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Take another look
Alison Hayman
Search Solutions Unit
Dissemination Divison
February 2011
Statistics Canada
site search
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Objectives
1. Identify some search challenges at Statistics Canada
2. Demonstrate new search features to refine your search
3. Learn from you how to continue improving our search
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Overview
Statistics Canada search challenges Search Solutions Unit Search features and resources Lessons learned Future development
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Statistics Canada search challenges
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StatCan search challenges
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Census
CANSIM
The Daily
Summary
Tables
DDSM
Economic Accounts Statistics
by Subject
Health Portal
The mandate of the Search Solutions Unit, supported by the search technical team is to
Improve search functionality Monitor and improve metadata Improve integration of resource discovery across site
Our goal is to improve, in incremental and coordinated steps, the design, functionality and utility of search functions on www.statcan.gc.ca. This initiative will, in turn, assist all contributing divisions by providing better access to their content.
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Search Solutions Unit
Manager
Metadata Specialist
Information Specialist
Search Analyst
Search Engine Optimization Specialist
Search features and resources Popular picks Search by category Navigation trail Try also Suggested links HTML, PDF and description More results Advanced search
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Popular picks
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Search by category (Home page)
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Search by category (Faceted search)
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Navigation trail
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Try also (Thesaurus search)
Help with StatCan terminology (thesaurus)
http://www47.statcan.gc.ca/th_r000-eng.htm
Try also (selected terms)
Search strings from logs for more precision
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Suggested links: Auto-updating
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Suggested links: Highlight
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Additional search tools
Expand acronyms cpi converts to “consumer price index”
Subject guides latest information by subject in one location
Search results: HTML, PDF and description
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More results
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Main pages
More results
•Recent news releases (2005 cutoff)• Entry pages • Pages that our users look for most often
•All news releases (The Daily prior to 2005)•All pages of publications, tables, classifications, teacher's kits, etc.•Advanced search
Advanced Search
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Google-like approach
Creates query in simple search
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Search resources
Help: Search the site eTutorials for search Contact us
Module searches• The Daily
• Learning Resources
• Definitions, Data Sources and Methods (DDSM)
• Data Liberation Initiative (DLI)
• Canada Yearbook (CYB) Historical Collection
• Health in Canada Portal
• Customized Services
• Census 2011
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Lessons learned
Show vs tell
test site is worth 1,000 words
Flexibility vs “should” mentality
workarounds as breakthroughs
Opportunism vs despair
new ideas ready when time is right
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Future development
Usability testing of search results page to encourage use of facets
More data tables
No hits, no problem
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Thank you
Alison Hayman
Metadata Specialist
Search Solutions Unit, Dissemination Division, Statistics Canada
613-951-2101
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Now it’s your turn to help improve the Statistics Canada Search!
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