), and is especially adapted for use with mobile-computing devices, as it maximizes functionality while minimizing the amount of device-display real estate that is taken up at the expense of other mobile-computing application functionality.