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Online Searching, 4th ed.

Chapter 9Statistical Insight Search Example 3: Searching by Keyword, Enhanced with Toolkit Items

pp. 193 – 194

Librarian’s Guide to

Cultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction

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Keyword… Subject suggestion… refine by facets… Is a fine strategy, but isn’t the only way to go in Statistical Insight.

You can also use your Searcher’s Toolkit skills and construct a sophisticated Boolean search, like this:

("travel time" OR commut*) AND work AND "public transport*"

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So…. The first thing I tend to do with my results in Statistical Insight is to

change the sort order to “Date (most recent first).” Why don’t you do that

too (for this results set).

Beyond the Textbook MomentNow let’s actually USE these results:Can you put together some figures comparing the modes of transport and time spent Commuting [hint] for the US, Italy, and Canada? (don’t go nuts if both modes and times are not available for each country)

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Beyond the Textbook Moment 2One more search challenge for this set of results:

Can you find any information on the commuting time(s) for a specific city (yours, if you live in a city)? Here are two ways you might attempt this:

Using facets…

Or…

Rather than any facets, adding the city name as a keyword and making use of the Search within results feature.

As with almost all searching – there is no right or wrong way, or at least – no guaranteed answer!

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Librarian’s Guide to Online Searching, 4th editionCultivating Database Skills for Research and Instruction

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