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The Fundamentals of Data-driven Storytelling
The Fundamentals of Data-driven Storytelling
  • About this course
    • Course Introduction
  • Module 1 - Find
    • 1.1 How to Find Data for Storytelling and journalism
      • Starting with a question
      • Open data portals and platforms
      • Other sources of data
    • 1.2 How to get better data from a Goolge Search
      • Searching for filetypes and formats
      • More on Advanced Search operators
      • Other common Google Search operators
    • 1.3 Sourcing your own data
      • Creating a Google Form for Research
      • Creating a questionnaire with TypeForm
      • Using quizzes and comments as a sources of data
  • Module 2 - Get
    • 2.1 Turning websites and PDFs into machine readable data
      • Scraping data with Tabula
    • 2.2 An introduction to spreadsheet software
      • Google Sheets, Microsoft Excel and Libre Office Calc.
      • Finding your way around a spreadsheet
      • Simple web scraping with Google Sheets
  • Module 3 - Verify
    • 3.1 Can I use this data in my work?
      • Initial steps for verification
      • What do these column headings mean?
  • Module 4 - Clean
    • 4.1 What to do with disorganised data?
      • Why is clean data important?
      • Keep your data organised
      • Cleaning data cheatsheet
  • Module 5 - Analyse
    • 5.1 What is the story within the data?
      • Spreadsheet rows, columns, cells and tabs
        • Spreadsheet formats, forumlas and essential shortcuts
          • Using the VLOOKUP Function
            • Combine Data From Multiple Spreadsheets
    • 5.2 How to turn numbers into stories
  • Module 6 - Visualise
    • 6.1 Ways we visualise data
    • 6.2 Why we visualize Data
    • 6.3 How to visualise data
  • Course Testing & Feedback
    • ⏱️Quick course exam
    • 🎓Extended course exam
    • 📝Survey and feedback
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  1. Module 1 - Find

1.2 How to get better data from a Goolge Search

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Last updated 2 years ago

Everyone knows Google Search - most internet sessions start at the famously simple text box, and there's no reason that your hunt for useable data shouldn't too. There are ways to get to the data you want faster, however, and that comes from mastering Google's search operators and Avanced Search.

Google Advanced Search

Advanced Google search that lets you zero in on a specific website or domain that you want to search from. With the Google search specific site operator, you are telling Google that you don’t want to search the entire web, but instead just a particular site.

To find the Advanced Search function on Google:

  • Run a normal Google search using your keywords

  • Click "Settings" and select "Advanced Search"

OR

What does the search look like?

Find out more about Advance Search on Google below.

Follow this link

https://goo.gl/VS2Lg3
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