In many tables and lists you are able to filter and sort the data in the list.
In the example below you can see that there is a box for Company Name and a button to "Apply Filter" for the page.
By simply typing in some text and hitting the "Apply Filter" button only data that matches the filter will be returned.
Once the filter is applied a "Release Filter" button also appears. Select the release filter button to show all records.
You can also filter on more than one item. Just enter a filter phrase in each box and apply the filter. You can even apply a filter then add text and re-apply with the new text to get a combined filter.
Sorting of the data is easy as well. Just click on the underlined column heading to order the data in an ascending manner by that column. Click on the heading again to reverse the direction of the the order.