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.
Figure 1 – Initial search results from Google
To create a more detailed search results, we will be using filters to narrow down the search.
Figure 2 – Filters used for case study (Using pdf format)
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.
Figure 4 – Initial search results from EBSCOHost
Figure 5 – Filters used for EBSCOHost (Using Source Type)
To focus on the education sector, we select on the academic journal.
Figure 6 – Search results after filters are applied for EBSCOHost