Distant Reading

Agenda:�Small Group�Expert searching�Intro to distant reading�Work time

Small group discussion

Questions: �

What did you learn about your algorithm use you had not considered before this assignment? �Do you have any urgent questions about algorithms you want the class to address? If so, what are they? �Choose one of your algorithms: what are the values of the creators?

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Effective search limiters

“-” Not this item. Example -”best of” excludes all results with “best of” in the search results.

site:URL searches just this URL. Example- “shoes” site:metmuseum.org searches for shoelaces only on the Me Museum website

“*” Wildcard search. Example: Mohammed bin * will return all results with Mohammedi bin and any concluding name.

“Filetype:” Searches just for that file type. Example “shoes” filetype:pdf

“Before:yyyy-mm-dd” and “After:” Returns results before or after the publication date.

Best practice: create a string of limiters and save as a text file.