SEARCH MODE

1. SEARCH MODE

1.1. Presentation

SEARCH MODE is a feature in KM2 that allows users to launch multiple web searches and view the results in a single place.
To use SEARCH MODE, users enter the keywords they want to search for in the command line, then hit the RETURN key. KM2 will then open the web pages and display the search results.

• For example, if a user is looking for a PowerPoint file about the life of Gutenberg, the user would enter the keywords "Gutenberg" in the command line and select the appropriate search option, namely ppt file type.
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• Hitting the SEARCH WITH FILETYPE button will then launch the search and display the results.
• SEARCH MODE is useful when launching many web searches, and remembering them in one single place.

1.2. Modus operandi

Suppose you are looking for a powerpoint file about the life of Gutenberg :
The steps are :

1. fill the command line and check search boxes appropriately :
   
2. Then hit the 'SEARCH WITH FILETYPE' button (the little Earth on the right of the file types).
3. The KM2 window tracks your search
   
4. and in parallel in your browser , Google is launched with the correct request :

Some more informations about search :

• advanced search by google : good to know !
• Qwant search tool that does not track your presence. Relies mostly on Bing by Microsoft.
• Wikipedia the search is very typing sensitive
• Scholar Search in scientific papers.
• patents
  • google patents rich
  • espace net eiuropean database of patents

1.3. Examples

1.3.1. Example 1

KM2 will help you in remembering your search in an organized way.
Following the search initiated above, we can copy and paste, or drag to xmind the questions and results.
Then using the search and xmind you can construct the following tree :

The tree can then be converted easily into a file with the KM2 processor :

Web search about Gutenberg         [1]WebQuery                 Request                         https://www.google.fr/search?num=100&q=gutenberg filetype:ppt                 Results                         De Gutenberg à l'impression numérique                                 youtube : Introducing the book".                         Humanisme et Renaissance         [2]WebQuery                 Request                         https://www.google.fr/search?num=100&q=printing press filetype:ppt                 Results                         DBQ: WHAT WAS THE MOST IMPORTANT CONSEQUENCE OF THE PRINTING PRESS

One important idea is that you can reuse exactly the same search multiple times and at any time.

1.3.2. Example 2

Making your search more efficient
A standard way of doing an easier and more efficient search is to use xmind trees :
The tree has the following shape :