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10 Mathematics : Applications of Mathematics : Analysis of Global Concerns: How to search for your own data

Boolean search strategies

Watch one of these videos on Boolean searching: 

Video 1

Video 2

Video 3

 

Now try this search string:

data  "climate change" 

data drought

data inequality

Domain searching

Data is provided by 

- governments     (Limit the results Google gives you to government websites by typing site:.gov at the end of your search string)

-organisations      (Limit the results Google gives you to organisational  websites by typing site:.org at the end of your search string)

-universities          (Limit the results Google gives you to university websites by typing site:.edu at the end of your search string)

 

If you want to search for your own data, here are some example search strings 

data unemployment site:.gov.au

data "climate change" site:.edu

data water site:.org