[Google & EBSCOHost] Searching by Keyword Query using Power Search

For this research blog post, we would be focusing on Power Search for both Google and EBSCOHost.  The keyword used would be:  Personal AND (Privacy OR Confidentiality) AND (Sectors OR Industry) AND (Digital Age OR New Media Age).

The following figures show the search results returned by Google.

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Figure 1 – Initial search results from Google

To create a more detailed search results, we will be using filters to narrow down the search.

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Figure 2 – Filters used for case study (Using pdf format)

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Figure 3 – Search results after filters are applied

As shown from Figure 1 and 3, the total results has been narrowed down from 59, 800, 000 to 482, 000 results.

The following figures show the search results returned by EBSCOHost.

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Figure 4 – Initial search results from EBSCOHost

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Figure 5 – Filters used for EBSCOHost (Using Source Type)

To focus on the education sector, we select on the academic journal.

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Figure 6 – Search results after filters are applied for EBSCOHost

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