Our goal in sharing the apparatus of search is to help information seekers more intuitively grasp the complexity of sophisticated database queries and to achieve better information outcomes. Constructing complex search strings can be difficult, but building proficiency as an expert-level searcher can be fun! Understanding the multidimensionality of search and leveraging the power of its complexity might even begin to feel like play.
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According to Google’s 2020 Year in Search, the most common queries of the year sought answers to the question of why. From washing hands to cutting hair to baking bread, many of our searches also asked how to. Other inquiries sought to understand what and when. From NBA stars and Hollywood celebrities to civil rights leaders, United States Supreme Court justices, and victims of tragic loss, the names of the people with whom we share this increasingly fragile planet also topped our searches.
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