1. Before limiting the search for “lunar eclipse”
to the full text only, I was given 1221 results. By limiting it to full text only, it was
reduced to 881 results and finally by limiting the name and date range, I was
better able to find the exact information (1 result) that I would need. This would be very useful for patrons as well
as for the library staff when looking for specific information. If the patron is not exactly sure what they
are looking for, the suggested subjects at the top is a good place to help
narrow the search also.
I really like
visiting the other blogs. Partly to see
that I am not the only one that is behind,
but mostly for the wonderful ideas, insights and (of course) pictures! I looked at most
of the blogs and they are all different and all have varying ideas. Great to see!
2. When first typing in lottery news, I was given
51,653 results. This is way too many for
our patrons to look through. I limited
the results by the last date range available, but it still only dropped it to
16,948 results, so I chose to search under the suggested subjects at the top of
the results page. I would suggest that
he narrow his search by using these subjects and by narrowing the results by
source type (on the right of the page) also.
Hopefully this would help him find more of what he was looking for.
Hi, Mighty Mel. Thanks for your work here. Yes, visiting all the blogs is fun. Your lunar eclipse search discoveries are good. For #2, you are right--using the suggested subjects and narrowing by the limiter options on the right will get get you results. Thanks for your comments.
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